State of the
Crypto World

Content

1. Bitcoin

2. Altcoins

3. Blockchain

UPDATE FROM 

WORLD

Bitcoin I.

• 430$ (Jan '16) --> $1270 (Feb '17)
   

• USA: Coinbase lawsuit, different legal opinions, "No" to ETF
   
• China: Mining hegemony, PBoC regulations --> rising fees --> decline in trading volume
   
• Japan: 4x more merchants, biggest exchange market
   
• EU: DB of all Bitcoin users and wallets (?)
   
• Infrastructure development:
  • 1000+ ATMs, debit cards (Xapo, Uquid)
  • Bitwa.la, bitwage.com
  • HW wallets (Trezor, Ledger, Keepkey)

Hashrate Distribution

Bitcoin II.

• Satoshi's comeback as Craig Wright

• Halving

• Bitfinex Hack 

• Full blocks --> rising fees --> intense scaling debate

• 4th most developed protocol on Github 

• Blockchain Forensics (Elliptic,Chainalysis..)

• Vaults, Lightning network, Tumblebit ...

• Segwit 

• Hardfork ???

• Algo change?

Altcoins

• 800+

• 1 bln traded  a day (March '17)

• Dramatic rise in value

Altcoins: Ethereum

Monero

• $0,5 --> $22
   

• AlphaBay accepts Monero (August '17)
   

• FBI concerned 

Dash

• $3 --> $102
   

• Development of Dash Evolution
   

• 1st blockchain-deployed person

Zcash

• $6000 --> $30
   

• New cryptography
   

• Backed by VC
   

• Anonymous (optional)

Others

• ShadowCash --> Particl

• Factom

• Emercoin - certified software by Red Hat

• Steem

• ...

ICOs

• 60+

• $250 M

• Decent, Iconomi, ..

Blockchain

• Media Hype

• R3 expands ot Asia - 100+ members

• Big4

• Use cases:

  • Land titles

  • Supply chain management

  • Health Records Storage

• ...

Thank you!

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