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What is Skycoin (SKY)?

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Skycoin is a third generation crypto coin. The Skycoin project is a long term infrastructure project that began around the time Litecoin was launched. Skycoin is designed a successor to Bitcoin. Skycoin is focused on core features, security, usability and simplifying Bitcoin instead of adding features as a marketing gimmick.
Satoshi originally intended the control of the Bitcoin network to be decentralized over hundreds of thousands of computers. Today, the Bitcoin network is completely controlled by three mining pools. Bitcoin is no longer decentralized. Skycoin’s consensus algorithm is designed to achieve true decentralization of blockchain consensus.

What is WeTrust (TRST)?

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WeTrust is a collaborative lending and insurance platform built on the blockchain. Our mission is to leverage cutting edge technology to enable financial inclusion and improve access to market priced capital. Ultimately, we want to be seen as an alternative to traditional finance and provide community based form of credit scores, insurance, and banking.

What is SONM (SNM)?

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SONM is a decentralized worldwide fog supercomputer for general purpose computing from site hosting to scientific calculations. SONM company is an effective way to solve a worldwide problem – creating a multi-purpose decentralized computational power market.

What is Farad (FRD)?

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Farad is an ultra-capacitors (high power density energy storage device) manufacturer. FRD is an Ethereum-based ERC20 token backed by the production of the supra-mentioned ultra-capacitors in Farad’s China-based factory. Farad linked their digital tokens to real-life economic production. The FRD represents the right to the contract ‘manufacturing and sales agency agreement’ to produce Ultra-Capacitor Cells (“UCC”) with an output of 1,600,000,000 mF over a period of 36 months. Each FRD is equivalent to 1 mili-Faraday (“mF”) that each cell for ultra-capacitor will generate.

What is Pillar (PLR)?

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THE PILLAR WALLET is the next-generation, open-source wallet that will become the dashboard for your digital life. While the wallet and platform are open-source and free, users will pay for the various services with pillar tokens (PLRs) as they use them. The token will power the entire ecosystem, giving an instant business model to many projects that can tie in.

What is DECENT (DCT)?

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Decent is a decentralized open source content distribution platform that allows anyone to buy, sell, or share content without unnecessary middleman fees or manipulation. Using Decent, authors can share their content directly with consumers using blockchain technology and a modified version of the Bittorrent protocol, without any cultural, geographical or political limitations. Decent holds multiple advantages over traditional platforms, such censorship resistance, which is ensured by Decent’s decentralized nature where no single server can be targetted or shut down (It is also impossible to target specific nodes with one piece of content in mind). It allows consumers to acquire content for a cheaper price, while the content creators can keep 100% of the profits.

What is Groestlcoin (GRS)?

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Is a cryptocurrency utilizing Proof of Work – No ASIC currently exists for Groestl & it is unlikely that one will be developed for it anytime soon. GroestlCoin will be ASIC-free for the foreseeable future. – Through these features GroestlCoin embodies the fairly distributed & decentralized nature of Cryptocurrency. Anyone can mine effectively, with minimal resource consumption and nuisance. – With the influx of ASICs we thought decentralized mining will soon be dead, with GroestlCoin it is reborn and taken to another level. – The extra added value of Groestl is that the “richer advantage” (owning several GPU) is less interesting with Groestl; so fairer. – Stands for democratization of currency and mining, the ability to send and receive money immediately anywhere in the world, to not pay expensive banking fees, and to transact in an environment that is secure and anonymous.