1.Ethereum (The decentralized super computer)

The ethereum is the flagship cryptocurrency after bitcoin and differs from the latter because of the smart contract technology it brings.

I tell you right now the ethereum has nothing to do with bitcoin and is totally different from the latter.

Indeed the ethereum before being a cryptocurrency (and even a means of payment strictly speaking) is somehow a completely decentralized super-computer that operates according to its own rules and which allows to develop applications said they - also decentralized.

Intelligent contract technology eliminates intermediaries and provides a fully secure trust system without human intervention, which ensures reliable and automated transactions between users.

Many projects based on smart contracts have been launched with the aim of revolutionizing many sectors of the economy including financial where the notion of trust is a major element.

A concrete example of the implementation of smart contracts is the field of insurance where an insured would no longer need to carry out often demanding (and sometimes heavy and demanding) procedures in order to obtain compensation. Clearly if the disaster situation is verified and the condition is validated (ie there was a disaster) the money would be automatically released via a smart contract and this again without human intervention.

If you understood this example, then you understood the huge potential that the ethereum represents.

2.Monero (The totally anonymous cryptocurrency appreciated by the darknet)
The monero (fork of bytecoin) is a cryptocurrency that offers a signature of ring transactions (Cryptonight Algorithm) which guarantees total anonymity of transactions made by users of the Monero network.

Indeed where bitcoin fishing by its lack of anonymity (transactions listed in the Bitcoin blockchain are publicly accessible), monero meanwhile makes it impossible to trace the source of each transaction.

It is therefore impossible to know who are the users of the network monero which is a strong argument for libertarian spirits and other people reluctant to be taxed their crypto-currencies.

1. Zcash
   Like the monero Zcash is a cryptocurrency that offers a feature of anonymizing transactions but which remains optional. This is indeed free for users to use this feature when they perform their transactions on the Zcash blockchain.

2. Ethereum Classic

The ethereum classic was born due to a bug in a decentralized Ethereum application called the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). Wanting to fix their mistakes the developers decided to modify the code of the blockchain ethereum in order to restore the stolen ethereum to their owner (via the decentralized DAO application bug).

However, this radical solution which caused some to violate the elementary (and quasi-religious) principle of the blockchain's immutability (a rule which assumes that the code of a blockchain must in no way be modified after it has started) led to the ethereum to split into two distinct and well-known cryptocurrencies that are therefore the ethereum (version whose code of the blockchain has been modified) and the ethereum classic (version whose code of the blockhain has not undergone modification).

Like the ethereum, the ethereum classic allows the development of decentralized applications operating on the principle now well known smart-contracts (smart contracts).

The ethereum classic therefore follows its own path and does not seem to have said its last word.

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