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Going Down the Rabbit Hole Called The Theta Network

The Theta Network: While searching for something to write, I stumbled upon the Theta network. The goal of the Theta network, is to bring about a decentralized delivery network compared to the centralized CDNs that many streaming sites like Twitch, YouTube, etc, work on. The primary tokens that are exchanged are the Theta Token and TFuel. For more information on its operation, refer the image below. Image Source: www.thetatoken.org Down the Rabbit Hole:-   After searching for more information, other than their whitepaper, I came across www.theta.tv .  It is a streaming website similar to Twitch where one can watch well known Esports gamers like FaZe and NICKMERCS. A quick check on the Twitch channel of NICKMERCS, did not show any signs of him streaming on theta.tv. Giving Theta.tv the benefit of the doubt, i decided to dig further and i did find his him, but was offline and did not seem to be very active on the site, when compared to his Twitch channel where he was current...

Cryptocurrencies with potential for growth in 2020

Cryptocurrencies to keep a look-out for! **Disclaimer: This is not market advice. The author is not responsible for any financial decisions** The Past, Present..            The Bitcoin Halving has brought the much need spotlight back on cryptocurrencies. This has led to an increase in the price of some currencies as many are getting back into the field of crypto trading. This is a great relief to the whole crypto market after the series of hacks of major exchanges and the Wannacry Ransomware attack that put the whole market in a bad spotlight.             The recent Coronavirus pandemic has caused various world markets to crash and reigniting fears of a recession that can cripple various markets. This has also contributed to bringing an influx of traders looking to  markets equally volatile but almost independent of the fiat-based markets.      ...