2019年5月8日 星期三

crypto-, cryptocurrency 加密貨幣, “tourists”

Are Cryptocurrencies Ready to Break Out of Their Niche?

Cryptocurrencies are poised to advance to a new level as institutional investors and more Wall Street veterans look to get involved — and the “tourists” exit, experts say.

The cryptocurrency fiasco has exposed three deep and related problems: the extent of genuine activity is hugely exaggerated; the technology does not scale well; and fraud may be endemic





Coincheck hacked in ¥58 billion cryptocurrency heist, four years after Mt. Gox

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Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange discloses it had lost about ¥58 billion ($532 million) worth of its holdings, sending clients into a panic. 
Japan experiments with cryptocurrencies
As cryptocurrencies draw both greater interest and scrutiny in countries from the US to Switzerland, Japan has quietly become one of the largest hubs ...


Sir Tim Berners Lee, who founded the web, tells us why cryptocurrencies are great but investing in bitcoin is crazy
cryptocurrency
Pronunciation: /ˈkrɪptəʊˌkʌr(ə)nsi/

NOUN (plural cryptocurrencies)

A digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank:decentralized cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin now provide an outlet for personal wealththat is beyond restriction and confiscation
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Origin

Early 21st century: from crypto- + currency.



加密貨幣（英文：Cryptocurrency，又譯密碼貨幣，密碼學貨幣）是一種使用密碼學原理來確保交易安全及控制交易單位創造的交易媒介。[1] 加密貨幣是數位貨幣（或稱虛擬貨幣）的一種 。比特幣在2009年成為第一個去中心化的加密貨幣，這之後加密貨幣一詞多指此類設計。[2] 自此之後數種類似的加密貨幣被創造，它們通常被稱作altcoins。[3][4][5] 加密貨幣基於去中心化的共識機制[6] ，與依賴中心化監管體系的銀行金融系統相對。[7]
去中心化的性質源自於使用分散式帳本的區塊鏈（Blockchain）技術。[8]






crypto-

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɪptəʊ/ 

COMBININGFORM

Concealed; secret:cryptogram


Origin

From Greek kruptos 'hidden'.
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