BitShares (CURRENCY:BTS) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 9:00 AM E.T.on December 16th.BitShares has a market cap of $50.10 million and approximately $1.57 million worth of BitShares was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.One BitShares coin can now be bought for about $0.0182 or 0.255 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including ZB.COM, OpenLedger DEX, CoinTiger and Huobi.In the last week, BitShares has traded down 9.9% against the dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours: Get BitShares alerts: Cardano (ADA) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0363 or 0.
507 BTC.Ontology (ONT) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.60 or 0.00008321 BTC.
UNI COIN (UNI) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3.01 or 0.00041932 BTC.Qtum (QTUM) traded up 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.75 or 0.00024472 BTC.PRIZM (PZM) traded 6.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00003934 BTC.OmiseGO (OMG) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.70 or 0.00009785 BTC.
Mixin (XIN) traded down 0.7% against the dollar and now trades at $209.62 or 0.02930313 BTC.Ardor (ARDR) traded up 1.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0455 or 0.635 BTC.
Velas (VLX) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0228 or 0.
318 BTC.Wanchain (WAN) traded 5.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00002539 BTC.
About BitShares
BitShares is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the SHA-512 hashing algorithm.It launched on November 5th, 2014.BitShares’ total supply is 2,749,510,000 coins.BitShares’ official Twitter account is @_bitshares and its Facebook page is accessible here .BitShares’ official website is bitshares.org .The Reddit community for BitShares is /r/bitshares and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here .The official message board for BitShares is bitsharestalk.org .
According to CryptoCompare, “Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) is a new method of securing a crypto-currency’s network.
DPOS attempts to solve the problems of both Bitcoin’s traditional Proof of Work system, and the Proof of Stake system of Peercoin and NXT.DPOS implements a layer of technological democracy to offset the negative effects of centralization.Delegated proof of stake mitigates the potential negative impacts of centralization through the use of witnesses (formaly called delegates).A total of N witnesses sign the blocks and are voted on by those using the network with every transaction that gets made.
By using a decentralized voting process, DPOS is by design more democratic than comparable systems.Rather than eliminating the need for trust all together, DPOS has safeguards in place the ensure that those trusted with signing blocks on behalf of the network are doing so correctly and without bias.
Additionally, each block signed must have a verification that the block before it was signed by a trusted node.DPOS eliminates the need to wait until a certain number of untrusted nodes have verified a transaction before it can be confirmed.This reduced need for confirmation produces an increase in speed of transaction times.By intentionally placing trust with the most trustworthy of potential block signers, as decided by the network, no artificial encumbrance need be imposed to slow down the block signing process.DPOS allows for many more transactions to be included in a block than either proof of work or proof of stake systems.
DPOS technology allows cryptocurrency technology to transact at a level where it can compete with the centralized clearinghouses like Visa and Mastercard.
Such clearinghouses administer the most popular forms of electronic payment systems in the world.In a delegated proof of stake system centralization still occurs, but it is controlled.Unlike other methods of securing cryptocurrency networks, every client in a DPOS system has the ability to decide who is trusted rather than trust concentrating in the hands of those with the most resources.DPOS allows the network to reap some of the major advantages of centralization, while still maintaining some calculated measure of decentralization.
This system is enforced by a fair election process where anyone could potentially become a delegated representative of the majority of users.“
Buying and Selling BitShares
BitShares can be traded on these cryptocurrency exchanges: Indodax, ZB.COM, CoinEgg, RightBTC, EXX, Poloniex, BitShares Asset Exchange, Binance, Livecoin, OpenLedger DEX, RuDEX, BigONE, HitBTC, Crex24, LBank, CoinTiger, CryptoBridge, Tidex, YoBit, Gate.io and Huobi.It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as BitShares directly using US dollars.Investors seeking to acquire BitShares should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or Changelly.Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase BitShares using one of the aforementioned exchanges.Receive News & Updates for BitShares Daily – Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and updates for BitShares and related cryptocurrencies with MarketBeat.com’s FREE CryptoBeat newsletter .«.
