HCohen schreef op 7 juni 2021 10:28:
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Ja hoor Ksc, geen probleem.
Onderstaand stukje verwoord prima de inzichten voor wie dan ook die objectief durft te analyseren.
NB ik voeg toe aan het artikel;
- witwaspraktijken en veilige havens voor crimineel geld;
- potentieel systeemrisico bij uiteenspatten bubbel;
- Veiligheidsrisico's
www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/19/2... CRYPTOCURRENCY INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE
Because cryptocurrencies hold no intrinsic worth, their value is purely speculative. Unlike other financial assets like gold — which has other uses such as material for electronic devices, medical equipment and jewelry — cryptocurrencies also don’t serve any other purpose other than a (instable) store of value. As a result, there is no real connection between the price and longevity of cryptocurrencies, so the bubble around them could burst at any time.
OFF-CHAIN TRANSACTIONS CAN BE MANIPULATED
Blockchain is intended to be a trustless environment: Every transaction requires the different nodes in the system to reach a consensus, so no single actor is responsible, and it’s nearly impossible to manipulate. But off-chain sales depend on the individuals managing those transactions, which opens the door for foul play.
VIRTUAL CURRENCIES CAN UNDERMINE YOUR FINANCES
Bitcoin can’t be the “digital gold” investors are alluding to because it doesn’t have the characteristics to make it a good store of value. Gold has intrinsic value and is in finite supply: There’s a fixed amount of it in existence, and it can’t simply be manufactured out of thin air. While Bitcoin can be considered finite because there is a limited amount of it, there is no cap on the number of other cryptocurrencies that can be created. This ability to continually reproduce cryptocurrencies will dilute their value over time, which is why they’ll never be a place for people to safely store their money.
BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CRYPTO CAN’T SCALE TO MASS ADOPTION
Bitcoin and blockchain can be thought of as version 1.0 of cryptocurrencies. They were built to serve the core purpose of providing a distributed ledger of tokenized assets that utilizes cryptography principles and a trustless network of distributed ledgers (nodes) to ensure the security, accuracy and non-repudiation of cryptographic transactions. Version 2.0 added the ability to use the same blockchain framework to support binding legal contracts, but it still suffers from the problems of scalability.
THE MODERNIZATION OF THE DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SPACE
There is an alternative distributed ledger technology to blockchain that could support digital payments outside of cryptocurrencies, while providing a far more efficient and borderless service compared to traditional banking. Hedera Hashgraph can be considered version 3.0 of distributed ledger technologies. Hashgraph takes all the benefits of a distributed ledger — security, cryptography, binding contracts between entities, non-repudiation — and builds a secure, mathematically proven distributed ledger framework that can scale to support the demands of global adoption.