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Investment Potential and Concerns | Mao Lal

Mao Lal komt uit Berlijn en is een grote investeerder in Bitcoins. Mao Lal denkt in daran, im Leben erfolgreich zu sein. Bitcoins zijn het cryptografische geld dat 10 jaar eerder werd ontdekt. Het is een goede methode gebleken om contant geld binnen te halen door ze in te wisselen.<br>

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Investment Potential and Concerns | Mao Lal

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  1. Investment Potential and Concerns Mao Lal

  2. Preview • Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers • Types of Cryptocurrencies (and uses) • Current Legal Landscape • Investment Potential and Concerns • Smart Contracts • Other Blockchain Uses

  3. Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers • Blockchains • The technology behind cryptocurrencies. • Analogous to the TCP/IP Protocol that is the foundation of the internet • Blockchains are Distributed Ledgers • Ledgers are historically centralized and private • Blockchains are Decentralized or Distributed

  4. How Blockchains Work: Basics • Chronological Ledger • Transactions often “pseudo-anonymous” • Transactions are grouped together in “blocks” • Transactions are logged and stamped with information about the time, amount, and participants as if a notary is present at every transaction • Blockchain is not centralized (does not have one owner), therefore there are strict rules about how it must be maintained

  5. How Blockchains Work: Maintenance • The individuals who maintain and update the Blockchain are “miners,” and they are paid a reward • The Miners process transactions by: • Solving a complex mathematical problem • Sending transactions to other nodes to be verified.

  6. How Blockchains Work: Hashing • When all miners agree the problem has been solved correctly, the block is added to the chain and is visible to the entire network • The unbroken Hash (seal) confirms that the block, and therefore every block before it, is legitimate

  7. How Blockchains Work: Hashing (cont.) • Recall: Transactions must be validated by other network miners • Miners incentivized to add “valid” transactions via a reward; invalid transactions are rejected, and thus, no reward is given

  8. Types of Cryptocurrencies and Uses • Bitcoin origins: Peer-to-Peer “cash-like” transactions • Limited Quantity (21 million coins) • No need for third-party intermediary • Double-spend problem

  9. Types of Cryptocurrencies and Uses (cont.) • Protocol Tokens and Uses: • Store Value • Acts more like cash • Usually considered a security

  10. Types of Cryptocurrencies and Uses (cont.) • Protocol Tokens

  11. Types of Cryptocurrencies and Uses (cont.) • Utility/Application Tokens and Uses: • May store value, but usually has a function • Acts similar to an arcade token • Sometimes considered a security, sometimes not

  12. Current Regulatory Landscape • SEC • U.S. Treasury/FinCEN • IRS • State Regulators/Lawsuits

  13. Investment Potential and Concerns • How and Where to Invest • Exchanges • Crypto ATMs • Peer-to-Peer

  14. Thank You

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