Cryptocurrencies
are still in their infancy and the full power of what they can offer
a world full of users has yet to be fully appreciated. Although a
vast number of people look at the cryptocurrencies as investment
opportunities, much of this is a mere fraction of the power that the
technology behind these cryptocurrencies can bring.
When
anyone looks at the many cryptocurrencies on the market, most of the
investors are looking at what is the next bitcoin.
A
broader vision needs to be used as there are two sides to every
digital coin. There is the financial world and the technological
world. Each has its own benefits that it can offer to end users.
Financial
World
There
is no doubt the world will end up with a digital form of currency.
Although banks are in dispute of cryptocurrencies, they are in a way
going toward systems that are cashless, and it could be a case that
cryptocurrencies have beaten them to their own goal.
On
top of this from a user point of view payments, money transfers or
business payments will be able to be made from one location and
conducted right there and then.
Now
there will be no requirement for senders or receivers to find
remittance operators to send or receive money.
There
is also the fact large portions of this demographic is for users who
don’t have a bank account or might live in remote areas. With a
cryptocurrency, they have no journey to make and a member of the
family can make this transaction at any time of day.
Technological
World
A
part of this world follows on from the financial world as they are
very closely linked in such areas. If you take these remote areas and
the individuals who have no access to banking it needs more
infrastructure to increase internet coverage.
The
way this currently works is through many cables and ISP servers which
require putting into place. If this were to happen, which could take
years, there is the entire conversation of net neutrality to
consider.
Now
there is one third-generation cryptocurrency which can fix this
problem in a matter of time which is far higher than what any ISP
could do. Skycoin is the
cryptocurrency of concern and brings with it some marvelous
technological advances.
There
is a new algorithm which sorts out the mining problems as with other
coins, in other words, there is no coin mining.
From
this, transactions are much faster and highly secure. And now this is
where the exciting part comes into play that ties everything
together.
Skywire
is a mesh-network which operates hand in hand with SKY. This mesh
network is created by interconnected nodes that users run (similar to
BTC mining rigs) and forward data, bandwidth. The way this P2P
network operates is it is directly between two parties, but the data
can take many routes.
With
these nodes, the network can be extended as there is no reliance on
cables or ISP’s, and for these people in remote areas, this
technology is life-changing, to say the least.
Apart
from SKY and the many problems it resolves and fixes and the new
internet, it can create, there are many other cryptocurrencies which
are offerings services or applications which are decentralized.
The
only drawback is they are not on a decentralized network. SKY and
Skywire have a distinct advantage over these other cryptocurrencies
in the beginning when you take a glance at net neutrality. SKY and
Skywire will be immune to the effect of it as it has its own
internet.
If
other cryptocurrencies found a way to work on Skywire, this would
change the whole face of the internet. Satoshi’s vision was for
decentralization, and SKY is one cryptocurrency which has fully
embraced this and is attempting to follow his vision.
For any user who sends money, or doesn’t
want their personal information to be monitored, recorded and
dissected the chance to jump onto the Skywire network is well
advised. The system becomes more stable and faster as it grows.
If
you have anything to present to the world, this can reach anyone
without any restrictions, no matter which country you or they are.
Cryptocurrencies
will transform everyone’s future. If it is in the next two years,
five years or ten years is hard to say.
There
are many other factors which need to be considered apart from the
cryptocurrency themselves. The rest of the world and the banking
systems need to catch up.
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