Whois & Analysis for coincodex.com

A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency.

Cryptocurrencies are a subset of alternative currencies, or specifically of digital currencies.

A darknet market or cryptomarket is a commercial website on the dark web that operates via darknets such as Tor or I2P.

They function primarily as black markets, selling or brokering transactions involving drugs, cyber-arms, weapons, counterfeit currency, stolen credit card details, forged documents, unlicensed pharmaceuticals, steroids, other illicit goods as well as the sale of legal products.

In December 2014, a study by Gareth Owen from the University of Portsmouth suggested the second most popular sites on Tor were darknet markets.

Market capitalization (market cap) is the market value at a point in time of the shares outstanding of a publicly traded company, being equal to the share price at that point of time times the number of shares outstanding.

As outstanding stock is bought and sold in public markets, capitalization could be used as an indicator of public opinion of a company's net worth and is a determining factor in some forms of stock valuation.

A currency (from, "in circulation", from) in the most specific use of the word refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins.

A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money (monetary units) in common use, especially in a nation.

Under this definition, US dollars, British pounds, Australian dollars, and European euros are examples of currency.

These various currencies are recognized stores of value and are traded between nations in foreign exchange markets, which determine the relative values of the different currencies.

Currencies in this sense are defined by governments, and each type has limited boundaries of acceptance.

A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade.

They are most often issued by a government.