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Decred Cross-chain Atomic Swaps: Eliminating Trust from Trades

Decred Cross-chain Atomic Swaps: Eliminating Trust from Trades

So, you know that Decred aims to take decentralization to a whole new level, right? We’re talking a decentralized cryptocurrency with decentralized decision-making, decentralized funding, and decentralized development.

Decred Adds Atomic Swap Support for Exchange-Free Cryptocurrency Trading

Decred Adds Atomic Swap Support for Exchange-Free Cryptocurrency Trading

Decred is announcing support for on-chain atomic swaps, which will allow cryptocurrency holders to trade directly, without having to rely on external exchanges. The cryptocurrencies initially supported are Decred (DCR), Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin ( LTC ).

Demand for Decred is rising!

Demand for Decred is rising!

ver the last few months we have seen a steady rise in demand for Decred right across the board. We’ve had a big increase in the number of people joining our community on all social networks, hash rate is booming

Decred: Behind the Name

Decred: Behind the Name

There’s been a lot of debate recently within the Decred community about what the name “Decred” really stands for. We know that Decred means Decentralized Credits, but what exactly are Decentralized Credits?

Decred is Gearing up for Growth — A Quick Roundup of Recent Developments!

Decred is Gearing up for Growth — A Quick Roundup of Recent Developments!

It’s been a busy week for Decred, and things aren’t showing any signs of slowing down! This week we have seen the launch of a snazzy new update to the Decred Forum, the release of Decred v1.0.7, the 10,000 follower mark

The Road to the Decred DAO: A Self-funding Cryptocurrency

The Road to the Decred DAO: A Self-funding Cryptocurrency

Decred is unique, in more ways than one. It has an on-chain user activated hard fork (UAHF) voting system, a hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW)/Proof-of-Stake (PoS) design, and a unique funding model.

Why Bitcoin needs an Effective On-chain Decentralized Governance System

Why Bitcoin needs an Effective On-chain Decentralized Governance System

We are now approaching the height of the Bitcoin civil war. If it previously wasn’t clear to everyone why Bitcoin needs a decentralized governance system — it is now. Over the next few weeks the fate of Bitcoin will be decided.