5 Digital Assets To Know About Today
Ever since the internet boom of the 2000s, new forms of digital assets are springing up with exciting use cases across various industries ranging from finance, insurance, manufacturing, and law
Here are the top 5 digital assets individuals and corporates are investing in today?
1.????BLOCKCHAIN
The first digital asset in the running to be as valuable to the global economy and is on plan to be as important as the internet is the Blockchain
Why?
Because the Blockchain and its associated technology is bringing together open ledgers and distributed systems which will allow transparency in business
A blockchain is essentially a digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated and distributed across the entire network of computer systems. ?
2.????CRYPTOCURRENCY
A cryptocurrency is a digital or?virtual currency?that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend
Unlike fiat currency which is a coin or paper note, cryptocurrency exist solely as computer code
The most popular of all cryptocurrency is Bitcoin, any other cryptocurrency besides bitcoin is called Altcoin,
Ethereum is the most popular altcoin
Why will cryptocurrency be an important digital asset?
3.????DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS (DAOs)
Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is an entity with no central leadership. Decisions get made from the bottom-up, governed by a community organized around a specific set of rules enforced on a blockchain.
DAOs are internet-native organizations collectively owned and managed by their members.
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They have built-in treasuries that are only accessible with the approval of their members. Decisions are made via proposals the group votes on during a specified period.
The true value in DAOs is the fact that many people across the globe can join forces to create organisations and communities towards a common goal with equal participation.
This this has the potential of crossing into the business landscape where large corporations may also act as DAOs with employees and clients being active share holders and having a vested interest.?
4.????NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS (NFTs)
An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with?cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos.
Blockchain technology and NFTs afford artists and content creators a unique opportunity to monetize their wares. For example, artists no longer have to rely on galleries or auction houses to sell their art. Instead, the artist can sell it directly to the consumer as an NFT, which also lets them keep more of the profits. (Forbes)
Why will NFTs be an important digital asset?
?5.????WEB3
Web 3?(also known as?Web 3.0)?is an idea for a new iteration of the?World Wide Web?which incorporates concepts such as?decentralization,?in the form?of distributed ledger?such as?blockchain technologies, and token-based economics.
?The term "Web3" was coined in 2014 by?Ethereum?co-founder?Gavin Wood, and the idea gained interest in 2021 from?cryptocurrency?enthusiasts, large technology companies, and?venture capital?firms.
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What makes Web3 important is that the internet has proven to be a world on its own with its quirks, celebrities, businesses and preferred forms of entertainment.
Web3 doubles down on providing internet users the avenue to own businesses, trade using cryptocurrency and setup up collective organizations using DAO
With our offline personalities transported online using avatars Facebook has being leading the forefront of web3 experiences by renaming the company name to Meta
So there you have it,
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