Dogecoin (DOGE), Chainlink (LINK) And Decred (DCR) Price Analysis – 20 October
A popular ‘no hype’ crypto analyst, Josh Olszewicz, rolled up his sleeves and looked into the price action of three altcoins: Dogecoin (DOGE), Chainlink (LINK) And Decred (DCR).
Dogecoin (DOGE)
Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency that was created on December 6th, 2013 based on the popular “Doge” Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo.
The codebase of the project was a fork of Litecoin, in which most of the same features such hash hashing algorithm were inherited, with the only difference of branding and large inflationary supply.
Dogecoin is primarily used as a tipping system on Reddit and Twitter where users tip each other for creating or sharing good content. The community is very active in organising fundraising activities for deserving causes.
2021, Dogecoin has grown so much and have gathered the mainstream attention. It has become a meme that is used by the likes of Tesla billionaire, Elon Musk and even more so spunned off even more meme coins into the market.
Chainlink (LINK)
Founded in 2017, Chainlink is a blockchain abstraction layer that enables universally connected smart contracts. Through a decentralized oracle network, Chainlink allows blockchains to securely interact with external data feeds, events and payment methods, providing the critical off-chain information needed by complex smart contracts to become the dominant form of digital agreement.
The Chainlink Network is driven by a large open-source community of data providers, node operators, smart contract developers, researchers, security auditors and more. The company focuses on ensuring that decentralized participation is guaranteed for all node operators and users looking to contribute to the network.
Decred (DCR)
Decred (DCR) is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency launched in February 2016. The Decred token and protocol were created to facilitate open governance, community interaction, and sustainable funding policies.
According to the official whitepaper, Decred was created in such a way that the community approves all transactions and changes made regarding the protocol. Hence, there is no way for big Decred holders to manipulate the operation of the protocol. Decred was heavily influenced by Bitcoin and utilized many of the underlying principles of the original cryptocurrency.
