BitShares (CURRENCY:BTS) traded up 1.4% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on November 10th. BitShares has a market cap of $77.93 million and approximately $2.02 million worth of BitShares was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, BitShares has traded 1.6% lower against the dollar. One BitShares coin can now be bought for about $0.0284 or 0.00000313 BTC on major exchanges including Huobi, Indodax, Crex24 and RuDEX.
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Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Cardano (ADA) traded 4.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0441 or 0.00000487 BTC.
- Ontology (ONT) traded up 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.86 or 0.00009453 BTC.
- PRIZM (PZM) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.71 or 0.00007853 BTC.
- Qtum (QTUM) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $2.19 or 0.00024168 BTC.
- OmiseGO (OMG) traded up 5.7% against the dollar and now trades at $1.01 or 0.00011193 BTC.
- Mixin (XIN) traded up 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $267.10 or 0.02949739 BTC.
- Ardor (ARDR) traded 3.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0549 or 0.00000607 BTC.
- WINk (WIN) traded 3.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0002 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- Wanchain (WAN) traded up 3.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00002450 BTC.
- Apollo Currency (APL) traded down 4.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0013 or 0.00000014 BTC.
BitShares Coin Profile
BitShares is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the SHA-512 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was November 5th, 2014. BitShares’ total supply is 2,747,720,000 coins. BitShares’ official message board is . The Reddit community for BitShares is and the currency’s Github account can be viewed . BitShares’ official Twitter account is and its Facebook page is accessible . The official website for BitShares is .
According to CryptoCompare, “Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) is a new method of securing a crypto-currency’s network. DPOS attempts to solve the problems of both Bitcoin’s traditional Proof of Work system, and the Proof of Stake system of Peercoin and NXT. DPOS implements a layer of technological democracy to offset the negative effects of centralization. Delegated proof of stake mitigates the potential negative impacts of centralization through the use of witnesses (formaly called delegates). A total of N witnesses sign the blocks and are voted on by those using the network with every transaction that gets made. By using a decentralized voting process, DPOS is by design more democratic than comparable systems. Rather than eliminating the need for trust all together, DPOS has safeguards in place the ensure that those trusted with signing blocks on behalf of the network are doing so correctly and without bias. Additionally, each block signed must have a verification that the block before it was signed by a trusted node. DPOS eliminates the need to wait until a certain number of untrusted nodes have verified a transaction before it can be confirmed. This reduced need for confirmation produces an increase in speed of transaction times. By intentionally placing trust with the most trustworthy of potential block signers, as decided by the network, no artificial encumbrance need be imposed to slow down the block signing process. DPOS allows for many more transactions to be included in a block than either proof of work or proof of stake systems. DPOS technology allows cryptocurrency technology to transact at a level where it can compete with the centralized clearinghouses like Visa and Mastercard. Such clearinghouses administer the most popular forms of electronic payment systems in the world. In a delegated proof of stake system centralization still occurs, but it is controlled. Unlike other methods of securing cryptocurrency networks, every client in a DPOS system has the ability to decide who is trusted rather than trust concentrating in the hands of those with the most resources. DPOS allows the network to reap some of the major advantages of centralization, while still maintaining some calculated measure of decentralization. This system is enforced by a fair election process where anyone could potentially become a delegated representative of the majority of users. “
Buying and Selling BitShares
BitShares can be traded on these cryptocurrency exchanges: Gate.io, Crex24, EXX, CoinTiger, BigONE, CryptoBridge, Livecoin, Indodax, Huobi, Binance, RuDEX, YoBit, CoinEgg, Tidex, Poloniex, HitBTC, RightBTC, ZB.COM, BitShares Asset Exchange, LBank and OpenLedger DEX. It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as BitShares directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade BitShares should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase BitShares using one of the exchanges listed above.