The document discusses cryptocurrency, including its history beginning in 1998, characteristics like decentralized digital currency exchanged via encryption, how mining works to validate transactions, top cryptocurrencies in 2016 like Bitcoin and Litecoin, how to buy cryptocurrency through exchanges, wallets to store cryptocurrency, differences from PayPal, economics of the growing market, and both benefits like easy international use and disadvantages like volatility.

1. Seminar
on
Crypto-Currency
LinkedIn:
sarveshmeena1994@gmail.com
Submitted By:
Sarvesh Kumar Meena
M.Tech-CSE

2. Content
 Introduction
 History
 What is the purpose of Crypto currency?
 Characteristics of Crypto Currencies
 Mining
 How do crypto currencies work?
 Top 10 Crypto Currencies in 2016
 How to buy crypto currency?
 Crypto-Currency wallet (Get a Wallet)

3. Content….
Differences between Crypto Currency and
PayPal
Economics
Advantages of Crypto Currency
 Benefits of Crypto Currency
Disadvantages of Crypto Currency
Conclusion
Reference

4. Introduction
• Simply A crypto currency is a digital currency.
• A medium of exchange like normal currencies.
• Crypto currencies are classified as a subset of digital
currencies and are also classified as a subset of alternative
currencies and virtual currencies .

5. History
• In 1998, Wei Dai Published a Description of “B-Money”, an
anonymous, distributed electronica cash system.
• Nick Szabo created "bit gold" Like bit-coin and other crypto
currencies.
• The first crypto-currency to capture the public imagination
was Bit-coin, which was launched in 2009 by an individual or
group known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

6. What is the purpose of Crypto currency?
• A crypto-currency is a medium of exchange like normal
currencies such as USD, but designed for the purpose of
exchanging digital information through a process made
possible by certain principles of cryptography.
• Cryptography is used to secure the transactions and to
control the creation of new coins.

7. Characteristics of Crypto Currencies
• Use a number of different algorithms
• Traded in different ways
• Main characteristics that should consider by the
customer are ;
 Market capitalization and Daily trading volume
Verification Method • Retailer acceptance

8. Mining
• Mining programs tap into your computer's hardware
resources and put them to work mining Bit-coin,
Litecoin, or another type of crypto-currency.
• And no, even if your hardware is used to generate money
for them, you don't get any of it.
• They get all the money from putting your hardware to
work

10. How do crypto-currencies work?
• Crypto-currency is an encrypted decentralized digital
currency transferred between peers and confirmed in a
public ledger via a process known as mining.
• First, let's review the basics and essentials of crypto-
currency, and then we will do an overview of the other
properties that have made crypto-currency what it is
today

13. Top 10 Crypto Currencies in 2016
 Bit-coin (2009)
 Black-Coin (2014)
 Dash(2015)
 Doge-coin (2013)
 Lite-coin (2011)
 Name-coin (2011)
 Nxt (2013)
 Peer-coin (2012)
 Prime-coin (2013)
 Ripple(2013)

14. How to buy crypto currency?
(Where can I buy crypto-currency?)
• Crypto-currencies are assets created digitally following
specific rules and can be exchanged among users just like
any other currency.
• In order to acquire crypto assets, the equivalent of a
currency exchange office is needed.
• This function is mainly done through an exchange or
a broker.

15. Crypto-Currency wallet
• A crypto-currency wallet is a secure digital wallet used
to store, send, and receive digital currency like Bit-coin.
Most coins have an official wallet or a few officially
recommended third party wallets .

16. Getting a digital wallet
• If we want to receive, store, or send EUR, you need a
bank account. In the crypto world, you need a digital
wallet.
• There are many wallet types and providers.
• To buy coins and set up a wallet with Coin-base you’ll
need your ID, credit card or bank account details.

23. Differences between Crypto
Currency and PayPal
Crypto Currency PayPal
Decentralized Not Decentralized
Floated and not tied to the
dollar
Pegged to the dollar
Behavior is backed military
grade cryptography, not by
contracts
Behavior is backed by a
contractual relationship with
a corporation

24. Economics
• Crypto-currencies are used primarily outside existing
banking and governmental institutions, and exchanged
over the Internet.
• As of June 2017 total market capitalization of crypto-
currencies is bigger than 100 billion USD and record high
daily volume is larger than 6 billion USD.

25. Competition in crypto-currency markets
• As of September 2017, there were over 1100 digital
currencies in existence.

27. Crypto-currency Market Capitalizations

29. Benefits of Crypto Currency
• Easy to carry.
• Simple, Fast, Safe & Cheap.
• Low inflation & Collapse Risk.
• Untraceable.
• Access to Everyone.
• Decentralization Nature.

31. Disadvantages of Crypto Currency
• Lack of Awareness and understanding.
• Risk of Volatility.
• Still Developing

32. Conclusion
• As you can see, any crypto-currency until now is not
perfect.
• It have many advantages; however, it also has its
disadvantages.
• This is mostly due to the fact that it is still a relatively
young and new currency.
• People are just beginning to become more aware of it.
• In order for Crypto-currency to succeed, more people need
to understand what it is.

33. Reference
 www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cryptocurrency.asp
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency
 https://www.slideshare.net
 https://coinmarketcap.com/