Cryptocurrency 101: Bitcoin, Etherium and other tips from the experts

Some say cryptocurrencies are the future of the internet and thereby, the future of the world.

The ads were front and center during the Super Bowl, creating a lot of buzz as well as a lot of confusion.

So here is your Cryptocurrency 101.

During Super Bowl 56, you probably saw a commercial with a floating QR code. If you scanned it, you got a promotion for free Bitcoin. That is digital money some are calling digital gold.

"Bitcoin has been the best performing asset of the last decade, period. The reason being: there's a finite amount of Bitcoin out there, there's 21 million," explained CEO of Unbanked Ian Kane.

The idea for Bitcoin, the very first cryptocurrency, emerged in 2008. Michael Herne, self-professed Crypto King, host of "Uncensored Crytpo," and CEO and president of Decentral Publishing explains what it is.

"The crypto part comes from cryptography, basically means that everything is scrambled up, so that it's very secure and very private," he said.
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