Stratis Investor FAQ
Introduction to the Stratis Investor FAQ
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain
- What is a cryptocurrency?
- What is a coin?
- What is a blockchain?
- What is a network?
- What do “mining” and “staking” mean?
- What are confirmations?
- What is the difference between a coin and a token?
- What is a cryptocurrency exchange?
- What is an ICO?
- What is market capitalisation?
- What are Masternodes?
- Is the utility of cryptocurrencies limited to being a medium of transfer of value?
- How can cryptocurrencies be used to do so many different things?
- What is the cryptocurrency scalability problem?
- Do cryptocurrencies ACTUALLY have value?
- What changes a cryptocurrency’s value over time?
- What key features of a cryptocurrency induce scarcity and hence affect the price of the cryptocurrency?
Stratis and the Stratis Platform
- What are the details of Stratis’s ICO?
- Who are Stratis Group Ltd?
- What is Stratis?
- What is the relationship between Stratis Group Ltd and Stratis?
- What is the Stratis Platform?
- Why C# / .NET and why does it matter?
- What are the Full Nodes?
- What is the Full Node GUI (AKA the Stratis Core wallet)?
- What are smart contracts?
- Why does it matter that Stratis has the first C# smart contracts?
- What are sidechains?
- What is the Stratis ICO Platform?
- Why will up to 400 BTC not be converted by the Stratis ICO Platform?
- What is the Stratis Academy?
- How does Stratis Consultancy complement the Stratis Platform?
- What is the Breeze wallet?
- What is the Breeze Privacy Protocol and what are the Breeze Privacy Protocol Masternodes?
- Why did Stratis Group Ltd build out the Breeze Privacy Protocol?
- What is the Stratis DLT?
- What is the difference between the Stratis DLT and a private Stratis sidechain?
- What is the Stratis Development Foundation?
- What is C# Corner and what is their relationship with Stratis Group Ltd?
- How does The Stratis Platform approach the scalability problem?
- Why would a customer use the Stratis Platform instead of a competing platform?
- What is STRAT?
- What is the value proposition for STRAT as an investment?
- Is investing in Stratis the same as investing in Stratis Group Ltd?
- Where can I buy STRAT?
- Where can I trade STRAT?
- Where can I keep my STRAT?
- Will STRAT be added to more exchanges?
- How does it benefit the Stratis network if STRAT increases in value?
- What Masternodes can I operate using STRAT and what income can I expect?
- Will there be other Masternodes?
- How do smart contracts bring value to STRAT?
- How do sidechains bring value to STRAT?
- How does the Stratis ICO Platform bring value to STRAT?
- How do Masternodes bring value to STRAT?
- How do I stake?
- Can I stake on a Raspberry Pi?
- What is “coin maturity” and how long do I have to wait before I can stake my STRAT?
- How long do I have to wait before I can spend staked STRAT?
- How big is the blockchain, where is it stored and how long does it take to sync?
- What is the expected income and is there a staking calculator?
- Why am I not receiving STRAT as often as I would expect?
- What are orphans and what can I do to try to reduce the number of orphaned blocks I get?
- Can I cold stake my STRAT?
- Can I stake two instances of the same wallet at the same time?