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SAM digital launches SAMKOIN

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THE Smart Asset Managers (SAM) has successful­ly launched its most anticipate­d utility coin, the SAMKOIN (SAMK) this month. The cryptocurr­ency is listed in Hotbit and Probit.

SAMKOIN is a crypto currency created by SAM Digital Technologi­es. It is classified as a utility token which can be used in trading like buying products and services. It is actually a “virtual money” that uses blockchain, the underlying technology behind it, according to SAM’S executive technical director, Erick Alvaro, or what is called the “ledger or record” of transactio­ns.

Filipinos have come to embrace this financial technology in this “fintech” age where blockchain can be used in almost everything like accounting, patients’ record listing, videos, etc.

It’s “immutable or unalterabl­e,” otherwise it will affect everything since it’s interconne­cted.

The most popular and famous blockchain to date, is Bitcoin. It is a digital currency. However, there are hundreds or even thousands of blockchain currently existing in the world.

Some uses of SAMK involve transactin­g with SAM Project Developmen­ts (SAMPD). It can be used to buy packages from Members’ Accelerati­on Program (MAP), then it can also be used in trading with global exchangers like Exmarket, Hotbit and Probit.

SAMKOIN uses Proof of authority (POA) or the protocol used to create SAMK. Various technologi­es are behind it, according to Alvaro. SAMKOIN has created its own blockchain on POA network with various miners. The difference between POA and POW (ERC-20) is that for every transactio­n there is a huge transactio­n fees that users have to pay, which already has increased by over 1000% in last 2 years.

This is similar to creating your own asset and making one-time investment rather than paying rent to other blockchain­s on every transactio­n. This is also environmen­t friendly and consumes much lesser power which is in accordance with SAM’S philosophy of nature first. Moreover, the chances of hacking are much lesser as the Nodes that participat­e in verifying transactio­ns are whiteliste­d. Process of verifying is called as Blockchain mining and is used to secure and verify blockchain transactio­ns. Miners validate new transactio­ns and record them on the global ledger or blockchain.

 ??  ?? ROMMEL Santos, founder and Chairman of SAM Digital
ROMMEL Santos, founder and Chairman of SAM Digital

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