{"id":259,"date":"2021-03-09T22:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2021-03-09T22:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:42:45","slug":"what-is-qtum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/education\/what-is-blockchain-technology\/what-is-qtum\/","title":{"rendered":"What is QTUM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>QTUM brings an advanced version of smart contracts to market.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"169\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/investorplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qtum-1-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A digital illustration of the cryptocurrency Qtum (QTUM).\" class=\"wp-image-1850422\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Shutterstock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Approximate Market Cap:<\/strong> $1 billion<br><strong>Year Established:<\/strong> 2017<br><strong>Cost Per Transaction:<\/strong> Nominal<br><strong>2020 Return:<\/strong> 44%<br><strong>Score:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many ways, QTUM looks much like Lisk \u2014 a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency that combines the best of both Bitcoin and Ethereum. And like Lisk, QTUM was thrust back into the spotlight this year after trading app Robinhood added the coin to its list of tracked currencies. By the second week of February, QTUM had risen 270%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s where the similarities begin to end. Unlike Lisk, which is written in the more-commonly used JavaScript, QTUM is written in far faster C. That has allowed its community to develop strong protocols that have <a href=\"https:\/\/qtum.org\/en\/post\/october-updates-and-qtum-v0-20-1-release\">kept up with many of Bitcoin\u2019s own modifications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QTUM remains a niche coin \u2014 as of the beginning of 2021, the cryptocurrency remains outside the top-50 by market cap. But as investors start to look further afield for interesting technologies, QTUM could see its moment to shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QTUM brings an advanced version of smart contracts to market. Source: Shutterstock Approximate Market Cap: $1 billionYear Established: 2017Cost Per Transaction: Nominal2020 Return: 44%Score: \u2605\u2605\u2605 In many ways, QTUM looks much like Lisk \u2014 a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency that combines the best of both Bitcoin and Ethereum. And like Lisk, QTUM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions\/260"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}