Author: Steve Walters

There are many new projects being built on the Ethereum protocol, and one of the more interesting is the Kyber Network. This project is attempting to totally decentralize cryptocurrency exchange by keeping it entirely on the blockchain. This will also make for a trustless exchange, and on the Kyber Network users will be able to exchange any cryptocurrency at all instantaneously. At least that’s the goal of the development team behind this project. It’s not certain if they can live up to their proposals, so let’s look deeper to see what progress has already been made and what’s coming in the near future. We’ll also get some idea of how the Kyber Network might differ from other decentralized exchange projects such as Bancor and the 0x Project.

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0x is a project to design an open protocol that will allow for a decentralized exchange as part of the Ethereum blockchain. It was created using Ethereum smart contracts, and can be used by any person or group to create a global decentralized exchange.

The 0x team took on this project because they are convinced that in the future there will be thousands of Ethereum based tokens, and they wanted to create a trustworthy and efficient way to exchange them. As you’ll see in the following article, 0x has been designed to be different, not only from centralized exchanges, but also from the other decentralized exchanges.

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EtherDelta quickly became the go-to exchange for trading ERC-20 tokens. Operating as a decentralized exchange specializing in ERC-20 tokens and Ethereum it quickly gained traction with users who appreciated the privacy offered by the marketplace, and the ability to trade any ERC-20 token, even those that had just been released.

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The Bancor Protocol is a method that was created to allow anyone to quickly and easily convert any ERC-20 currencies directly between each other as opposed to using a third-party exchange to accomplish the conversion.

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If you’re looking for a new alternative to the existing cryptocurrency exchanges you have no further to look than Gate.io, which has just come into operation in 2017. It was created with a goal of offering users access to otherwise difficult to find coins and new projects, and it seems to be seeing good early success. Additionally, it was designed to help investors find information about current market trends and specific coins.

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If just having your cryptocurrency exchanges isn’t enough, you can consider consolidating them all under one umbrella with the Coinigy platform. This is a platform that’s available on desktop and mobile, and was created with the serious cryptocurrency trader in mind. It connects over 45 cryptocurrency exchanges in one platform that is customizable and gives you access to data, charts and orders. It can really simplify the trading process if you’re into dozens of small altcoins spread over multiple exchanges. It also provides good education on the platform and trading with a series of articles and videos.

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Liqui.io is one of the smaller cryptocurrency exchanges, and also one of the newer cryptocurrency exchanges. Even though it’s fairly new, it already offers trading in roughly 60 different cryptocurrencies, including of course Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum. They don’t support fiat currencies however, so all deposits and withdrawals must be done in cryptocurrencies from outside wallets.

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