Before the implementation of the blockchain technology, cross-border payments were cumbersome, expensive, and often took days for the transaction to be resolved. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have helped revolutionise cross-border payments making them safe, affordable, transparent, and almost instant. One such platform that is revolutionising global payments is Terra Credit. The platform predominantly targets the unbanked population with smartphones made up of close to 2 billion adults.
Terra Credit had over eight products under its name. The products provide a real-life solution for emerging markets and include Credit, Terra Hub, Terra Dax, Mini-POS, TerraceX, Terra wallet, Terra Mart, and the Tellus Ecosystem (Tellus-pay and Tellus-merchant). He Team has combined three services into one app: Terrabit. The TerraCredit DAO recently launched zCredit on its Mainnet on 4th September 2020. Here’s all you need to know about Project and its newly launched product- zCredit.
TerraCredit Explained
Terra Credit is a decentralised blockchain-based payment platform designed to offer quick and transparent cross-border payments. TerraCredit DAO’s native coin is CREDIT-a digital currency that employs a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism as well as master nodes enabling a user to be a block producer and receive rewards for supporting the network.
Terra Credit predominantly targets the world’s unbanked adult population, estimated to be worth in the trillions of dollars. The whitepaper describes CREDIT as “a viable replacement to cash and a rewarding option that is attractive to new users.” Terra supports CREDIT mining on the CREDIT wallet, which is very simple to use and compatible with smartphones or basic computers. Besides, the wallet automatically stakes users’ coin balances.
About CREDIT
TerraCredit (CREDIT) is Terra’s native coin. As mentioned earlier, CREDIT leverages the Proof of Stake (PoS) Algorithm allowing users to become block producers and earn rewards. CREDIT tokenomics is as below:
Coin name: TerraCredit
Coin abbreviation: CREDIT
Current Market Price: $0.00519433
Market Cap: $475,161
Algorithm: Quark
Block type: Proof of Stake + Master Nodes
Block size: 2 MB
Block Time: 60 Seconds
Coin Emission Rate: Max. 20 CREDIT per block
Coin supply: 86 million coins
Pre-mine amount: 100 m coins
Burn amount: 14m coins
Privacy Technology: Custom zCredit
Masternode: 50,000 Credit collateral
CREDIT Use Cases
CREDIT’s primary role is as a decentralised medium of exchange to facilitate blockchain transactions. To hold value and remain valuable, CREDIT employs network wallets that allow users to stake coins to support the network and earn new rewards. CREDIT also functions as a unit of account in the Terra ecosystem, thus offering a standard of measurement to exchange goods and services. Below are some use cases of credit.
- A global decentralised payment platform for the unbanked adult population
- Source of passive income for block producers
- Standard cryptocurrency for exchange and instant digital payment of goods and services via the Terra wallet app.
- Facilitates instant, cheap, and decentralised cross-border payments. The transactions are absolutely free of charge.
- As a long-term investment via staking in an online desktop wallet
Introducing zCredit
Terra’s latest product, zCredit, was launched on 4th September 2020. zCredit is a second layer built on top of the CREDIT blockchain to enhance privacy by facilitating private transactions. zCredit enables Terra users to keep their transactions private and untraceable, giving them anonymity and full control over their finances.
To use zCredit, Terra users would first need to upgrade their wallets to version 1.3.0.2. The next step is to convert (burn) CREDIT to zCredit in the wallet’s Privacy Window by clicking the “Mint” button after imputing the amount you want to convert. zCredit is automatically sent to your wallets after 20 confirmation blocks. A successful mint will be indicated by “Total xxx zCREDIT” on the Privacy Window’s right side.
If you want to switch to traceable transactions, it’s possible to convert zCredit to CREDIT. Simply click the “Convert back to CREDIT” button on the Privacy Window after indicating the amount you would like to convert.
While there are plenty of anonymous coins, notably Monero and Dash, TerraCredit is quite unique. It gives you the option to either conduct a traceable or untraceable transaction without shifting blockchain networks. Want traceable transactions? Use CREDIT. Untraceable transactions? Use zCredit.
Final Thoughts
The crypto landscape is changing each day. The Johannesburg-based blockchain TerraCredit project has launched over eight products to cater to its enthusiastic users’ different needs. Its latest product, zCredit, is one of its kinds in the crypto space, enabling users to remain completely anonymous by supporting untraceable transactions.
Better yet, the new product offers users the option to choose whether to stay anonymous by conducting untraceable transactions or carry out standard traceable transactions on the TerraCredit blockchain. Thanks to real-life products, TerraCredit will indeed transform the global payment space making it accessible to everyone, even the unbanked.
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