Algorand: The Perfect Blend of Technology, Finance, and Investment

Blaise Bayuo
3 min readSep 23, 2020

The 21st century, the era of advanced technology, and that is for the right reasons. Fewer sectors have been tremendously impacted by technology more than finance, technology, and investment, and in this regard, Algorand has emerged as a pacesetter and industry leader. Hence, the description of the brand as the perfect blend of technology, finance, and investment is on point.
Algorand is fully focused on promoting steady evolution in meeting the ever-changing needs of technology. It has marshalled some of the best brains in the cryptocurrency and blockchain niche to ensure this. In making the best of technology, Algorand has evolved to become a very efficient method as far as the implementations of public ledgers are concerned.

Algorand — Facilitating Transactions with Technology, Making Life Easier for Investors
By definition, a public ledger is a secure series of data that everyone can read and modify. As a result, public ledgers have found applications in several areas, especially in the finance sector. They are used to provide security for various types of transactions precisely in the manner that they have occurred. A few examples of these transactions include payments, sales, and titles.
These public ledgers are not just good for providing security for all manners of transactions, but also helpful when it comes to the eradication of corruption, which is one of the biggest challenges in the world of finance. This is in addition to making possible very complicated applications like smart contracts and cryptocurrencies. Algorand is already shaping the future by bringing the best out of public ledgers as they apply to financial activities.

The True Revolution
It is this unique blend of technology, finance, and investment made possible by the well-developed Algorand platform and that is what is revolutionizing the entire space. This is why analysts have correctly surmised that the blend is going to radically transform even the way democratic entities function.
As for conventional systems, they are known for low efficiency and poor output alongside dismal scalability and that is where Algorand comes into the picture. It is a genuine platform with an inherent democratic character that optimizes efficiency when it comes to the implementation of structures like the public ledger for the maximum benefit of the clients and other stakeholders in the system. Algorand can achieve these lofty goals because of several reasons.

Better Offers from Algorand
Unlike in the past, when implementations were dependent on proof of work, Algorand is offering the least quantity of computation, thus improving efficiency vastly. With the addition of coming up with a comprehensive history of transactions and this is one history that will not engage in any kind of ‘forking’. So as it stands, Algorand has everything covered.

Apart from the efficiency, it offers regarding the public ledgers, some other features of Algorand has made it the real game-changer. A good illustration here is its deployment of the much-touted Algorand Standard Assets (ASA) which offer a standardized and proper Layer-1 mechanism for the representation of all kinds of assets that are present in the Algorand network.
The assets in this regard refer to all kinds — non-fungible, fungible, restricted non-fungible, and restricted fungible. As it is at the moment, several challenges are facing the optimal digitization of assets and it is in a bid to address these problems and provide viable solutions that Algorand has rolled out the ASAs.

These Standard Assets are in place to tackle issues like immediate settlement, enforcement of asset controls, gaining access to worldwide digital financial spaces, and round-the-clock transferability. The same goes for the maximization of efficiency when it comes to administrative processes like reporting and compliance.

Conclusion
The deployment of ASAs in several areas has recorded tremendous success and these include the tokenization of assets and the democratization of the access to various kinds of investments. There is also the issuance of assets on the Algorand platform by third parties alongside stress-free international transactions. All these make life a lot more less stressful for the investors and other stakeholders. This is apart from assisting them in maximizing their gains on all transactions and investments. It is a combination of these features that have made Algorand truly an ideal combination of finance, technology, and investment.

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