What are ERC-20 tokens? Find out now as the decentralized finance industry takes off

In short, they make life easier in a decentralized environment. Why are ERC-20 tokens needed? ERC-20 makes it easier to create new tokens, which is why Ethereum became the most popular ICO platform in 2017. ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is a type of crowdfunding, except that backers receive newly created tokens. This is a way for crypto economy companies to raise capital and finance development. The trading price for one ETH at the beginning of January 2017 was about $8. Two months later, that figure had quadrupled, and the rest was history. The price of one ETH reached a record high of $1,440 on January 13, 2018, an 18,000% increase from the previous year. This happened because ICOs raised millions of dollars on “promises” in their white papers, and many had no actual working product. Speculation became sublimation, and every project was embellished no matter how long it would take to implement features and developments. Now, in 2021, Ethereum will become the main network behind the dec...