Bitshares is one the few platforms that provides a decentralized asset exchange. You do not need traditional platforms such as Poloniex or Bittrex to exchange the cryptocurrencies. The platform allows users to control their digital money by themselves. Bitshares is a scalable platform. It works with a unique algorithm called Graphene. Due to this technology, the platform is capable to support over 100.000 transactions per second. The Bitshares platform operates with transactions faster than Bitcoin does