Blockchain
Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.
Neo describes itself as an ecosystem that is "rapidly growing and developing" that brings together digital assets, identities, and payments.
Arweave is a data storage protocol built on blockweave technology that is developing a network where data is stored permanently and is easily accessible.
Public Key Cryptography is based on cryptographic programs with two distinct keys, used to prevent unwanted access to certain data by unauthorized persons.
ZkSync is a Layer-2 scaling solution backed by the zk-Rollup technology. It enables fast and cheap payments compared to Layer-1 protocols on the Ethereum chain.
Evmos is a new frontier in blockchain technology that seeks to integrate Ethereum assets and applications with the Cosmos ecosystem's interconnected blockchain.
Chainlink is a blockchain-based decentralized oracle network that acts as a bridge between the blockchain and the real world.
Litecoin is a blockchain created by a fork of Bitcoin, whose blocks are generated more frequently to make transactions faster.
Dogechain is a not-so-official layer 2 blockchain that bridges the gap between Dogecoin users and alternative use cases like NFTs and DeFi.
From the key players at Meta, Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain that is set to become one of the most secure and scalable networks in web3.
Radix is a public, decentralized ledger built to support the creation of applications, with a focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) use cases.
The Taproot Upgrade is a recent network upgrade that improved the scalability, privacy, and efficiency of the Bitcoin network.
Segregated Witness (SegWit) is an update in the Bitcoin blockchain that separates the witness data from the base block. It is aimed at scaling the network.
An Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) refers to the amount of cryptocurrency left after a transaction, which can be consumed at any point in time.
DPoS is a new concept of Proof of Stake consensus mechanism that relies upon a group of delegates to validate blocks on behalf of all nodes in the network.
A Merkle Tree is a structure used to verify and maintain data integrity in a set. Merkle trees and Merkle Roots are employed to verify transactions.