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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.
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Intermediate
What Is Proof of Authority (PoA)?
Proof of Authority is a permissioned consensus mechanism that uses identity as a stake to provide fast transactions and add blocks through the network.
Feb 06, 2023
Intermediate
What Is Delayed Proof of Work?
Delayed Proof of Work is a hybrid consensus machine that allows one blockchain to rely on the security provided by the hashing power of another blockchain.
Feb 06, 2023
Intermediate
Blockchain Use Cases: Digital Identity
Blockchain identity management systems are growing. A decentralized system could be the solution by granting users ownership and control of their data.
Feb 06, 2023
Beginner
What Is VeChain? All You Need to Know About VET
VeChain is a blockchain platform with the goal of using distributed ledger technology to streamline supply chain management.
Feb 06, 2023
Beginner
What Is Crypto Mining?
Crypto mining is the process of generating new coins and adding blocks of transactions to the blockchain via a network of computers using a consensus algorithm.
Feb 06, 2023
Beginner
What Is Kusama? All You Need to Know About KSM
Kusama, described as "Polkadot's wild cousin", is a blockchain platform designed to provide a widely interoperable and extensible framework for developers.
Feb 06, 2023
Beginner
What Is IOTA? All You Need to Know About MIOTA
IOTA is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that helps users profit from data feeds across tons of IoT devices and uses its native token, MIOTA.
Feb 06, 2023
Beginner
What Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)?
CBDCs are digital currencies issued and regulated by the Central Bank. Their potential benefits have attracted interest from even the world’s largest nations.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
What Is Sei?
Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain built and optimized for trading, created with the goal of becoming a “decentralized Nasdaq”.
Jan 31, 2023
Intermediate
What Is a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)?
Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) offers a more efficient way to manage network transactions while overcoming many blockchain drawbacks.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
Hot Wallet vs. Cold Wallet
Hot wallets are great, and so are cold wallets. But which is safer, easier to use, and more effective for saving cryptocurrencies? Find out here.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
General Security Principles in Blockchain
Blockchain security is a comprehensive risk assessment process carried out for a blockchain network to assure its safety from hacks, data breaches, and fraud.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
Blockchain Use Cases: Supply Chain Management
Blockchain technology helps supply chain management, eliminating the need for a centralized database administration, and tracking the movement of products.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
What Is Elrond? All You Need to Know About EGLD
Elrond is a blockchain platform capable of processing transactions at high speeds, and it provides security for the network by utilizing the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism.
Jan 30, 2023
Beginner
What Is Quant? All You Need to Know About QNT
Quant (QNT) is a blockchain network that uses an ever-expanding list of DLT connectors and APIs to allow different blockchains to communicate with each other.
Jan 30, 2023
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