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Are VeriBlock Transactions on the Bitcoin Network Helping or Harming BTC?

According to reports from Bitcoin (BTC) developers, a startling amount of block space is being wasted on the Bitcoin network to secure the blockchains of other cryptos. A company called VeriBlock has been “borrowing” the hashing power of the Bitcoin network to increase security on vulnerable altcoin chains and filling up BTC block space in the. дальше »

2019-1-10 01:00


Understanding How Blockchain Fees And Incentives Help Fend Off Network Spam Attacks

A lot of newcomers to crypto space often wonder why transaction fees are necessary, especially since miners receive block rewards. However, the truth is that block rewards can be enough only for a certain period, especially when it comes to Bitcoin, which has its block rewards cut in half approximately every four years. For now, […] дальше »

2018-12-3 21:27


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Regulated Crypto Custodians and the Implication on the Market

Custodianship is still a stumbling block to institutional investors preventing them from confidently entering the cryptocurrency space. As more crypto-oriented custody ventures take actions toward being a qualified custodian, the near future will probably witness huge amounts of institutional capital flowing into the asset class. дальше »

2018-6-25 19:42


What Is 21e8?

If you’ve spent much time on crypto Twitter within the past couple of days, you may have seen some discussion and even hysteria regarding a recently-mined block. Block #528249’s six leading characters were “21e800”, a phrase that has grabbed the attention of conspiracists and curious individuals throughout the cryptocurrency space. “An Exceptionally Simple Theory of […] дальше »

2018-6-23 16:00


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