Blockchain

Blockchain, often referred to as “the record-keeping technology behind Bitcoin”, is defined as a distributed, decentralized public ledger. In this section, we’d like to show that blockchain technology is actually easier to understand than that definition sounds. Check out our comprehensive guides on different types of blockchains to learn all the ins and outs of this innovative tech.

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What Is USD Coin (USDC)?

By José Oramas January 20th, 2021

This guide is for those who want to better understand what USD Coin is and what its main use cases are.

What Is Cryptojacking?

By staff writer January 19th, 2021

Cryptojacking in recent times has become widespread as hackers are getting more sophisticated in their attacks. Read this guide to learn what it is and how you can detect it.

What Is Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)?

By José Oramas January 19th, 2021

There are different kinds of wrapped tokens and Wrapped Ethereum is definitely among the most popular ones. But what is it? Read this guide to find it out.

What Is Non-Fungible Token?

By Adedamola Bada December 28th, 2020

The NFT industry has grown from a market cap of $30 million in 2017 to over $300 million by 2020. This guide will help you to learn more about non-fungible tokens.

What are the Top 5 Liquidity Pool Providers?

By Osaemezu Ogwu November 11th, 2020

Learn more about the concept behind liquidity pools and check out the review of today’s top 5 DeFi liquidity pool providers.

What is Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)?

By Osaemezu Ogwu October 13th, 2020

While the number of countries exploring the concept of CBDC is actively growing, we invite you to learn the key basics of Central Bank Digital Currencies in this guide.

What is Aave Lending Platform and How to Use It?

By Adedamola Bada October 4th, 2020

Check out this guide to find everything you need to know about Aave – one of the most popular DeFi lending platforms.

What is DeFi Lending?

By Osaemezu Ogwu October 4th, 2020

Decentralized Finance is seen by many to have numerous advantages over the traditional finance system, part of it due to DeFi’s unique lending system. In this guide, we’ll tell you all about DeFi Lending.

Yearn.Finance Review: A High Yielding DeFi Protocol

By Osaemezu Ogwu September 21st, 2020

Learn more about Yearn.finance, a relatively unknown lending aggregator that became one of the most popular digital currencies and the most expensive cryptocurrency, surging past $27,000.

What is 0x and Its ZRX Token?

By Adedamola Bada September 17th, 2020

Check everything you might need to know about 0x project – Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) solution, and its native ZRX token.

What is Polkadot and Its DOT Token?

By Adedamola Bada September 10th, 2020

It seems, that through Polkadot protocol, the emergence of new markets is imminent and the decentralization of future economies is looking more possible than ever before.

Understanding Decentralized Apps in Blockchain Technology

By staff writer August 26th, 2020

Decentralized apps are the innovation that is driving the world right now, and there are no signs that this trend will stop at any point in the future. Find everything you might need to know about this kind of apps in this guide.

How to Find Legal Work in Crypto: Freelance and Entrepreneurship Options

By Jeff Fawkes July 22nd, 2020

Here’s the complete guide describing key working opportunities that presents the crypto world both for freelance people and formed teams.

All You Should Know About Asset Tokenization in 2020

By Andy Watson May 9th, 2020

Here, we are going to look at one such dynamic that has attained immense value and potential with the onset of blockchain – asset tokenization.

What Is Binance Cloud?

By Osaemezu Ogwu March 1st, 2020

In this guide, our primary focus will be on the newly launched cloud infrastructure of Binance, dubbed Binance Cloud.

Proof-of-Stake Algorithm: How to Stake in Cryptocurrency?

By Jeff Fawkes February 10th, 2020

Despite the crypto community is focused on Bitcoin’s halving and potential price increase lets not forget about the Staking year.

What’s the Difference between Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)?

By Adedamola Bada January 27th, 2020

Despite blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) have been one of the most common buzzwords thrown about in events and seed-raises to bolster investments, not so many know the difference between these two techs.

How to Scale Ethereum: Sharding Explained

By Adedamola Bada September 28th, 2019

While scalability remains one of the main issues of blockchain, sharding is viewed as one of the most promising methods to address it. This guide will help you to learn more about it.

What Is Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR)?

By Azeez Mustapha September 24th, 2019

Hedera Hashgraph is claimed to go beyond the majority of traditional blockchains. If you want to learn what Hedera Hashgraph can offer you, this guide is for you.

What Is Lightning Network and How Does It Work?

By Adedamola Bada September 24th, 2019

Though the Lightning network is still under development it is already expected to bring great changes. The guide will tell you what the network represents itself and what this tech can offer to the crypto world.

What Is the Telegram’s TON Blockchain?

By Azeez Mustapha September 20th, 2019

Telegram Open Network is expected to become a major game-changer for social messaging. But what do we know about it right now? This guide is for those who want to find it out.

What Is Decentralized Finance (DeFi)?

By Adedamola Bada September 18th, 2019

There are a lot of talks that today the traditional centralized finance system can’t satisfy all the currently existing demands. But are there any other options? In this guide, we will tell you about DeFi, its decentralized counterpart.

What’s the Difference Between Coins, Tokens and Shares?

By Andy Watson August 24th, 2019

Using the example of tokens, coins and shares, with this piece, we’ll show you how the concept of crypto blurs the borders between different types of assets.

What Are Smart Contracts?

By Andy Watson August 23rd, 2019

As you can hear about smart contracts practically everywhere today, this guide will help you to better understand their nature and their role in transforming many processes.

Gone with Consensus: Evolution of Algorithms [Complete Guide]

By Andy Watson February 8th, 2019

In this complete guide, Vladimir Malakchi, CMO of 482.solutions, figures out which consensus algorithms are presented in the industry, considers their features, and also touches on their shortcomings dispelling several myths.

What is Blockchain Technology?

By Andy Watson March 23rd, 2018

The blockchain technology can simply be explained as a decentralized open ledger system of adding, verifying and then recording transactions between peers in a transparent, efficient and irreversible manner.

What is Interledger Protocol?

By Andy Watson January 17th, 2016

The Interledger protocol (ITL) is a protocol for payments across payment systems. The protocol was introduced by Ripple in October 2015.

What is Open Ledger?

By Siarhei Karotki December 18th, 2015

A group of the major fintech industry players are working on a new version of the blockchain technology as part of the Open Ledger Project.

What is SHA-256?

By Andy Watson August 28th, 2014

SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm) – is a set of cryptographic algorithms – single-aimed hash functions including SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512.

What is Scrypt in Cryptography?

By Andy Watson March 25th, 2014

Scrypt is an adaptive cryptographic function of key generation based on the password. It was invented by Colin Percival for the online service for protected storage of back up copies of Unix like operating systems in 2008.