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What is IPFS? Explaining The Interplanetary File System

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) has a goal to create a distributed Web. A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. T...

What is Stellar? Stellar XLM Explained Simply | Federated Byzantine Agreement

At a high level, Stellar is an open-source and decentralized financial platform with a native currency XLM. It is used to execute fast, secure, cross-border pay...

Zero-Knowledge Proofs | Simply Explained

Zero-knowledge proofs are defined as those proofs that convey no additional knowledge other than the correctness of the proposition in question.’ What is a Zero...

The Bitcoin Lightning Network | Simply Explained

Many critics of Distributed Ledger Technology are quick to point out its scalability issues. Bitcoin’s scalability problem refers to the limits on the number of...

What is Augur? Decentralized Gambling Simply Explained

Augur is a protocol that allows users to create their own prediction markets. The Augur protocol rewards users for correctly predicting future events. Predictio...

What is Augur? Step-by-Step Guide to Using Augur

Augur is a protocol that allows users to create their own prediction markets. The Augur protocol rewards users for correctly predicting future events. Predictio...

The Longest Blockchain Explained

The Longest Blockchain is the True Blockchain. According to the Bitcoin Whitepaper, nodes always treat the longest blockchain as the True blockchain and will co...

University of oxford is supporting cryptocurrency. All the things you have to know.

In today's world cryptocurrency is a huge thing. Everyone is talking about this and cryptocurrency is become more popular and everyone is getting interested int...

Austrian Economics Simply Explained and Compared to Keynesian Economics

In Life, people like to take sides. Whether talking about sports or politics, human beings like to associate themselves with other like-minded humans. When it c...

Released: Hardfork 20 Testnet!

Hello Steemians! In our previous post outlining the changes that would be coming to the Steem blockchain with Hardfork 20 we also shared that we’ll be releasing...

What is Proof of Stake | Delegated Proof of Stake

The concept of Proof of Work uses enormous amounts of energy, but why is that, and more importantly what are some alternatives? The goal of all consensus algori...

Explaining the STEEM Blockchain | Smart Media Tokens | Steemit.com 2018

When I first heard about the Steem blockchain, and Steemit specifically, I had 2 immediate questions. What is Steemit? And how can they pay me for contributing ...

In 2020: What will be the Top CryptoCurrency?

Whether we like it or not? We are on an accelerated trajectory towards a more decentralized world. Blockchain technology and Distributed Ledger Protocols (DLPs)...

EOSHackathon is coming to San Francisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11DzgEngaqI...

Minds Token Launch Today! Earn For Contributions Or Buy 💡

Hey everyone! So today I have something really special and cool to share with you! Minds another amazing blockchain social media platform that I've been on for ...

Abra vs Coinbase - What is the Best Cryptocurrency Wallet in 2018?

If you are reading this article, there is a strong possibility that you are either looking into acquiring your first Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. It's also possib...

What is Ripple? How Does it Use XRP to Leverage Instant Liquidity? | Ripple Explained 2018 | Cryptocurrency

To date Ripple has established relationships with more than 100 major institutional clients (and the list seems to grow daily). Recently adding notable major br...

The Bitcoin Baby

.png) I think this is how we all feel on the inside. It is a crazy, cruel, crypto world out there! Bring a jacket!...

The Byzantine Generals Problem and Blockchain Consensus Model Proof of Work | A Deep Dive 2018

Before we can really dive into some of the newer Byzantine Fault Tolerance Protocols, such as Proof of Stake, or NEO’s Delegate Byzantine Fault Tolerance. We ne...