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Blockchain Foundations Part 8: Seed (Random Seed) and HD Wallet

This article is about seeds. A seed can help you organizing the great number of public/privat key pairs you may need. The article is part of a series starting w...

Blockchain Foundations Part 7: Encryption and Digital Signature

Encryption and digital signature are important foundations of the blockchain concept. This article explains the asymetric encryption and the digital signature u...

Blockchain Foundations Part 6: Radix Tree (PATRICIA Trie)

This article focuses the radix tree (radix trie, PATRICIA trie). The concept is used for example in Ethereum to store the state. The article is part of a series...

Blockchain Foundations Part 5: Merkle Tree and Merkle Root

This article talks about Merkle Tree and Merkle Root. The concept is used in many blockchains, for example in the Ethereum or Bitcoin blockchain. Merkle tree is...

Blockchain Foundations Part 4: Hash Function

This article contains basics about hash functions. The article is part of a series starting with this article: Blockchain Foundations Part 1: Distributed, Decen...

Blockchain Foundations Part 3: How the Architecture Affects the Internet User

This article discusses the effect of the architecture of a web application on the internet user. The article is part of a series starting with this article: Blo...

Blockchain Foundations Part 2: Peer-to-Peer Architecture and Hybrid Computer System Architecture

This article is about peer-to-peer architecture and hyprid computer system architecture. The article is part of a series starting with this article: Blockchain ...

Blockchain Foundations Part 1: Distributed, Decentralized and Centralized Computer Architecture

This article is about understanding distributed, centralized and decentralized architectures. With this article I will start a article series about blockchain f...