Bitcoin Mining Hardware Evolution: From CPUs and GPUs to Industrial ASICs (Part 2)
Hardware Evolution. Expert insights, real examples, and practical guidance to master this key blockchain concept.
Consensus Mechanisms
How Blockchain Transactions Work: From Initiation to Immutable Confirmation (Part 2)
This is a core requirement in any blockchain because if transactions do not produce the same result every time they are…
Blockchain Benefits and Limitations: An Honest Assessment for 2024
Numerous advantages of blockchain technology have been discussed in many industries and proposed by thought…
Tendermint: The Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Engine for Custom Blockchains
Tendermint is a software that provides a BFT consensus mechanism and state machine replication functionality to an application.
Blockchain Scalability Planes: Network, Consensus, Storage, and View Layers (Part 2)
Scalability Planes. Expert insights, real examples, and practical guidance to master this key blockchain concept.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS): Human-Readable Addresses for the Blockchain World (Part 2)
Consensus is a distributed computing concept that has been used in blockchain in order to provide a means of agreeing to a…
Circuit: A Complete Guide to Understanding This Blockchain Concept
Circuit. picture, the positive leg (long leg) of the LED is connected to pin number 21 of the GPIO, and the negative (short…
Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms: How Blockchains Maintain Consistent Block Times
A clear and expert guide to Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms — covering how it works, why it matters for blockchain, and how it’s applied in real-world decentra
Interledger Protocol: The Standard for Sending Payments Across Any Blockchain
Interledger is a simple protocol that is composed of four layers: Application, Transport, Interledger, and Ledger.
Append-Only Ledgers: Why Blockchain Data Can Never Be Deleted or Altered
Another property that we encounter is that blockchain is append-only, which means that data can only be added to the blockchain in…