Stellar Gears Up to Implement Lightning Network
Last week, on March 15, 2018, Lightning Labs unveiled their beta for the Lightning Network in a flash of media attention and enthusiasm. The Lightning Network has been...
What is a Distributed Ledger?
Ledgers, the foundation of accounting, are as ancient as writing and money.
Their medium has been clay, wooden tally sticks (that were a fire hazard),...
Top Ten Crypto Websites
The internet is full of crypto sites. The moment you type ‘crypto’ into any search engine, hundreds, if not thousands of crypto sites show...
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Satoshi Nakamoto
October 31, 2008
Abstract
A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without...
Risk of SegWit – Mining Cartels
The bitcoin community continues to debate Segregated Witness, the Bitcoin Core development team’s proposed scaling solution which would separate signature data (witnesses) from transaction...
Understanding Web 3 — A User Controlled Internet
Coinbase breaks down the motivation and technology behind the development of Web 3
This 3-part post focuses on the why, what and how of the latest...
What Can a Blockchain Do?
Financial institutions have financed the disruption of countless industries over the last 30 years; they have an idea of what a revolutionary technology can...
Whitfield Diffie Talks Cryptography ‘Resurgence’ and Blockchain
“This is very fulfilling because when you thought the subject must have run its course, it flares up again.”
Those words, from cryptography legend...
The People Will See The Value In Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work
Preachin’ to the Choir
The average Bitcoiner from 2016 could argue they do not gain much value from a commentary about proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake. Justifiably...
A Guide to the World Bitcoin Created
Bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies. Smart contracts. Many people have now heard of the rapidly changing ecosystem of financial technology, but few have wrapped their heads around...
