How Does Blockchain Technology Work?
As stated in our guide "What is Blockchain Technology?", there are three principal technologies that combine to create a blockchain. None of them are new....
Proof of Keys Explained: Bitcoin’s First Planned ‘Bank Run’ Is Today
Do your bitcoins really exist?
The answer might seem like an obvious “yes,” but the brewing “Proof of Keys” movement, launching today, argues the answer...
What is Blockchain Technology?
"The practical consequence for the first time, a way for one Internet user to transfer a unique piece of digital property to another...
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...
How Bitcoin Mining Works
In traditional fiat money systems, governments simply print more money when they need to. But in bitcoin, money isn’t printed at all – it...
2019: A Light(ning) year of progress
Another year is almost over. For those of us working on Lightning, the pace of change has been so fast that it’s gone by...
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...
Stablecoins: What you need to know
Stablecoins have been around for a long time since the advent of BitShares back in 2014. They’ve gotten more popular with the utilization of...
When the Fork Forks: What You Need to Know as Bitcoin Cash Goes to...
Around 16:40 UTC tomorrow, November 15, 2018, the Bitcoin Cash network is set to undergo another hard fork upgrade. But contention about this upgrade...
Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Lost Forever, New Study Says
Just as gold bars are lost at sea or $100 bills can burn, bitcoins can disappear from the Internet forever. When all 21 million...