• Proof of work (PoW) is a form of cryptographic proof in which one party (the prover) proves to others (the verifiers) that a certain amount of a specific...
    30 KB (3,146 words) - 22:07, 5 October 2024
  • Proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols are a class of consensus mechanisms for blockchains that work by selecting validators in proportion to their quantity of...
    22 KB (2,386 words) - 17:12, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cryptocurrency
    instead of SHA-256. Peercoin, created in August 2012, used a hybrid of proof-of-work and proof-of-stake. Cryptocurrency has undergone several periods of growth...
    221 KB (19,930 words) - 17:12, 8 October 2024
  • al.. Proofs of space are very similar to proofs of work (PoW), except that instead of computation, storage is used to earn cryptocurrency. Proof-of-space...
    14 KB (1,563 words) - 16:27, 15 September 2024
  • notable types of consensus mechanisms are proof-of-work and proof-of-stake. By 2007, a number of distributed systems for the prevention of double-spending...
    8 KB (975 words) - 02:35, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bitcoin
    Bitcoin (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2023)
    intensive process based on proof of work, called mining, that secures the bitcoin blockchain. Mining consumes large quantities of electricity and has been...
    103 KB (8,343 words) - 16:59, 7 October 2024
  • of several layers: infrastructure (hardware) networking (node discovery, information propagation and verification) consensus (proof of work, proof of...
    129 KB (12,426 words) - 09:39, 10 October 2024
  • been designed to be less energy intensive than the more widely used proof of work, although there is disagreement about how secure and decentralized this...
    32 KB (2,845 words) - 13:15, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bitcoin protocol
    a public ledger that records all bitcoin transactions; mining and proof of work, the process to create new bitcoins and verify transactions; and cryptographic...
    22 KB (3,073 words) - 22:08, 5 October 2024
  • Proof of authority (PoA) is an algorithm used with blockchains that delivers comparatively fast transactions through a consensus mechanism based on identity...
    3 KB (336 words) - 23:13, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cryptographic hash function
    much as possible like a random function (often called a random oracle in proofs of security) while still being deterministic and efficiently computable....
    48 KB (6,237 words) - 11:39, 3 October 2024
  • Nick Szabo (category American people of Hungarian descent)
    unless a majority of the parties agreed to accept new solutions, they couldn't start on the next problem. (see also: proof-of-work system). Although Szabo...
    8 KB (768 words) - 07:05, 10 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mathematical proof
    hypothesis if frequently used as an assumption for further mathematical work. Proofs employ logic expressed in mathematical symbols, along with natural language...
    38 KB (4,778 words) - 08:10, 24 September 2024
  • Coin, PP Coin, or PPC, is a cryptocurrency utilizing both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems. Peercoin is based on an August 2012 paper that listed...
    7 KB (419 words) - 22:18, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ethereum
    September 2022, Ethereum transitioned its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) in an upgrade process known as "the Merge". This...
    79 KB (7,065 words) - 09:46, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardano (blockchain platform)
    the largest cryptocurrency to use a proof-of-stake blockchain, which is seen as a greener alternative to proof-of-work protocols. After leaving Ethereum...
    37 KB (3,074 words) - 05:19, 17 August 2024
  • Crypto-Currency using Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Grid as a Proof Of Work" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved...
    36 KB (1,331 words) - 05:55, 15 August 2024
  • alternative proof-of-work algorithm, is used for Litecoin. According to Motherboard, "Scrypt was chosen because it theoretically prevents the use of ASICs,...
    19 KB (1,590 words) - 12:34, 29 September 2024
  • Death Proof is a 2007 American slasher film written, directed, co-produced, and shot by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman who murders...
    26 KB (2,758 words) - 04:43, 10 October 2024
  • Transactions are validated through a miner network running RandomX, a proof-of-work algorithm. The algorithm issues new coins to miners and was designed...
    37 KB (3,143 words) - 11:33, 7 October 2024
  • Decentralized application (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2021)
    consensus are proof-of-work (POW) and proof-of-stake (POS). Proof-of-work utilises computational power to establish consensus through the process of mining....
    18 KB (1,934 words) - 11:23, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
    Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is a proof by British mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles of a special case of the modularity theorem for elliptic curves...
    58 KB (5,820 words) - 20:36, 7 September 2024
  • locked or staked for some time period. One advantage of a 'proof of stake' over a 'proof of work' system, is the high energy consumption demanded by the...
    43 KB (4,768 words) - 22:06, 5 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bram Cohen
    Bram Cohen (category Place of birth missing (living people))
    implemented a proof of space-time cryptocurrency called Chia. Chia is intended to avoid the waste of energy involved in proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies...
    16 KB (1,423 words) - 17:00, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Proof (rapper)
    2006), known professionally as Proof, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. During his career, he was a member of the groups 5 Elementz, Funky...
    20 KB (2,087 words) - 04:32, 28 August 2024
  • Hal Finney (computer scientist) (category California Institute of Technology alumni)
    privacy-enhancing technologies. In 2004, Finney created the first reusable proof-of-work system before Bitcoin. In January 2009, Finney was the Bitcoin network's...
    14 KB (1,247 words) - 11:38, 9 October 2024
  • and calculating proof of work or proof of stake. The rise of ASIC SHA-2 accelerator chips has led to the use of scrypt-based proof-of-work schemes. SHA-1...
    51 KB (4,970 words) - 12:36, 1 October 2024
  • hybrid data structures. DLT consensus algorithm types includeproof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) algorithms and DAG consensus-building and voting algorithms...
    11 KB (1,022 words) - 22:02, 5 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Environmental impact of bitcoin
    attention of regulators, leading to incentives or restrictions in various jurisdictions. Bitcoin mining is a highly electricity-intensive proof-of-work process...
    32 KB (2,948 words) - 22:11, 5 October 2024
  • and additional verification parties. The proof of identity supersedes the approach of proof of work and proof of stake which distribute voting power and...
    20 KB (2,062 words) - 21:47, 20 September 2023