A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains...
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Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a cryptocurrency financial services company. The company began as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in...
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decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is known as Tronix (TRX). It was...
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Ethereum-based cryptocurrency that leverages the security of the Ethereum blockchain while having its own economy. In October 2021, the project raised an initial...
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Solana is a blockchain platform which uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to provide smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL. Solana...
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Cryptocurrency (redirect from Blockchain mining)
Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or blockchain, which is a computerized database that uses a consensus mechanism to secure...
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Non-fungible token (redirect from Blockchain art)
non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied...
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Ethereum (redirect from Optimism (blockchain))
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among...
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Terra is a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins. The project was created in 2018 by Terraform Labs, a startup co-founded...
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In blockchain, a fork is defined variously as: "What happens when a blockchain diverges into two potential paths forward", "A change in protocol", or...
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Video games can include elements that use blockchain technologies, including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), often as a form of monetization...
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Cardano is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake. It can facilitate peer-to-peer...
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Proof of stake (redirect from Validator (blockchain))
Proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols are a class of consensus mechanisms for blockchains that work by selecting validators in proportion to their quantity of...
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Bitcoin (section Blockchain)
cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight. Consensus between nodes is achieved using...
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Blockchain Capital (formerly Crypto Currency Partners) is a venture capital company founded in 2013 by brothers Paul Bart Stephens and William Bradford...
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up blockchain or block chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blockchain is a sequential distributed database used in cryptocurrencies. Blockchain or...
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A blockchain oracle is a third-party service for smart contracts. Oracles provide trusted information based on the outside-world sources to the on-blockchain...
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a list of blockchains - decentralized, cryptographic databases - and other distributed ledgers. Defined as per ISO 22739:2020 - Blockchain and distributed...
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proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT. It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange...
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Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network. Chainlink's token is on Ethereum. The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer...
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USD Coin (redirect from Base (blockchain))
on several other blockchain platforms such as Base and Polygon. Visa initiated a pilot program to send USDC via the Solana blockchain to payment firms...
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Blockchain as a service (BaaS) is an enterprise-level software service that allows businesses to use cloud-based solutions to build, host and use their...
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David Gerard (author) (redirect from Attack of the 50-foot Blockchain)
tokens (NFTs), and related blockchain technologies. He is the author of the cryptocurrency books Attack of the 50-foot Blockchain (2017), and Libra Shrugged...
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Avalanche is a decentralized, open-source Layer-1 blockchain that uniquely combines a tri-chain architecture (C-Chain, P-Chain, and X-Chain) with customizable...
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Smart contract (category Blockchains)
of blockchain and crypto legal disputes in Britain. Similar to a transfer of value on a blockchain, deployment of a smart contract on a blockchain occurs...
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2023. Retrieved December 14, 2013. Hijfte, Stijn Van (July 6, 2020). Blockchain Platforms: A Look at the Underbelly of Distributed Platforms. Morgan &...
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Decentralized autonomous organization (redirect from Blockchain company)
and finances handled through a decentralized ledger technology like a blockchain.. In particular, processes run by the decentralized programs must be central...
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Web3 (category Blockchains)
World Wide Web which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics. This is distinct from Tim Berners-Lee's...
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A blockchain is a shared database that records transactions between two parties in an immutable ledger. Blockchain documents and confirms pseudonymous...
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Bitcoin protocol (section Blockchain)
are: a peer-to-peer decentralized network with no central oversight; the blockchain technology, a public ledger that records all bitcoin transactions; mining...
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