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What Is Cryptocurrency Mining and How Does It Work?

What Is Cryptocurrency Mining and How Does It Work?
Crypto mining ensures the security and decentralization of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which are based on a Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. It's the process by which user transactions are verified and added to the blockchain's public ledger. As such, mining is a critical element that allows Bitcoin to function without the need for a central authority.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Segregated Witness (SegWit)

A Beginner’s Guide to Segregated Witness (SegWit)
Segregated Witness (SegWit) is a protocol upgrade developed in 2015. The concept was introduced as a solution to the scalability problem that blockchain networks were and are still facing today. On average, the Bitcoin network validates a new block every 10 minutes, each containing several transactions. As such, the block size affects the number of transactions that can be confirmed in each block. Currently, the Bitcoin blockchain can process around 7 transactions per second.
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What Is Fractional Reserve?

What Is Fractional Reserve?
Fractional reserve is a banking system that allows commercial banks to profit by loaning part of their customers’ deposits, while just a small fraction of these deposits are stored as real cash and available for withdrawal. Practically speaking, this banking system creates money out of nothing using a percentage of their customers’ bank deposits.
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Blockchain Oracles Explained

Blockchain Oracles Explained
Blockchain oracles are third-party services that provide smart contracts with external information. They serve as bridges between blockchains and the outside world. Blockchains and smart contracts cannot access off-chain data (data that is outside of the network). However, for many contractual agreements, it is vital to have relevant information from the outside world to execute the agreement.
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What Is Quantitative Easing (QE)?

What Is Quantitative Easing (QE)?
Quantitative Easing (QE) may present different and controversial definitions. But basically speaking, it is a market operation (performed by central banks) that increases liquidity and inflation, with the alleged intention of stimulating the economy of a nation, encouraging businesses and consumers to borrow and spend more.
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Blockchain Use Cases - Prediction Markets

Blockchain Use Cases - Prediction Markets
When you stumble across the terms blockchain and markets in the same sentence, you no doubt consider the booming ecosystem of exchanges facilitating cryptocurrency trades. Blockchain technology is incredibly versatile, however, and allows for markets of all sorts to be built on top of it. Financial assets can be either physical objects (tangible) or digital goods (intangible). But regardless of the type, where there are assets that hold value, there is a potential market. In this article, we’ll take a look at a particular kind of market that could benefit significantly from blockchain technology – prediction markets.
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What Is BNB?

What Is BNB?
BNB was launched through an Initial Coin Offering (or ICO) that took place from June 26th to July 3rd, 2017 - 11 days before the Binance Exchange opened for trading. The issue price was 1 ETH for 2,700 BNB or 1 BTC for 20,000 BNB. Although BNB was launched through an ICO, BNB does not provide users with a claim on Binance profits and does not represent an investment in Binance.
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