Understanding Token Sales and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) – Part 2
An initial coin offering is a hybrid between initial public offerings (IPOs) and crowdfunding. While IPOs have been around since the 17th century when...
5 Bitcoin Core Alternatives That Don’t Fork the Blockchain
Did you know you can run a node on the Bitcoin network without using the Bitcoin Core software? And that you can do so...
What Is a Replay Attack and How Does It Affect Bitcoin Users?
Concerns about replay attacks grow with every eminent hard fork. But what is a replay attack and how does it affect Bitcoin users?
As blockchain...
Blockchain Scaling Solutions: State Channels, Sidechains and Plasma Explained
As challenges with on-chain blockchain scaling solutions have grown, the need to explore and design alternative off-chain solutions has also grown. Developers in the...
What is a Merkle Tree and How Does It Help Organize Data On The...
Integral to the blockchain concept is another concept that dates back to 1979: the Merkle tree, named after computer scientist Ralph Merkle. Central to how...
How to Decide What Size Bitcoin Transaction Fee to Attach
The choice to attach a small fee for miners every time you send bitcoins is slowly going from voluntary to mandatory. Miners are already...
A Simple Guide to Blockchain Forks
As the adoption of blockchain grows, so does the need to understand the lexicon around it. A fork is a common blockchain technical term...
Popular Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms and How They Work
In centralized systems, an administrator manages the database and decides what files to store and how to update them. The administrator can delegate this...
Top 3 Bitcoin Scandals
Although it is true that Bitcoin is one of the most innovative inventions of the 21st century with potentials to revolutionize financial systems all...
Is Quantum Computing a Threat to Bitcoin?
There is a lot of speculation when it comes to the future of Bitcoin, blockchain technology, and cryptocurrencies, in general. Particularly, as more and...
