A blockchain, in its essence, provides a digital record of transactions. At present, this most often pertains to transaction records for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The database of records, ...

Charles Hoskinson’s new block explorer has made Bitcoin into a planet. Seriously. The latest project from Hoskinson’s engineering company, IOHK, dubbed Symphony 2.0, portrays Bitcoin’s mempool “as a ...

The genesis block kickstarts a blockchain by establishing the network, adhering to consensus rules and linking all future blocks back to the origination point. In proof-of-work (PoW) chains, the ...

A blockchain is a distributed database that is shared among the nodes of a computer network. This database records all the transactions that occur on this network. An important distinction between a ...

A blockchain is a kind of database invented in 2008 that stores and secures information in sequential blocks. Unlike the case with traditional databases, a blockchain’s contents are not kept on a ...

If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent the last decade hearing about blockchain technology and all the ways it’ll change the world. And at some point, you’ve probably wondered, “Hey… what the heck ...