Casper is an anticipated upgrade to the Ethereum network and is a Proof of Stake (PoS) protocol that will finalize blocks to the Ethereum blockchain (The End of Mining:…
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Who is Behind the Lightning Network?
There has been a lot of interest surrounding the Lightning Network and its abilities to help solve Bitcoin’s scalability issues. Bitcoin users are in serious need of relief from…
Ethereum Mining in the Era of ASICs
Ethereum mining may be reaching the end of its life The Ethereum network has been growing steadily and hashrate and difficulty on the network have blossomed over the last…
First Bitcoin Mainnet Lightning Network Product Launches As Developers Net $2.5 Mln
Lightning Labs released the first Bitcoin mainnet-ready Lightning Network (LN) implementation today, March 15, in what the company describes as an “important milestone”. In a blog post, Lightning Labs,…
Bitcoin Full Nodes: What They Are and How to Set One Up | CoinCentral
What’s a Bitcoin full node? The Bitcoin network is a collection of computers all over the world running the Bitcoin Core software that verifies transactions and blocks. It’s the…
What is Enigma? A Beginner’s Guide to Secret Contracts and Off-Chain Scaling | CoinCentral
What is Enigma? Enigma is an off-chain network meant to complement blockchain networks by providing secondary-layer data storage and computation. The protocol will offer privacy and scaling solutions to…
What is Streamr DATAcoin? Beginner’s Guide | CoinCentral
Streamr DATAcoin is an off-chain network focused on data monetization and exchange. As an off-chain component, Streamr’s system will work alongside blockchains–at this point, it’s built on and for Ethereum….
Ripple CEO Talks Liquidity And Regulation: Ultimately Governments Aren’t Going Away
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple — a US-based payment network and protocol company — spoke with Cointelegraph at the Blockchain Connect conference in San Francisco earlier this year about…
What is Dogezer (DGZ)? A Beginner’s Guide | CoinCentral
Dogezer (DGZ) has created a platform to leverage network effects to the benefit of the creators and early adopters of new software. A network effect is the economic phenomenon…
Privacy Altcoin Zcash Announces First Network Update, ‘Not Expected’ To Be A Fork
Anonymity-oriented altcoin Zcash announces their network upgrade Overwinter, clarifying the transition is “not expected” to result in a hard fork #NEWS Please follow and like us: