Blockchain, криптовалюты и новое видение денег

Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and a New Vision of Money

The current era is an era of instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. This leads to accelerated development with unforeseen consequences. Linear thinking and the assumption that the future will be what the past was opens the way for more interdependent, networked thinking and events. In the future, when planning your life and making financial transactions, … Read more

Blockchain in IoT and Smart Networks

Blockchain in IoT and Smart Networks

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects people, places and products and thus offers numerous opportunities for value creation and registration. This is achieved by embedding intelligent sensors in physical objects and transmitting data to the IoT network. The analytical capabilities of the Internet of Things, in turn, use this data to transform analytical data into … Read more

Blockchain: A Quiet Revolution

Blockchain: A Quiet Revolution

People initially underestimated a lot of innovations, not realizing how much they would change the world later. An example is 1990, the then boss of Telekom, Ron Sommer, believed: “The Internet is a trick for computer fans, we don’t see a future in it.” In 2007, ex-Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer made a similar statement about … Read more

What are DeFi Flash Credits and Attacks on them

What are DeFi Flash Credits and Attacks on them

The staggering level of attention to the crypto space has been growing exponentially lately. Even if skeptics have different views, the use of blockchain to transform conventional financial systems and processes. So you may notice opportunities related to DeFi or decentralized finance in the future. DeFi aims to introduce a transparent and decentralized financial ecosystem … Read more

Everything You Need to Know about DeFi Loans

Everything You Need to Know about DeFi Loans

The intriguing potential of blockchain has become the subject of close attention from all spheres around the world. In particular, the financial sector has been a leader in using blockchain capabilities to its advantage. According to Coinmarketrate.com With almost $20.46 billion locked into DeFi protocols, the popularity of their apps has definitely grown by a … Read more

Cycles of the cryptocurrency market

Cycles of the cryptocurrency market

In bear markets, interest in the Bitcoin protocol usually weakens. Towards the end, only bitcoiners, “smart money” and miners remain. These agents are buyers of last resort, and they all have the same goal: to accumulate as many Bitcoins as possible before others start claiming it. And although, according to Coinmarketrate.com , there are more … Read more

Distribution of Capital in Crypto Networks

Distribution of Capital in Crypto Networks

In a recent conversation between the developers of Placeholder and USV, Fred Wilson commented that the business failures he observed were the result of an “original sin” committed at his birth (in a team, business approach, or other significant decision). In the world of cryptocurrencies, the original sin, which we often observe, is expressed in … Read more

Speaking about cryptocurrencies that are listed on Coinmarketrate.com , we define the technology they are built on as blockchain or DLT (distributed registry technology).

Blockchain vs DLT: What’s the difference?

Speaking about cryptocurrencies that are listed on Coinmarketrate.com, we define the technology they are built on as blockchain or DLT (distributed registry technology). These two words sound completely the same for us. But is it really so? Let’s figure it out. Blockchain: Definition The blockchain links blocks to each other and correlates the transactions they … Read more

Proof of Stake - bonded, bound or pure?

Proof of Stake – bonded, bound or pure?

Unlike PoW which controls the extraction of the next block solely at the expense of computing power (solving a computationally resource-intensive task – the first one with the correct result wins), PoS works with a real random algorithm. Let’s look at this consensus, and its improved versions. But first let’s look at what Proof of … Read more

Will DeFi and NFT revolutionize?

Will DeFi and NFT revolutionize?

The summer of 2021 was marked by a paradigm shift in entering the cryptocurrency market. The explosive resurgence and recognition of cryptographic art and game Collections (NFT) has given the industry a new face, and attracted a new audience of artists, musicians, game developers, photographers and 3D artists. According to Coinmarketrate.com there were also interesting … Read more

How effective is Byzantine Fault Tolerance

How effective is Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Anyone who exchanges real values for banknotes or coins expects that their means of payment will be protected from counterfeiting, and will be unique. Otherwise, anyone can make any number of copies and, thus, quickly spoil the value of the currency. In the case of currencies issued by the state, watermarks, security stripes and holograms … Read more

New Mobility and the Dark Sides of Blockchain

New Mobility and the Dark Sides of Blockchain

The decentralized blockchain technology makes it possible to take another step towards intermodal, networked and demand-oriented mobility. Blockchain technology is considered, perhaps, the greatest technological development after the Internet. Initially, the blockchain was designed to be able to send money to peers over the Internet, without intermediaries such as banks. This was achieved thanks to … Read more

Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms

Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms

Each blockchain has to choose a mechanism that ensures that all participants agree with the truth about their data. You can think of it as a standardized way by which all the politicians in the Duma can be brought to an agreement of opinion as quickly as possible. Since politicians will probably have to discuss … Read more