Mimblewimble, The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide
Mimblewimble, The Ultimate Beginner's Guide
Mimblewimble is a protocol that was put forward by an anonymous user in a Bitcoin developers chatroom by the name...
Nano Block Lattice Explained
Nano Block Lattice Explained
Last Updated: 1st November 2018
A block lattice is a novel type of DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) based architecture that was first...
Zcash Shielded & Transparent Addresses Explained
Zcash Shielded & Transparent Addresses Explained
Last Updated: 1st November 2018
The Zcash protocol currently supports two types of addresses: “t-addr”, or transparent addresses and “z-addr”,...
What Is SHA-256 And How Is It Related to Bitcoin?
What Is SHA-256 And How Is It Related to Bitcoin?
Last Updated: 1st November 2018
SHA-256 is a cryptographic hash function that takes an input of...
What is a Stellar Anchor?
What is a Stellar Anchor?
Last Updated: 1st November 2018
A Stellar anchor is a trusted entity on the Stellar network that is permitted to hold user’s...
What are Bitcoin Confidential Transactions?
What are Confidential Transactions?
Last Updated: 30th October 2018
Conceived by former Bitcoin developer, Adam Back, a confidential transaction (CT) is a method of increasing the privacy...
IOTA Microtransactions Explained
IOTA Microtransactions Explained
Last Updated: 30th October 2018
A microtransaction, in the context of digital currencies, refers to any transaction that is relatively small in value;...
Bitcoin Schnorr Signatures Explained
Bitcoin Schnorr Signatures Explained
Last Updated: 16th February 2019
Named after its inventor, Claus-Peter Schnorr, Schnorr signatures are a method of improving the capacity of the...
Blockchain Oracles Explained
Blockchain Oracles Explained
Last Updated: 19th December 2018
A blockchain oracle is a third-party information source that has the sole function of supplying data to blockchains...
Dash InstantSend Explained
Dash InstantSend Explained
Last Updated: 1st November 2018
InstantSend is a feature of the Dash protocol that utilizes transaction locking and masternode consensus to facilitate instantaneous...