Blockchain

Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.

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How to manage risks in cryptocurrency investment
Beginner

How to manage risks in cryptocurrency investment

Risk management is vital to perform an informed investment. Developing risk management awareness and mastering necessary risk management skills are vital for crypto investors.
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What is Monero (XMR)?
Beginner

What is Monero (XMR)?

XMR, a privacy coin based on the CryptoNote protocol, was created in about 2013-2014. It is designed to achieve absolute anonymity through ring signatures and stealth addresses.
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What Is Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS) and How Does it Work?
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What Is Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS) and How Does it Work?

Leased Proof of Stake is a variant of the PoS where users lease tokens to validators so that they can increase their mining power to produce blocks.
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What Is Proof of Authority (PoA)?
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What Is Proof of Authority (PoA)?

Proof of Authority is a permissioned consensus mechanism that uses identity as a stake to provide fast transactions and add blocks through the network.
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What Is Delayed Proof of Work?
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What Is Delayed Proof of Work?

Delayed Proof of Work is a hybrid consensus machine that allows one blockchain to rely on the security provided by the hashing power of another blockchain.
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Blockchain Use Cases: Digital Identity
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Blockchain Use Cases: Digital Identity

Blockchain identity management systems are growing. A decentralized system could be the solution by granting users ownership and control of their data.
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What Is VeChain? All You Need to Know About VET
Beginner

What Is VeChain? All You Need to Know About VET

VeChain is a blockchain platform with the goal of using distributed ledger technology to streamline supply chain management.
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What Is Crypto Mining?
Beginner

What Is Crypto Mining?

Crypto mining is the process of generating new coins and adding blocks of transactions to the blockchain via a network of computers using a consensus algorithm.
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What Is Kusama? All You Need to Know About KSM
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What Is Kusama? All You Need to Know About KSM

Kusama, described as "Polkadot's wild cousin", is a blockchain platform designed to provide a widely interoperable and extensible framework for developers.
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What Is IOTA? All You Need to Know About MIOTA
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What Is IOTA? All You Need to Know About MIOTA

IOTA is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that helps users profit from data feeds across tons of IoT devices and uses its native token, MIOTA.
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What Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)?
Beginner

What Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)?

CBDCs are digital currencies issued and regulated by the Central Bank. Their potential benefits have attracted interest from even the world’s largest nations.
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What Is Sei?
Beginner

What Is Sei?

Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain built and optimized for trading, created with the goal of becoming a “decentralized Nasdaq”.
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What Is a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)?
Intermediate

What Is a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)?

Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) offers a more efficient way to manage network transactions while overcoming many blockchain drawbacks.
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Hot Wallet vs. Cold Wallet
Beginner

Hot Wallet vs. Cold Wallet

Hot wallets are great, and so are cold wallets. But which is safer, easier to use, and more effective for saving cryptocurrencies? Find out here.
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General Security Principles in Blockchain
Beginner

General Security Principles in Blockchain

Blockchain security is a comprehensive risk assessment process carried out for a blockchain network to assure its safety from hacks, data breaches, and fraud.
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