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What Is an Oracle in Blockchain?
Beginner

What Is an Oracle in Blockchain?

An oracle in blockchain technology is a third-party service that provides external data to a smart contract, allowing it to interact with the real world.
1/20/2023, 9:33:49 AM
Bitcoin vs. Gold
Beginner

Bitcoin vs. Gold

Both bitcoin and gold are considered to be a store of value, even though bitcoin has some superior characteristics compared to the metal.
1/20/2023, 9:15:03 AM
What Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?
Intermediate

What Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?

The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol that operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. It enables fast and cheap off-chain transactions.
1/19/2023, 2:48:16 PM
What Is the Bitcoin Mempool?
Intermediate

What Is the Bitcoin Mempool?

The Bitcoin mempool is the pool of unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin network, where they wait to be picked up by a miner and included in the next block.
1/19/2023, 11:44:05 AM
What Is PGP Encryption?
Beginner

What Is PGP Encryption?

Understanding an essential encryption program for the modern age
1/19/2023, 11:03:55 AM
What Is a Digital Signature?
Beginner

What Is a Digital Signature?

Digital signature is one of the most important technological features in current identity verification, especially for crypto.
1/19/2023, 10:42:09 AM
What Is Dai? All You Need to Know About DAI
Intermediate

What Is Dai? All You Need to Know About DAI

DAI is a decentralized stablecoin built through a smart contract on the Ethereum Blockchain. It aims to maintain a stable 1: 1 value against the US dollar.
1/19/2023, 10:24:54 AM
What Is a Replay Attack?
Intermediate

What Is a Replay Attack?

A Replay Attack happens when a malicious party manages to intercept parts of a valid data transmission in order to bypass the cryptography in a blockchain.
1/19/2023, 9:59:30 AM
What Is the Tor Network?
Intermediate

What Is the Tor Network?

A Peer-to-Peer Network that protects your privacy
1/19/2023, 9:08:50 AM
What Is a Cup and Handle Chart Pattern?
Intermediate

What Is a Cup and Handle Chart Pattern?

This price pattern got its name because it looks like a cup with a handle by right
1/18/2023, 2:49:02 PM
What is a 51% Attack?
Beginner

What is a 51% Attack?

A 51% attack occurs when a group or an individual controls more than 50% of a network's computing and creates invalid transactions to steal tokens.
1/18/2023, 2:36:24 PM
What Is Ethereum 2.0? Understanding The Merge
Intermediate

What Is Ethereum 2.0? Understanding The Merge

A change in one of the top cryptocurrencies that might impact the whole ecosystem
1/18/2023, 2:25:24 PM
What Is the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model?
Beginner

What Is the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model?

The Bitcoin Stock-To-Flow model is a prediction model that studies the existing supply of bitcoin and the rate at which new units of bitcoin are produced.
1/18/2023, 2:07:44 PM
APR vs. APY: What Is the Difference?
Beginner

APR vs. APY: What Is the Difference?

APR and APY both measure interest. But APR measures the interest charged, and APY measures the interest earned.
1/18/2023, 11:40:03 AM
What Is an Initial DEX Offering (IDO)?
Intermediate

What Is an Initial DEX Offering (IDO)?

A fundraising method where the tokens are available on the Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
1/18/2023, 11:28:53 AM

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