Mainnet is the term used to describe when a blockchain protocol is fully developed and deployed as a live network unlike Testnet. Mainnet has cryptocurrency transactions...

Created in 2015 by David Sonstebo, Dominik Schiener, Sergey Ivancheglo, and Serguei Popov, IOTA is an open-source distributed ledger and cryptocurrency designed...

PKI made its first appearance in 1990s to administer and manage encryption keys through digital certificates. These digital certificates confirm the identity of people...

The process of sharing Block with the network after it is mined is called Block Propagation. It involves an information sharing process where one miner sends the Block to peers...

Confirmation in Blockchain implies that a transaction has been processed by the network by clearing the consensus process that has been programmed in the system and thus is eligible...

It’s the technology that powers Blockchains. Though it was first outlined in 1991 by Staurt Haber and W Scott Stornetta, it was first conceptualized by a person or group of people...

It is Public Key cryptography based on elliptic curves over finite fields and their algebraic structure. They are able to provide same cryptographic strength as RSA encryption but with...

In technical terms, for a blockchain, Gossip is the information relayed by each participant repeatedly to another member chosen at random and tells them all they know about...

IBM Blockchain Platform is built on the open source, community-based Hyperledger Fabric platform from Linux Foundation. Several companies have started their Blockchain...

It is the hash of all hashes of all transactions contained in the block. It is part of the Block header. By just downloading the small block headers and merkle tree, it is possible...

Jaxx is always free to use digital wallet for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Dash, Zcash and a long list of other blockchain assets and cryptocurrencies...

Its a crypto slang used to indicate that a crypto trader or investor is going to miss a huge profit in a particular trade. It is also used as a name for a meme crypto...

Light clients, also known as partial nodes or lightweight clients, are crucial elements in blockchain ecosystems. They help users access and interact with a blockchain in a secure...

A sidechain is a secondary blockchain connected to the main blockchain with a two-way peg for exchange of transactions from main chain to side chain and vice versa. They provide efficiency and...

Permissionless blockchains are blockchains that require no prior permission to join or use them. They are also known as public blockchains. They digitize trust and eliminate the need...

Nexledger is an open-source hybrid, private-permissioned blockchain platform developed by Samsung SDS. Nexledger is a full-features platform with a core that integrates a range of components...

Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system, whose interfaces are completely understood, to work with other products or systems, at present or in future, without any restrictions...

Double-spending is a unique problem associated with digital currencies, that allows for an online value unit to be spent more than once. This is because the digital information surrounding...

A site run by Gavin Andresen to make Bitcoin popular. The visitors to the website had to complete a captcha to earn 5 Bitcoins. This was done with an intention to ensure that Bitcoin reached...

A Blockchain requiring permission or prior approval before using it is known as Permissioned Blockchain. It is also known as Private or Enterprise Blockchain where Blockchain is hosted by...