Blockchains are evolving, and consensus mechanisms are at the heart of it. Here's a quick look at the range of decentralized validation and authentication mechanisms in use today. Blockchain networks ...

Imagine a world without computer databases. There would be no e-commerce, no ATMs, no Internet banking, no Facebook, no Gmail, no WhatsApp! Almost everything that makes the Internet so powerful and ...

I was recently attending a webinar on a data-related topic and the speaker mentioned blockchain as being a transformational technology. The presentation was not really about blockchain, though, so not ...

The most commonly talked about feature of blockchain is that it is decentralized, meaning that there is no single organization or individual in control of all the information. In 2017, as blockchain ...

Blockchain technology is a revolutionary system that has garnered significant attention over the past decade. At its core, blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across ...

It seems nearly impossible these days to open a news feed discussing anything technology- or finance-related and not see a headline or two covering bitcoin and its underlying framework, blockchain.

In this special “splinter” episode of the “Smashing Security” podcast we take a look at Bitcoin and Blockchain. What’s all the fuss about cryptocurrencies? How can you protect your Bitcoin wallet? And ...

The creation of the virtual currency known as bitcoin—via a process known as “mining” that consists, actually, of the use of brute computing force to solve a cryptographic puzzle—comes with a ...