• The blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains...
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  • Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a cryptocurrency financial services company. The company began as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in...
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    Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or blockchain, which is a computerized database that uses a consensus mechanism to secure...
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  • Solana is a blockchain platform which uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to provide smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL. Solana...
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    Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among...
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    Network (previously Telegram Open Network), is a decentralized layer-1 blockchain. TON was originally developed by Nikolai Durov who is also known for his...
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    decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is known as Tronix (TRX). It was...
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    Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a blockchain platform which aims to create a multi-chain blockchain system compatible with Ethereum. As with Ethereum...
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    Bitcoin (section Blockchain)
    independent copy of a public distributed ledger of transactions, called a blockchain, without central oversight. Transactions are validated through the use...
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  • a list of blockchains - decentralized, cryptographic databases - and other distributed ledgers. Defined as per ISO 22739:2020 - Blockchain and distributed...
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    Cardano is a public decentralized blockchain platform which uses the cryptocurrency, ADA, to facilitate transactions. Cardano's development began in 2015...
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  • Video games can include elements that use blockchain technologies, including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), often as a form of monetization...
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  • In blockchain, a fork is defined variously as: "What happens when a blockchain diverges into two potential paths forward", "A change in protocol", or...
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  • up blockchain or block chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blockchain is a sequential distributed database used in cryptocurrencies. Blockchain or...
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  • Terra was a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins. The project was created in 2018 by Terraform Labs, a startup co-founded...
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    non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied...
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  • Blockchain as a service (BaaS) is an enterprise-level software service that allows businesses to use cloud-based integration solutions to build, host and...
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  • Proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols are a class of consensus mechanisms for blockchains that work by selecting validators in proportion to their quantity of...
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  • proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT. It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange...
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  • Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network. Chainlink's token is on Ethereum. The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer...
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    Avalanche is a decentralized, open-source Layer-1 blockchain platform developed by Ava Labs and launched in September 2020. It is designed to support fast...
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  • A blockchain oracle is a third-party service for smart contracts. Oracles provide trusted information based on the outside-world sources to the on-blockchain...
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  • Stacks, formerly Blockstack, is a layer-2 blockchain. The Blockstack project was originally founded by Muneeb Ali and Ryan Shea in 2013. By 2017, Blockstack...
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  • on several other blockchain platforms such as Base and Polygon. Visa initiated a pilot program to send USDC via the Solana blockchain to payment firms...
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  • and finances handled through a decentralized ledger technology like a blockchain. In particular, processes run by the decentralized programs must be central...
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  • Blockchain analysis is the process of inspecting, identifying, clustering, modeling and visually representing data on a cryptographic distributed-ledger...
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  • The Congressional Blockchain Caucus is a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives and staff. The caucus was founded during the 114th United States Congress...
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    co-founder of the blockchain engineering company IOHK, and the Cardano blockchain platform, and was a co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain platform. Hoskinson...
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  • The blockchain-based database is a combination of traditional database and distributed database where data is transacted and recorded via Database Interface...
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  • A blockchain is a shared database that records transactions between two parties in an immutable ledger. Blockchain documents and confirms pseudonymous...
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