• Proof of space (PoS) is a type of consensus algorithm achieved by demonstrating one's legitimate interest in a service (such as sending an email) by allocating...
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  • Proof of work (also written as proof-of-work, an abbreviated PoW) is a form of cryptographic proof in which one party (the prover) proves to others (the...
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    a proof of space and proof of time-based blockchain. It issues the digital currency Chia (XCH). It was founded in 2017 by Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent...
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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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    Bram Cohen (category Place of birth missing (living people))
    implements the proof of space-time consensus algorithm. Cohen grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, as the son of a teacher and computer...
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    Alcohol proof (usually termed simply "proof" in relation to a beverage) is a measure of the content of ethanol (alcohol) in an alcoholic beverage. The...
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  • include proof of authority, proof of space, proof of burn, or proof of elapsed time. Contrasting with the above permissionless participation rules, all of which...
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    blockchain's currency, FIL. The blockchain is based on both proof of-replication and proof of space-time. The project was launched in August 2017, and raised...
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    theorem. The proofs are diverse, including both geometric proofs and algebraic proofs, with some dating back thousands of years. When Euclidean space is represented...
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    proofing in construction is a type of moisture control applied to building walls and floors to prevent moisture from passing into the interior spaces...
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  • Proof of authority (PoA) is an algorithm used with blockchains that delivers comparatively fast transactions through a consensus mechanism based on identity...
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  • Nick Szabo (category American people of Hungarian descent)
    because unless a majority of the parties agreed to accept new solutions, they couldn't start on the next problem. (see also: proof-of-work system). Although...
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  • in this article. List of digital currencies Cryptojacking Via Masternodes containing 1000 DASH held as collateral for "Proof of Service". Through an automated...
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    creation of additional coins, and verify the transfer of coin ownership. The two most common consensus mechanisms are proof of work and proof of stake....
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  • Solana (blockchain platform) (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from February 2025)
    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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  • Luckycoin and Litecoin, which use scrypt technology in their proof-of-work algorithm. The use of scrypt means that miners cannot use SHA-256 bitcoin mining...
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    Bitcoin (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2023)
    early "proof-of-concept" transactions, the first major users of bitcoin were black markets, such as the dark web Silk Road. During its 30 months of existence...
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  • hybrid data structures. DLT consensus algorithm types include proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) algorithms and DAG consensus-building and voting...
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  • differs from traditional proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanisms. Transactions are validated by a network of independent validators who...
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  • operating system for PERQ workstations Proof of space, a cryptocurrency blockchain distributed consensus method Proof of stake, a cryptocurrency blockchain...
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  • profitability. Similar to other mining technologies, the PoC, PoC+, PoS Proof of Space method allows the computing to be performed beforehand and all answers...
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    September 2022, Ethereum transitioned its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) in an update known as "The Merge", which cut the...
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  • Ethereum. The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer of tamper-proof data from off-chain sources to on-chain smart contracts. Chainlink...
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  • Polkadot is a decentralized, nominated proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the...
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  • both the conversion of the input asset color spaces to the press color space and the one of press color space to the proofer color space. So in JDF two different...
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  • a distributed ledger which uses a variant of proof of stake to reach consensus. The native cryptocurrency of the Hedera Hashgraph system is HBAR. Hashgraph...
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  • Proof of personhood (PoP) is a means of resisting malicious attacks on peer to peer networks, particularly, attacks that utilize multiple fake identities...
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  • Decentralized application (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2021)
    consensus are proof-of-work (POW) and proof-of-stake (POS). Proof-of-work utilises computational power to establish consensus through the process of mining....
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    Tron (stylized as TRON) is a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is...
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  • alternative proof-of-work algorithm, is used for Litecoin. According to Motherboard, "Scrypt was chosen because it theoretically prevents the use of ASICs,...
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