Month: May 2018

What Is Sharding in Blockchain Terminology?

What Is Sharding in Blockchain Terminology?

Imagine this. What if every time you spent a dollar, you had to update everybody who buys and sells dollars? What if you had to contact every bank, every merchant, and every investor and let them know that you were spending this dollar with this serial number? If that sounds […]

What’s the Difference Between a Hard Fork and an Altcoin?

What’s the Difference Between a Hard Fork and an Altcoin?

One of the more interesting trends in the altcoin market for almost a year now has been the desire to create offshoots of bitcoin by attempting hard-forking changes to the cryptocurrency’s protocol rules. In the aftermath of the relative success of Bitcoin Cash (Bitcash), we now also have other projects […]

What Is an Orphan Block?

What Is an Orphan Block?

As a concept, the blockchain is simple. It is a big ledger, and each entry on that ledger, a block, is the foundation for the next block. That is how it is supposed to work in theory. In reality, however, sometimes there are blocks that never get built upon, and […]

How to Buy Monero, a Step-by-Step Guide

How to Buy Monero, a Step-by-Step Guide

While much of the recent news surrounding Monero has been troubling, the rate of growth of the bitcoin alternative has led many to add the coin to their portfolios. With 15,819 percent growth from its market introduction to its March 7, 2018 high, Monero offers inclusion potential for those that […]