Blockchain

Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.

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What Is Cryptography?
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What Is Cryptography?

Transforming data into the encrypted form and using key/codes to decrypt the data
1/16/2023, 9:38:39 AM
What Is a Dusting Attack?
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What Is a Dusting Attack?

A malicious activity to de-anonymize crypto wallets
1/13/2023, 2:45:24 PM
What Is a Sybil Attack?
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What Is a Sybil Attack?

Blockchain networks suffer Sybil attacks when an actor creates multiple nodes to take over the network.
1/13/2023, 2:40:19 PM
What Is Double Spending?
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What Is Double Spending?

Double Spending contributes to the flock of digital money manipulations.
1/13/2023, 11:52:55 AM
What Is Ankr (ANKR)?
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What Is Ankr (ANKR)?

ANKR is a blockchain-based platform for distributed cloud computing that offers customers the ability to easily deploy nodes and tokenize computing power. ANKR's mission is to provide simple, fast, and cost-effective node deployment solutions and API services to individuals, businesses, and developers.
1/13/2023, 4:18:28 AM
An Introduction to ERC-20 Tokens
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An Introduction to ERC-20 Tokens

ERC-20 has emerged as the technical standard used for all smart contracts on the Ethereum Network.
1/12/2023, 2:48:54 PM
What Is a Recovery Phrase?
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What Is a Recovery Phrase?

Enabling easy access to your digital assets
1/12/2023, 11:35:16 AM
What Is Market Cap in Crypto?
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What Is Market Cap in Crypto?

The value and importance of market capitalization
1/12/2023, 10:14:30 AM
What Is Token Burning?
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What Is Token Burning?

Permanently taking an amount of tokens out of circulation
1/12/2023, 9:17:12 AM
What Is a Blockchain Consensus Algorithm?
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What Is a Blockchain Consensus Algorithm?

A protocol that ensures mutual agreement and reliability in the blockchain network.
1/11/2023, 2:54:49 PM
What Is Blockchain Technology?
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What Is Blockchain Technology?

A decentralized, digital ledger that records transactions across a network of computers
1/11/2023, 2:52:22 PM
What Are Smart Contracts?
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What Are Smart Contracts?

Decentralized software applications that work using blockchain technology.
1/11/2023, 10:52:31 AM
What Is a Node?
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What Is a Node?

This article will explain what a node is, the different types of nodes, how it works, and why you should run your own node.
1/11/2023, 10:22:34 AM
What is Gate Pay?
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What is Gate Pay?

Gate Pay is a contactless, borderless, secure cryptocurrency payment technology fully developed by Gate.io. It supports fast cryptocurrency payment and is free to use. Users can access Gate Pay simply by registering a Gate.io account to receive a variety of services such as online shopping, airline ticket and hotel booking, and entertainment services from third-party business partners.
1/11/2023, 2:00:29 AM
What Is a Fork?
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What Is a Fork?

A fork occurs when a change to the protocol is proposed and two distinct groups of nodes follow different sets of rules, creating two separate blockchains.
1/10/2023, 2:02:32 PM
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