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Blockchain as a service (BaaS) is an enterprise-level software service [1] that allows businesses to use cloud-based solutions to build, host and use their own blockchain apps, smart contracts and functions on the blockchain infrastructure developed by a vendor. Just like the growing trend of using software-as-a-service (SaaS) [2][self ...
Blockchain. A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. [1][2][3][4] Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree, where data nodes are represented by leaves).
Solidity is a programming language for implementing smart contracts [6][7] on various blockchain platforms, most notably, Ethereum. [8] Solidity is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0. [9] Solidity was designed by Gavin Wood [10][non-primary source needed] and developed by Christian Reitwiessner, Alex Beregszaszi, and several former ...
Hyperledger (or the Hyperledger Project) is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools that the Linux Foundation [1] started in December 2015. IBM, Intel, and SAP Ariba have contributed to support the collaborative development of blockchain -based distributed ledgers. It was renamed the Hyperledger Foundation in October 2021.
Following the research stage, a startup technology company was founded to develop a blockchain network that would meet finance industry requirements. [4] [5] [3] In March, 2020, the AVA codebase (Developer Accelerator Program or AVA DAP) for the Avalanche consensus protocol was released as open-source and became available to the public. [6]
Etymology. By 1996, Nick Szabo was using the term "smart contract" to refer to contracts which would be enforced by physical property (such as hardware or software) instead of by law. Szabo described vending machines as an example of this concept. [13][14] In 1998, the term was used to describe objects in rights management service layer of the ...
Polygon. Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a blockchain platform which aims to create a multi-chain blockchain system compatible with Ethereum. As with Ethereum, it uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism for processing transactions on-chain. Polygon's native token is named POL. POL is an ERC-20 token, allowing for compatibility with other ...
A distributed ledger (also called a shared ledger or distributed ledger technology or DLT) is a system whereby replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data is geographically spread (distributed) across many sites, countries, or institutions. [1] In contrast to a centralized database, a distributed ledger does not require a central ...