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2. Blockchain - Wikipedia

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   A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. ...

3. Blockchain.com - Wikipedia

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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 2011 and later created a cryptocurrency wallet that accounted for 28% of bitcoin transactions between 2012 and 2020. It also operates a cryptocurrency exchange and provides institutional markets ...

4. Solana (blockchain platform) - Wikipedia

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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 was launched in 2020 by Solana Labs, which was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal in 2018.

5. Polygon (blockchain) - Wikipedia

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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, it uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism for processing transactions on-chain. Polygon's native token is named MATIC. Matic is an ERC-20 token, allowing for compatibility with other ...

6. Cardano (blockchain platform) - Wikipedia

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   Uses Distributed computing. Cardano is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake. It can facilitate peer-to-peer transactions with its internal cryptocurrency, ADA. [5] Cardano's development began in 2015, led by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson.

7. Proof of stake - Wikipedia

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   For a blockchain transaction to be recognized, it must be appended to the blockchain. In the proof of stake blockchain the appending entities are named minters or validators (in the proof of work blockchains this task is carried out by the miners ); [2] in most protocols, the validators receive a reward for doing so. [3]

8. Avalanche (blockchain platform) - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Blockchain analysts estimate that Nakamoto had mined about one million bitcoins before disappearing in 2010 when he handed the network alert key and control of the code repository over to Gavin Andresen. Andresen later became lead developer at the Bitcoin Foundation, an organization founded in September 2012 to promote bitcoin.