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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).
A diagram of a bitcoin transfer. The Bitcoin protocol is the set of rules that govern the functioning of Bitcoin.Its key components and principles are: a peer-to-peer decentralized network with no central oversight; the blockchain technology, a public ledger that records all Bitcoin transactions; mining and proof of work, the process to create new bitcoins and verify transactions; and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight.
Algorand is a blockchain platform founded in 2017 by Silvio Micali, a computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [1][2] Algorand's test network was launched to the public in April 2019. [3] Following successful testing and refinements, the main Algorand network was officially launched in June 2019.
Technology. A visual representation of Chainlink's "smart bond architecture". Chainlink's decentralized oracle network is an open-source technology infrastructure that allows any blockchain to securely connect to off-chain data and computation resources. The network nodes fetch, validate, and deliver data from multiple sources onto blockchains ...
Buterin is the inventor of Ethereum, described as a "decentralised mining network and software development platform rolled into one" [27] that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single blockchain (a cryptographic transaction ledger). [28] [29] [30]