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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).
Charles Hoskinson. Hoskinson in 2018, Mongolia. Charles Hoskinson (born 1987 or 1988) is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of the blockchain engineering company Input Output Global, Inc. (formerly IOHK), and the Cardano blockchain platform, [2] and was a co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain platform. [3][4]
A. Gavin Andresen, former Bitcoin lead developer. Andreas Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin. Jeremy Allaire, CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and Chairman of the Board of Brightcove. Ajeet Khurana, former CEO of ZebPay.
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.
Hemi Labs, a start-up co-founded by former Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of Bloq, Jeff Garzik, has raised $15 million in its first round of funding. Binance Labs, Breyer Capital and Big ...
Ethereum. Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH[a]) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. [2][3] It is open-source software.
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]
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 ...