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Leading AltCoins
December 14, 2017

Bitcoin has not just been a trendsetter, ushering in a wave of cryptocurrencies built on decentralized Peer-to-Peer network, it’s become the de facto standard for cryptocurrencies. The currencies inspired by Bitcoin are collectively called AltCoin

Dont Trust Satoshi. Verify.
December 10, 2017

We don't know the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. Was he a good person? Bad person? How can we trust him? What if he is lying? As it turns out, his identity is irrelevant. We can independently verify the mathematical truths that underpin the operation

Mystery! Who Is Satoshi?
December 07, 2017

Mystery! Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Let's deduce the motives of this Bitcoin founder and see if the clues lead us to this individual.... Or group of people. Or... Is it even important?

Bitcoin Genesis Block
December 04, 2017

Today we're taking a walk down memory lane to discover just where the very first Bitcoin were 'mined' and how it came to be. What about the time when nobody, and I mean NOBODY owned a single Bitcoin? That is, no address had any Unspent Transaction Outputs

Bitcoin Security: Unbreakable
November 30, 2017

In this episode we discuss just how secure 256 bit encryption and one way hashes are, and why Bitcoin is secured by the laws of the universe.

Mining Bitcoin & Proof of Work
November 26, 2017

In Bitcoin, we refer to those that validate transactions and create bitcoin as 'miners'. In Blockchain and cryptocurrency, miners rely on computers and code as tools, and use electricity as fuel, or cost to mine. The Blockchain and the value of Bitcoin ar

Mining & Proof of Work
November 25, 2017

In Bitcoin, we refer to those that validate transactions and create bitcoin as 'miners'. In physics, power is the rate of doing work, the amount of energy transferred per unit of time. It is fitting, then, that we call this process "Proof of Work".

Bitcoin is Backed by Time
November 25, 2017

In Bitcoin, we refer to those that validate transactions and create bitcoin as 'miners'. In physics, power is the rate of doing work, the amount of energy transferred per unit of time. It is fitting, then that we call this process of mining "Proof of Work

A Bitcoin Thanksgiving: Peer-to-Peer transfer of Value between Accounts
November 23, 2017

On this day in America -- it's Thanksgiving, but Blockchain is a globally used technology, and we all have something to be thankful for. So where does Bitcoin come in?

We Choose To Go To The Moon
November 17, 2017

Why Blockchain? We Choose to Go to the Moon. Sound familiar? It should. Prior generations led the way. It's up to us in the #Blockchain space to keep moving innovation forward. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, ar