Blockchain

Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.

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What Is Leveraged Yield Farming?
Intermediate

What Is Leveraged Yield Farming?

Leveraged Yield Farming is an investment strategy where investors have an added capacity to borrow liquidity and add it to their yield farm to increase profits.
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Top 5 Crypto Research Tools You Should Know
Beginner

Top 5 Crypto Research Tools You Should Know

Crypto research tools are important for investors and traders and are needed to minimize risk involvement and trading losses.
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What is 1inch Network (1INCH)?
Beginner

What is 1inch Network (1INCH)?

1inch Network (1INCH) is a blockchain protocol that sieves through multiple decentralized exchange platforms for the best rates for traders without overpaying gas fees.
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What Is a Yield Aggregator?
Beginner

What Is a Yield Aggregator?

Yield Aggregators are protocols that automate the process of yield farming which allows crypto investors to earn passive income via smart contracts.
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What Is Neo? All You Need to Know About NEO
Beginner

What Is Neo? All You Need to Know About NEO

Neo describes itself as an ecosystem that is "rapidly growing and developing" that brings together digital assets, identities, and payments.
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What Is Public Key Cryptography (PKC)?
Intermediate

What Is Public Key Cryptography (PKC)?

Public Key Cryptography is based on cryptographic programs with two distinct keys, used to prevent unwanted access to certain data by unauthorized persons.
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What Is Litecoin? All You Need to Know About LTC
Beginner

What Is Litecoin? All You Need to Know About LTC

Litecoin is a blockchain created by a fork of Bitcoin, whose blocks are generated more frequently to make transactions faster.
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What is Dogechain? Exploring the Not So Official Layer 2 Blockchain for Dogecoin
Beginner

What is Dogechain? Exploring the Not So Official Layer 2 Blockchain for Dogecoin

Dogechain is a not-so-official layer 2 blockchain that bridges the gap between Dogecoin users and alternative use cases like NFTs and DeFi.
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What is Aptos? A Look at The Venture Capitalist-backed Layer 1 Blockchain.
Beginner

What is Aptos? A Look at The Venture Capitalist-backed Layer 1 Blockchain.

From the key players at Meta, Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain that is set to become one of the most secure and scalable networks in web3.
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What Is Radix DLT? All You Need to Know About XRD
Beginner

What Is Radix DLT? All You Need to Know About XRD

Radix is a public, decentralized ledger built to support the creation of applications, with a focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) use cases.
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What Is Taproot Upgrade?
Advanced

What Is Taproot Upgrade?

The Taproot Upgrade is a recent network upgrade that improved the scalability, privacy, and efficiency of the Bitcoin network.
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What Is SegWit?
Beginner

What Is SegWit?

Segregated Witness (SegWit) is an update in the Bitcoin blockchain that separates the witness data from the base block. It is aimed at scaling the network.
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 What Is UTXO?
Beginner

What Is UTXO?

An Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) refers to the amount of cryptocurrency left after a transaction, which can be consumed at any point in time.
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What Is Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)?
Beginner

What Is Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)?

DPoS is a new concept of Proof of Stake consensus mechanism that relies upon a group of delegates to validate blocks on behalf of all nodes in the network.
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Merkle Tree and Merkle Root in Blockchain
Beginner

Merkle Tree and Merkle Root in Blockchain

A Merkle Tree is a structure used to verify and maintain data integrity in a set. Merkle trees and Merkle Roots are employed to verify transactions.
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