Hold on tight: the HTTP protocol is terribly flawed(*) and when it comes to user authentication this problem screams loudly. For a long time we, as developers, fought with it: sometimes with…
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What is the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)?
B L O C K C H A I N Definition and Functionality The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a network and protocol for creating a content-addressable peer-to-peer method for…
How does SSL/TLS make HTTPS secure?
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash HTTPS stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure which is the secure version of the HTTP. It is the primary protocol used to exchange data…
Blockchain fees are broken. Here are 3 proposals to fix them.
When Satoshi Nakamoto designed the Bitcoin protocol, he had the insight to include the notion of transaction fees. These fees incentivized miners to include transactions into blocks. But initially,…
Zerocoin Protocol, Sigma Protocol and Privacy Coins
Photo by Younng Younng — Pexels Zerocoin Protocol, Sigma Protocol and Privacy Coins In recent days, fragility in the Zerocoin Protocol system came to light. One of the market’s leading privacy…
Crypto Investors: Did You Already Miss the Next Evolution of Blockchain Fundraising?
Binance, Bitmax, ThunderCore, and Ocean Protocol Have Taken Things to the Next Level! Spoiler: We are pushing the industry forward and want to engage the community to do so. Read…
This Crypto Founder Might Have Hit on the Psychological Trigger to Get Investors to Give You Cash —…
Fundraising, for all its complexity, isn’t nearly as mysterious as love. Or is it? DIRT Protocol founder Yin Wu sees a parallel between the two. “You really only need…
Control your Ozobot Evo with a Raspberry Pi
I like to move it move it: How to reverse engineer the Bluetooth protocol of a toy robot to control it with code. Although you can control the toy robot…
Bitcoin Lightning Network Passes 8K Nodes as Mainstream Products Emerge – Bitcoinist.com
The Bitcoin Lightning Network scaling protocol has passed a fresh landmark of 8000 nodes as a new solution launches to increase its mainstream usage. Lightning Rides Growth Highs Lightning,…
TRON’s BitTorrent Incentive Scheme Aims To Boost User Numbers – Bitcoinist.com
Blockchain app development platform TRON has announced that its recently-acquired BitTorrent protocol will soon launch no fewer than three incentive programs. Justin Sun Woos ‘New Audiences’ In a blog…