Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are incredibly intriguing, but mostly misunderstood I’m writing this article for an ex-colleague of mine, who is “sold
Overview If all you are looking at is the price of bitcoins, or being caught up in the FOMO and news headlines about cryptocurrency
Now that we have an intuitive sense of how Bitcoin needs to address the problem of trust between network participants, we can get a
What is Proof of Work and how does this solve the Byzantine General's Problem? As we saw in our original attempt to solve
What is the Byzantine General's Problem? "Bitcoin is more than just money. It is a sophisticated and revolutionary way of
Introduction and Summary As a start, we will delve into the workings of a conceptual 'Bitcoin-like' blockchain to gain an understanding of the