Explained
A closer look at the concept of sharding, what it is exactly and how it works.
Chrisjan Pauw
Chrisjan is a content writer specializing in Fintech and Finance. As a fully qualified Chartered Accountant with many years of experience working in corporate finance, his love for finance very quickly expanded into a fascination with Fintech and how technology (especially blockchain and crypto) has the potential to completely revolutionize the financial landscape.
Sharding, Explained - Explained
EOS BP, Explained A closer look at EOS Block Producers: What they are, their function and how to become one.
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Insured Crypto Custody Services: Key to Institutional Investment Growth? Global Conglomerate Believes Insured Custody Services to Be the ‘Key’ to Cryptocurrency Institutional Investment Growth.
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A Guilty Verdict, Impatient Creditors and a Resurrecting Movement: Mt. Gox Saga Continues A recap of the latest news surrounding the Mt. Gox saga.
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‘Augur Scam’ Sparks Centralized Vs. Decentralized Debate on Reddit How a user gaming the Augur network led to the debate on the validity and effectiveness of decentralized networks.
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Crypto Dividends: Staking Coins for Gains Potentially a Good Strategy in a Bear Market but Is Not Without Risk According to Bloomberg, investors turn to staking for gains in the crypto bear market, but there are risks.
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‘The NEM Foundation You Knew Before Is Gone,’ What Is Next A recap of NEM Foundation’s financial problems and why a complete organizational overhaul was necessary.
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Reverse IPOs Slowly Growing as Cryptos Look to Go Public in the Long Bear Market More and more crypto companies are taking the route of a reverse IPO, but will it pay off?
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Japanese Banks Launching Digital Currencies Could Inspire the Traditional Cash Society Can a largely cash-based society become the leader in bank-issued digital currencies?
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How Significant Is Blockchain in Internet of Things? With IoT back in the spotlight, it’s a good time to look at what impact blockchain has on the industry and what challenges there are to overcome.
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ETH Zero-Proof Prototype Models: Has Ernst & Young Done What Ethereum Could Not? Did E&Y beat Ethereum to the post with their zero-knowledge proof prototype for private transactions on public blockchains?
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How Significant is Blockchain in the Mortgage Industry? Property ID, creditworthiness record, and smart contracts — DLT could reduce the costs and time of mortgage deals
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Important Aspects of Stablecoins: The Difference Between Pegging, Collateralization, and Redeemability We know that stablecoins are backed by something. It’s time to learn how they are backed.
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Cryptocurrency Price Indexes, Explained How do crypto price indexes differ from the traditional stock market ones?
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How Cryptocurrency Prices Work, Explained Frequently asked questions answered about the magic of crypto prices.
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How the Video Card Industry Learned to Love Crypto Mining A brief history of the video card industry’s disruption by mining.
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BitLicense Approval Shines Fresh Light On New York-Crypto Relationship Historically a business-friendly center and international financial hub, New York is not that welcoming to crypto.
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Why JP Morgan’s Blockchain Patent Application Is Not That Surprising JP Morgan’s filing for a patent based on DLT does not mean they are now Bitcoin supporters.
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Stable Coins Analysis: Is There A Viable Solution For The Future? If we are to see the displacement of fiat currencies, stable coins will be the way to get there.
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#EIP-999: Why A Vote To Release Parity Locked Funds Evoked So Much Controversy For now, at least, egalitarianism fought to save immutability.
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Prediction Markets, Explained Every question answered about prediction markets.
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What is a DAICO, Explained More secure ICO model suggested by Vitalik Buterin. See how it works.
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Hydro Mining, Explained Every question answered about hydro mining.