BlockShots: Blockchain Simplified

Blockchains are peer to peer network of nodes. These nodes connect with each other and come to consensus on the state of the blockchain. All these nodes are basically computers running the blockchain ...

25 Jul 20225min

Blockchains form consensus when all the nodes agree on the data they process. This depends on the condition that the computation at each node should be deterministic. That means each node should arriv...

18 Jul 20225min

Blockchains are decentralized systems and are relatively slower than the centralized distributed systems. This is because decentralized systems have each node processing all the data so that they coul...

11 Jul 20224min

Decentralized systems are fundamentally different from distributed systems. While in distributed systems we can add more servers to handle more load, we cannot do that in decentralized systems. Also, ...

4 Jul 20224min

Blockchains allow seamless and transparent distribution of tokens and these tokens can represent pretty much anything. It can be something of a financial value, identity, or right to vote that can be ...

27 Jun 20224min

If we look at the dictionary definition of the term fungible, it says “being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind...

20 Jun 20224min

Exchanges allow users to buy, sell, and exchange cryptocurrencies. Just like we have stock and forex exchanges for buying and selling shares and foreign currencies, similarly we have exchanges for cry...

13 Jun 20224min

Cryptocurrencies are generally volatile. There are several reasons for that — low liquidity, speculation, and several other factors. There could be more reasons, but generally speaking, cryptocurrenci...

6 Jun 20224min