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ELI5 What is an adversarial Cardano staking pool?
If you’ve been following recent Cardano staking discussions then you’ve probably seen or heard the term adversarial staking pool. What does it mean, exactly, to be an adversarial staking pool? FROG lost our block tonight due to an adversarial quad fork (LION) 2 min before go time I’ve been up 22 hrs making sure we […] ELI5 Multisignature Systems
What we call a Bitcoin is simply an unspent, signed transaction on the blockchain. (Technically called a UTXO, for Unspent Transaction (TX) Output.) When you say you own such many Bitcoins, it means one or more transactions were signed, using private keys, directing a certain number of Bitcoins to your address. How this signature process […] What is “formal verification” of cryptocurrency software?
You may have heard that Cardano ADA is aiming for formal verification of its core software. What does it mean for software programs to be formally verified? Why is it important for cryptocurrencies? In this article we take a quick and superficial look at formal verification and why it may be desirable in the future […] base58.cpp – Commented Bitcoin Source Code
Base58 encoding is responsible for one of the most recognizable technical aspects of Bitcoin Core – the addresses! This source file is responsible for a significant part of the algorithm that generates the addresses we use to send and receive Bitcoin. If you’re not familiar with this encoding scheme, I recommend you read our article […]