As we saw in the chapter Bitcoin – Mining, a miner may be flooded with many transactions at any given […]
Blockchain – Network & Mining
I will now summarize the steps described above; this is what happens in the network − Anybody who wants to […]
Blockchain – Proof of Work
As all transactions are time stamped, we need to implement a distributed timestamp server on a peer-to-peer network. This requires […]
Blockchain – Chaining Blocks
The blocks created by various miners are chained together to form what is known as a truly distributed public ledger. […]
Blockchain – Hashing
One of the most important function in PKI is the hashing function. A hash function maps the data of any […]
Blockchain – Public Key Cryptography
Public Key Cryptography or in short PKI is also known as asymmetric cryptography. It uses two pairs of keys – […]
Blockchain – Double Spending
Consider a situation shown in image − As clearly seen here, Bob is tendering a $10 bill to Lisa in […]
Blockchain – Introduction
In recent years, there is a lot of buzz on Blockchain. Many have described this as a most disruptive technology […]
Blockchain
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic […]
Bitcoin – Blockchain Technology
It is believed that Blockchain is a new age technology that is solution waiting for a host of problems. There is no […]