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L2 and rollups: how they work, why we need them and what’s next

L2 is a collective name for solutions that solve the problems of scalability and speed on blockchain, primarily in the Ethereum network. We’ll tell you about the most popular L2 protocols, their advantages and drawbacks, and what will happen to them now that Ethereum has switched to Proof-of-Stake. L2 and Vitalik Buterin’s trilemma Back in 2016,...

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What Is Cryptocurrency Mining?

Blockchain networks use mining to create and validate new blocks of transactions and secure the network. Simply put, cryptocurrency mining is a process of creating new digital coins. Bitcoin and many other blockchain networks use the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus algorithm for cryptocurrency mining. Proof of work is a system where computers compe...

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Richard Dhuny

Richard Dhuny UK DLT & Crypto Lead at GFT

The scope and potential of CBDCs: insights from CordaCon

It was great to be at CordaCon 2022 in London last week where I enjoyed several insightful conversations with fellow DLT & blockchain specialists! I just wanted to share with you my main business takeaways from the two day event: Key takeaways from CordaCon: The crucial talking point was the scope and potential of CBDCs, with over 80% of centr...

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Abijith T

Abijith T Blockchain Developer at Blockchain Solutions

Best Play To Earn NFT Games To Invest In 2022

When was the first time you tried playing a game? Did you win? Did your team win? Don't we all have many memories attached to the games that we have played over the years? For many gamers, gaming is something that expands beyond the screen and the console. Gamers have rejoiced in the wins and losses equally. To be precise, gamers have an inexplic

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain and the Music Industry: Singing the Blues again

I am a music fan. Of all sorts, from classic, to pop, to etc. In the sixteenths I visited the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Plumpton South England. And there I saw Deep Purple for the first time. It was great. Recently I read that, notwithstanding the music industry is an incredibly big business, many artists still have a pover life. This whi...

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Abijith T

Abijith T Blockchain Developer at Blockchain Solutions

A Complete Review Of An NFT Art Marketplace

Introduction The world of cryptos has been beholden to the frenzied and bullish run of NFTs in 2021. It's 2022, and the total market cap of NFTs is around 23 billion dollars. The NFT headlines are roaring millions. When an NFT is purchased, you might not necessarily own the piece of art because NFT does not convey copyright or any other utilizing

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Unstable stable coins: how to regulate?

The crypto market was shocked by the sudden collapse of the third largest stablecoin TerraUSD early May. Long-time isolated from the falls in crypto coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum, stablecoins were designed to sidestep crypto volatility and supposed to remain stable across the crypto ecosystem. The significant crash of TerraUSD that lost more tha...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Central Banks Digital Currencies: what may it bring for banks?

The future of money is digital, according to a new global CBDC index from Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC). This year’s Index shows that central banks are “ramping up” activity in the digital currency space. It is estimated that more than 80% of central banks worldwide are considering launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which some have ...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Crypto in the frontline: victim or survivor

The war of Russia versus its neighbour Ukraine has triggered many countries from the West to impose severe sanctions, mainly aimed at hurting the oligarchs around president Putin. They are trying various ways to evade these sanctions as much as possible. Western countries led by the US now also have put crypto on the sanction list, as there are

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Suruchi Gupta

Suruchi Gupta Founder and CEO at GIANT Protocol

Could Bandwidth be a Super-Currency - A Global Digital Asset for the Masses?

For as long as cryptocurrency has existed, innovators have attempted to launch decentralized replicas of fiat money and the broader centralized financial system. In the Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi Nakamoto described Bitcoin as a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” but extreme volatility means that store of value is now its primary utility. Sta...

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