Bitcoin: Magic, Fraud, or Sufficiently Advanced Technology?: Part I
Arthur C. Clarke's third law famously states: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." What Bitcoin makes possible can at first seem almost magical, or just impossible (and therefore most likely fraudulent or otherwise doomed). The following describes the basic technical elements behind Bitcoin and how it brings them....
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Part I introduced some of the challenges in the way of the public understanding of how Bitcoin works, and summarized the strategic roles of the open source software model, peer-to-peer networking, and digital signatures. Part II concludes by discussing hashing and the essential roles it plays in the technical structure of Bitcoin, as well how the system has been designed to be self-financing right from the beginning into the indefinite future. Making a hash of it. Hashing plays a role quite different from digital signatures. It proves that a message has not been altered. Running a hash of....
NFT strategy game Dragon War has confirmed a partnership with Magic Eden, Solana’s fast-growing NFT marketplace. As part of the deal, the play-to-earn project will make Magic Eden its preferred INO launchpad, with 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) set to go live on the site on May 16, 2022. For the past several weeks Dragon War […]
Magic Johnson unveiled a new NFT line this week. Sport and NFTs continue to challenge the limits of technology, with American franchises at the forefront of the trend into the virtual domain. The legendary basketball player is the most recent athlete to enter the digital art market with the release of “The anthology: Magic Johnson” […]
On Tuesday, the Solana-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden announced the project is airdropping NFT tickets to existing Magic Eden users and plans to form a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). On February 21, the Magic Eden project airdropped around 4,000 NFTs to active wallets, and the following day the team announced the DAO roadmap.
The Magic Ticket Airdrop and DAO
According to the developers of the Solana-based Magic Eden NFT marketplace, a DAO is in the making and the fundamentals behind the change. The team detailed that it started distributing....
Blocks are the data structures Bitcoin uses to permanently record data. This is common knowledge known by the initiated and in previous articles we've covered information related to these data structures. The block chain, isn't really a chain at all. Well, logically there is a chain but it might not be what you first expect. This article breaks down the structure of a block and provides insight to the moving parts "under the hood." Hopefully, by the end, some of the underlying technology is to understand. Also read: Bitcoin Transactions for Mere Mortals. Bitcoin for Mere Mortals: Block....