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Dec
18

Consensus is a smart contract

Consensus is a key part of keeping a blockchain operational. The Koinos consensus algorithm will be announced tomorrow and I&
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Dec
17

Look at how much money I have! (PoS)

Ever wonder why consensus algorithms all start with "proof-of..."? What are we proving? And why? It goes back
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Dec
16

Proof-of-work still matters (for a while...)

Proof-of-work (PoW) was the first consensus algorithm (it was created for bitcoin). Others have been suggested and some have even
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Dec
15

Fungibility, liquidity, and liberty

NFT stands for non-fungible token. Art is the popular example at the moment--one piece of art is not equal to
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Dec
14

Ogres have layers (and so does web3)

If you're not familiar, web3 is the idea that the internet can run in a decentralized way. If
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Dec
13

Wen lambo? (Podcast Ep. 3 is live!)

Episode 3 of The Koin Press podcast just went live! This week, I interviewed Koinos the Goat--a pseudo-anonymous, long-time community
Dec
11

If you build it, they will come

If you're buying Koin right now, it's entirely speculation. The Koinos blockchain (mainnet) won't
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Dec
10

Universal language support

A lot of general purpose blockchains today require that you write your smart contracts in their fancy custom language (Solidity,
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Dec
09

Why is Bitcoin worth $1,000,000,000?

It's easy to get hung up on the fact that a single Bitcoin is priced at ~$50k, but
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Dec
08

What does a "general purpose blockchain" even do?

Bitcoin was the first blockchain, but it serves a single purpose: digital currency. Ethereum is the second most popular blockchain
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