GREEN WAYS MINING BITCOINThe claim that cryptocurrencies, and Bitcoin in particular, harm the environment is one of the most common criticisms of them. This is mostly because of the energy-intensive proof-of-work mining method used by Bitcoin, which produces a significant amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Some have even gone so far as to say that…
There were two Kaspa Family get-togethers this week (July 12) in the Japanese community. Although Kaspa is becoming more and more popular globally, it is still relatively unknown in Japan; yet, this event brought Japanese Kaspa lovers together. The event was attended by a large number of individuals, including those who were familiar with Kaspa,…
Why and how to make your first blockchain part II ? Blockchain’s journey has been turbulent since 2009, driven by the rise of erratic cryptocurrencies, but the technology has far deeper roots and a wider range of uses than Bitcoin.Still, for better or worse, most people associate blockchain with Bitcoin. Following Bitcoin’s launch, the blockchain…
The first decentralized blockchain was conceptualized by a person (or group of people) known as Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. Nakamoto improved the design in an important way using a Hashcash-like method to timestamp blocks without requiring them to be signed by a trusted party and introducing a difficulty parameter to stabilize the rate at which blocks are added to the…