Tag: DAG
IOTA Review: Distributed Permissionless Ledger for IoT
IOTA is one of the most well known projects occupying the crypto space. It is known for being the preeminent distributed network for Internet Connected Devices. Apart from being the leading project focused on distributed IoT, IOTA also employs some...
Nano Review: Instant, Zero Fees and Scalable
Nano is probably one of the most promising “payment” cryptocurrencies in the altcoin space today. The coin makes use of some really advanced technologies including doing away with the notion of a public blockchain. This means that they are able to...
Fantom Review: DAG Based Distributed Ledger For Smart Cities
Fantom (FTM) is quite an ambitious project that is trying to create a smart contract platform that will be the “nervous system for smart cities”. Using advanced Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) technology, this project aims to provide near infinite scalability...
Fetch.AI Review: AI-based Autonomous Machine Economy
Fetch.ai (FET) is a blockchain based artificial intelligence project that is currently in the stages of completing an ICO crowd-sale. More specifically, Fetch is trying to automate a number of different markets that currently only operate with immense manual work....
Horizen Interview – How ZEN is Bringing Privacy to Life
You would be forgiven for thinking that the Horizen rename of ZenCash was a mere re-branding. However, this is actually a brand expansion. It is the first step in a number of updates and improvements that are set to supercharge...
Bitcoin Maximalism – A Closer Look at the “Only Bitcoin” Argument
Bitcoin maximalism is the notion that there is only one cryptocurrency that is worthy of your investment, and that is Bitcoin. It is the notion that all other Altcoins, irrespective of their promise, pale into comparison when compared to the...
Could Hashgraph Technology make Blockchains Obsolete?
While everyone is focused on Bitcoin and other blockchains, there’s a relatively new kid on the block that claims it will not only improve on the blockchain, but revolutionize the whole concept of decentralized consensus, and the internet as well...
Everything You Need to Know About Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGS)
Directed acyclic graphs are a general category in graph theory, computer science and mathematics which essentially constitute a topological ordering where vertices (e.g., a nodes, tasks or events) are coupled with edges (directed arrows, dependency relationships or transactions) in an...
What is ByteBall? The Cryptocurrency With No Blockchain
Byteball is an interesting project that many in the Bitcoin community may have heard of recently. This is because the ByteBall coins were distributed to Bitcoin holders during 2017 in a proportion to how much they held. Something else that...