Uno de los grandes enemigos de la innovación es la creación de una falsa dicotomía. Los blockchains, y el campo de la computación distribuida en general, llevan sufriendo este mal oculto durante décadas: por regla general, un sistema de computación…
One of the biggest enemies of innovation is the instauration of a false dichotomy. Blockchains, and the field of distributed computing is general, has been suffering from this hidden malady for decades: as a general rule of thumb, a distributed…
The energy consumption of Bitcoin is at a historic high: 118 TWh, a power consumption comparable to Netherlands, or 114 TWh according to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Index56 Megatons of CO2, a carbon footprint comparable to Peru11.78 kilotons of e-waste,…
In our latest paper (codenamed “Pravuil”), we introduce our latest innovation in consensus protocols for blockchains: a robust, secure, and scalable consensus protocol for a permissionless blockchain suitable for deployment in an adversarial environment such as the Internet. By introducing…
When more than 50% of the population owns a cryptographic identifier (National Identity Card such as the ones used in the European Union, or Biometric Passports), it’s legally and economically irrational not use then to bootstrap a blockchain, a medium…
We have published a new blockchain explorer (codename Columbus) for the Testnet: Its more noteworthy feature is that you can now trace the evolution of an instance throughout the blockchain.