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What Is Layer 2?
Beginner

What Is Layer 2?

Layer 2 is a protocol built on top of an existing blockchain (layer 1) for increased performance and output. This is achieved without compromising the security of the blockchain. With the rise in the number of users and transactions on layer 1 blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum, there is a need for increased throughput without compromising security and decentralization.
1/20/2023, 11:29:39 AM
What Are Flash Loans In Decentralized Finance?
Beginner

What Are Flash Loans In Decentralized Finance?

Flash loans are a form of unsecured loans available to cryptocurrency traders on some DeFi protocols that require no collateral or intermediaries.
1/20/2023, 11:14:03 AM
What Is Yield farming?
Intermediate

What Is Yield farming?

Yield Farming is an earning strategy in DeFi that allows crypto owners to receive rewards or other interest in exchange for lending or staking their funds.
1/20/2023, 10:07:50 AM
 What Is the Internet of Things?
Intermediate

What Is the Internet of Things?

The Internet of Things, IoT, is an innovative technology that describes the interrelation of different computer devices, machines, and objects with sensors..
1/20/2023, 9:45:33 AM
What Is an Oracle in Blockchain?
Beginner

What Is an Oracle in Blockchain?

An oracle in blockchain technology is a third-party service that provides external data to a smart contract, allowing it to interact with the real world.
1/20/2023, 9:33:49 AM
Bitcoin vs. Gold
Beginner

Bitcoin vs. Gold

Both bitcoin and gold are considered to be a store of value, even though bitcoin has some superior characteristics compared to the metal.
1/20/2023, 9:15:03 AM
What Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?
Intermediate

What Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?

The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol that operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. It enables fast and cheap off-chain transactions.
1/19/2023, 2:48:16 PM
What Is the Bitcoin Mempool?
Intermediate

What Is the Bitcoin Mempool?

The Bitcoin mempool is the pool of unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin network, where they wait to be picked up by a miner and included in the next block.
1/19/2023, 11:44:05 AM
What Is PGP Encryption?
Beginner

What Is PGP Encryption?

Understanding an essential encryption program for the modern age
1/19/2023, 11:03:55 AM
What Is a Digital Signature?
Beginner

What Is a Digital Signature?

Digital signature is one of the most important technological features in current identity verification, especially for crypto.
1/19/2023, 10:42:09 AM
What Is Dai? All You Need to Know About DAI
Intermediate

What Is Dai? All You Need to Know About DAI

DAI is a decentralized stablecoin built through a smart contract on the Ethereum Blockchain. It aims to maintain a stable 1: 1 value against the US dollar.
1/19/2023, 10:24:54 AM
What Is a Replay Attack?
Intermediate

What Is a Replay Attack?

A Replay Attack happens when a malicious party manages to intercept parts of a valid data transmission in order to bypass the cryptography in a blockchain.
1/19/2023, 9:59:30 AM
What Is the Tor Network?
Intermediate

What Is the Tor Network?

A Peer-to-Peer Network that protects your privacy
1/19/2023, 9:08:50 AM
What Is a Cup and Handle Chart Pattern?
Intermediate

What Is a Cup and Handle Chart Pattern?

This price pattern got its name because it looks like a cup with a handle by right
1/18/2023, 2:49:02 PM
What is a 51% Attack?
Beginner

What is a 51% Attack?

A 51% attack occurs when a group or an individual controls more than 50% of a network's computing and creates invalid transactions to steal tokens.
1/18/2023, 2:36:24 PM

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