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How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper

If you’re ever stranded on a deserted island, knowing how to run the process of decentralized consensus — or in other words, operate a very simple blockchain by hand — can prove to be very useful. …

Blockchain

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How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper
How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper
Blockchain

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How a Blockchain Can Help You on a Deserted Island

There’s a lot of hype around blockchain today, but if you ask around what is blockchain actually useful for — it’s not easy to get a clear answer. It’s often said that blockchains revolve around trust, but trust is a very abstract concept. Can we demonstrate this with a concrete…

Bitcoin

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How a Blockchain Can Help You on a Deserted Island
How a Blockchain Can Help You on a Deserted Island
Bitcoin

7 min read


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The Orbs Blog

·May 2, 2019

Why Proof-Of-Stake Systems Can Benefit From External Oversight

The final season of Game of Thrones is currently airing. The long anticipated conclusion to the epic battle over The Iron Throne — rule over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Consider the “final episode” (don’t worry, this is all made up, no spoilers here): The last battle is upon us…

Blockchain

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Why Proof-Of-Stake Systems Can Benefit From External Oversight
Why Proof-Of-Stake Systems Can Benefit From External Oversight
Blockchain

9 min read


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HackerNoon.com

·May 2, 2019

What ‘Game of Thrones’ Teaches Us About Proof-Of-Stake — Don’t Trust Cersei!!

The final season of Game of Thrones is currently airing. The long anticipated conclusion to the epic battle over The Iron Throne — rule over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Consider the “final episode” (don’t worry, this is all made up, no spoilers here): The last battle is upon us…

Blockchain

9 min read

What ‘Game of Thrones’ Teaches Us About Proof-Of-Stake — Don’t Trust Cersei!!
What ‘Game of Thrones’ Teaches Us About Proof-Of-Stake — Don’t Trust Cersei!!
Blockchain

9 min read


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The Orbs Blog

·Apr 15, 2019

The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It

Trying to unlock mainstream adoption for public blockchain is one of the hardest challenges in the industry today. Real businesses are yet to see the value in public blockchain technology and adoption crawls. I believe this is largely caused by the blockchain dichotomy: The polarization of infrastructure solutions in the…

Blockchain

13 min read

The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It
The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It
Blockchain

13 min read


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HackerNoon.com

·Apr 15, 2019

The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It

Trying to unlock mainstream adoption for public blockchain is one of the hardest challenges in the industry today. Real businesses are yet to see the value in public blockchain technology and adoption crawls. I believe this is largely caused by the blockchain dichotomy: The polarization of infrastructure solutions in the…

Blockchain

13 min read

The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It
The Blockchain Dichotomy and an Architecture to Overcome It
Blockchain

13 min read


Apr 14, 2019

Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement

There’s little argument that open source has transformed our world. As a developer, I cannot recall a single day in the last few years where I did not rely on open source software. I’m not the exception. …

Open Source

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Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement
Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement
Open Source

7 min read


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The Orbs Blog

·Apr 1, 2019

The Orbs PoS Universe Archetypes — High Level Introduction

The purpose of this short post is to give a high level introduction to the Orbs Universe and its proof-of-stake ecosystem. This post will not go into the specifics of the mechanics and will not go into exact numbers (this information is available here). …

Blockchain

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The Orbs PoS Universe Archetypes — High Level Introduction
The Orbs PoS Universe Archetypes — High Level Introduction
Blockchain

6 min read


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The Orbs Blog

·Mar 29, 2019

Defining the Public Blockchain

The blockchain industry makes heavy use of buzzwords. Terms like “public” and “private” are thrown around but what do they actually mean? Is this the right way to define a blockchain? Does a private blockchain really exist? …

Blockchain

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Defining the Public Blockchain
Defining the Public Blockchain
Blockchain

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The Orbs Blog

·Mar 26, 2019

Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement

There’s little argument that open source has transformed our world. As a developer, I cannot recall a single day in the last few years where I did not rely on open source software. I’m not the exception. …

Open Source

7 min read

Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement
Blockchain as the Next Evolutionary Step of the Open Source Movement
Open Source

7 min read

Tal Kol

Tal Kol

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Public blockchain for the real world. Founder at Orbs.com. React fan. Ex Wix.com head of mobile engineering.

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