UPDATE: Block activation heights for Iris were communicated on the RSK community call held on July 16th. This article has been updated to reflect this. Summary The RSK network will be undergoing a planned network upgrade at block number 3,614,800. This is expected to occur on Thursday, August 19th, 2021. This blogpost shares all the […]

The expansion of the cryptocurrency market has seen the creation of new solutions and services across different blockchain networks. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) had became one of the most hot topics so far in 2021. There is space for innovation, and companies know that. Projects from all over the world have searched for different ways to […]

We´ve seen many times confusion within the community when discussing concepts such as bitcoin fully validating nodes and their importance for the security of the network. Hence, we have decided to create a guide that discusses the importance of running a Bitcoin node. Let´s get into it! What is a Bitcoin Node? A Bitcoin node […]

For many years, hashing power centralization has been considered by some people as a weakness for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market. We have recently seen wide news coverage related to mining pools exiting China and the hashing rate has certainly decreased abruptly. Although this could have a short-term negative impact on Bitcoin’s price, it could […]

Bitcoin (BTC) mining is one of the most rewarding but also most challenging activities in the cryptocurrency industry. Since its inception, Bitcoin has experienced a vast evolution from CPU mining (where simple retail computers were able to participate on the Bitcoin network and generate rewards) to ASIC-based and merged mining. In this post, we will analyze […]

Blockchain technology has become one of the most praised technologies over the last years. Alongside the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technology (DLT) is now among the most potentially revolutionizing solutions that exist.  Blockchain applications and networks have become incrediby useful to solve daily simple and also complex problems for […]

Bitcoin’s energy consumption has become a hot topic of discussion recently. The terms energy consumption and carbon footprint are used interchangeably to criticize the energy-intensive Bitcoin POW mining process. However, they have different meanings. According to estimates by the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, the Bitcoin network consumes 116 Terawatt Hours (TWh) of electricity per year. […]

Since the development of Bitcoin´s blockchain in 2008, more cryptocurrencies have risen to prominence. These new tokens took Bitcoin’s promise of a decentralized and censorship-free digital currency to new heights.  Ethereum (ETH) introduced smart contracts and decentralized applications to blockchain technology. Litecoin (LTC) offers fast payment settlement and cheap transaction fees. Privacy coins like Monero […]

The rise of cryptocurrency and digital tokens has brought significant attention to the idea of decentralization. Originally seen as a founding principle of the cryptocurrency dream, decentralization has since become a key block of DeFi and other blockchain projects. Satoshi Nakamoto developed Bitcoin as a censorship-free digital currency, free from the purview of any government […]

Blockchain technology has continually been touted as the biggest tech innovation since the Internet and there are few reasons to argue otherwise. This emerging tech’s potential is far-reaching across different industries and could very well change the way a common man interacts with their immediate surroundings. However, there are some caveats and a major one […]