“Oracle” has long described a person through whom a deity speaks, or a person known for giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions. In the cryptoverse, oracles are code connecting a blockchain with the real world. They provide the data that smart contracts need in order to execute successfully. Oracles are, ironically, an intermediary in…
How Web 3.0 & Blockchain Will Disrupt the Disruptors
Remember when companies like Google, Amazon, eBay, and Facebook were huge disruptors in their industries? They upended their competitors in online search, book sales, reselling, and social networking. Now, these Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 companies are on the verge of being disrupted themselves by the emergence of Web 3.0. The Evolution of the Web Web…
What is Cryptoeconomics?
The word “cryptoeconomics” is a portmanteau of cryptography and economics, and the concept is key to making a functional blockchain. How do you get strangers to work together to create a trustworthy, decentralized network for transmitting and storing encrypted information? How do you get that distributed ledger system to function reliably without a central authority…
What is Ethereum?
If you want to understand what Ethereum is, stop thinking about cryptocurrency for a minute. While the Ethereum blockchain traces its roots to the Bitcoin blockchain, and while it’s associated with a cryptocurrency called Ether, Ethereum is quite different, not because of Ether’s value as a cryptocurrency but because of the Ethereum blockchain’s ability to…
The Cypherpunk Movement and the Creation of Cryptocurrency
It all began with the cypherpunks, a small community of programmers, coders, activists, and visionaries who were focused on privacy-enhancing technologies through cryptography starting in the 1990s. “Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age,” proclaimed Berkeley mathematician Eric Hughes in “A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto” in March 1993. “Privacy is not secrecy. A…
How to Secure Your Dream Retirement Even If You’re Behind on Savings
5 Strategies to Boost Your Retirement Savings: A Guide for Pre-Retirees Approaching retirement should be exciting, but what if you don’t have enough saved? Don’t panic – you have options to boost your retirement savings. Here are five strategies to help you catch up on savings and secure the retirement you want: 1. Adjust…
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