Smart contracts automate agreements on blockchain technology, enhancing security, transparency, and efficiency across various applications, including finance, supply chains, and voting systems.
XRP is a digital asset designed for fast, low-cost global money transfers, powered by the XRP Ledger, facilitating efficient transactions for banks and businesses.
Chain reorganization, or reorg, replaces shorter blockchain chains with longer ones to maintain accuracy and security, occurring due to simultaneous block creation, bugs, or attacks.
Crypto assets may qualify as securities under the Howey Test, which assesses investor expectations of profit derived from the efforts of others, impacting regulatory compliance.
Basic Attention Token (BAT) rewards users for their attention while browsing, allowing them to support content creators and enhancing privacy in online advertising.
Ocean Protocol facilitates decentralized data exchange using blockchain technology, allowing users to buy, sell, and share data securely with OCEAN tokens and datatokens.
Arweave offers permanent, decentralized data storage, ensuring digital files remain accessible forever, utilizing AR tokens for payments and rewarding those who store data.
Sidechains are separate blockchains connected to a main blockchain, enhancing transaction speed and enabling innovative features while allowing asset transfers between chains.
Merkle trees are data structures that use hashing to securely verify and organize large datasets, essential for blockchain technology and ensuring data integrity.
Stake DAO is a decentralized finance platform allowing users to earn rewards, participate in governance through the SDT token, and access various DeFi services.
