Monolithic blockchains are considered the first generation of blockchain systems. Emerging at the genesis of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries, they paved the way for the revolutionary ...

Until recently, blockchains were seen as an “unhackable” technology powering and securing cryptocurrencies — but that’s no longer the case. Hackers have gotten away with nearly $2 billion worth of ...

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. With every week that passes there is a new use for ...

Blockchain is only as powerful as its connections to the real world. Oracles are how that happens. Oracles are lines of code that connect information in the real world to contracts and other ...

At the core of blockchain networks lies a fundamental architectural principle called layering. Layering in blockchain refers to organizing different functionalities and protocols into separate layers, ...

When BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, saw its $2.9 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund accepted as collateral on major exchanges, Crypto.com and Deribit, it marked a milestone: ...

Major stablecoin issuer Tether has launched a recovery tool to migrate its Tether (USDT) stablecoin between different blockchains amid USDT hitting a $100-billion market capitalization. Tether ...

Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, researcher, and educator. She is a financial therapist and transformational coach, with a special interest in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global business and investing in emerging markets. Ethereum (ETH) used to be the end-all be-all of blockchains for ...

Vitalik Buterin is a programmer and writer. He founded Ethereum, a decentralized web 3.0 publishing platform, for which he won the World Technology Award in 2014. In this article, he explores the ...