¿Qué significa sharding en las criptomonedas?

El sharding es una herramienta que permite fragmentar datos en un servidor diferente. Este método sirve para optimizar la escalabilidad en sistemas descentralizados. Actualmente, Bitcoin no utiliza sharding para dividir sus datos. Ethereum 2.0. ha ido incorporando un sistema de sharding. Aunque es un método muy útil, a algunos especialistas les preocupa la seguridad de … Read more

Who is Scott Stornetta and how is he related to Bitcoin?

In 1994, Stornetta and his partner Stuart Haber co-founded Surety Technologies. In 1995, the first commercial deployment of a distributed ledger was made. Stornetta and Stuart are the most cited authors in the Bitcoin white paper. In 2019, Stornetta and Haber spoke for a cryptocurrency conference. Currently, Stornetta is head of Yugen Partners, a company … Read more

How will XRP integrate with Ethereum in 2025?

The XRPL EVM Sidechain is an independent sidechain of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) network supported by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Its integration, when the testing phase ends, will allow the execution of smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) within the XRP ecosystem. Currently, the XRPL EVM Sidechain is is in a testing phase and … Read more

“Governments need to make their position clear” on bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a year-end frenzy and it’s not just because of its price. Good news is coming from all fronts: more institutional investments, companies incorporating the currency into their treasuries, politicians talking about national reserves with the digital asset or records in network processing power. Without a doubt, it is a year to … Read more

¿Quién es Jameson Lopp y cómo se relaciona con Bitcoin?

Jameson Lopp es un ingeniero estadounidense involucrado con las criptomonedas desde 2012. Lopp es cofundador y director de CASA, una empresa que permite gestionar y almacenar BTC. Jameson trabajó como ingeniero de software en la empresa de seguridad BitGo. Lopp creó la plataforma Statoshi.info, que registra datos en tiempo real sobre Bitcoin. En 2017, el … Read more

Inheritance plans with Bitcoin are now free

The announcement of the free feature was made by Quentin Ehrenmann, developer behind the protocol. This solution allows users to create an inheritance system without depending on third parties. Self-Inheritance Protocola protocol designed to secure the inheritance of bitcoin (BTC) autonomously and without the need for third parties, is now free for use and open … Read more

This is how Bitcoin would defend itself from quantum computing

Sigman warned that “quantum computers may one day break the cryptography” of Bitcoin. BIP-360 would establish a quantum-safe transaction system. In response to the uncertainty generated by the launch of Google’s Willow chip and analyst opinions about its potential to compromise the security of Bitcoin (BTC), the BIP-360 improvement proposal emerges as a possible solution. … Read more

Solana surpasses Ethereum in 2024 in a key data

Solana (SOL) ends 2024 as the network with the largest number of new developers working on it. It thus becomes the first network to surpass the main network of Ethereum (ETH) in this statistic since 2016. Despite the data, Ethereum continues to be the network that hosts the most developers in total, according to data … Read more

How to participate in the Cardano network and what can you do in it?

The Cardano ecosystem offers access to decentralized exchanges and DeFi platforms. At the end of December, ADA holders must ratify the approval of the new Constitution. On December 5, 2024, the Cardano (ADA) community approved the new Constitution that will determine a more decentralized governance and encourage the participation of ADA holders, the token native … Read more

Do analysts consider the Google chip a threat to Bitcoin cryptography?

Following the December 9 announcement in which Google announced the launch of Willow, its new quantum chip, developers and bitcoiners expressed their opinions regarding the alleged ability of this chip to compromise the Bitcoin (BTC) encryption. In theoretical terms, quantum computing could compromise the cryptography used by Bitcoin. Using the algorithm Shor it would be … Read more