Governance in blockchains refers to the decision-making process and management of the evolution of the protocol and rules of the blockchain itself. It involves how decisions are made regarding software updates, changes to consensus rules, and other critical matters for the network’s operation. Decentralized blockchains often implement governance systems to…

Decentralization and distribution are key concepts in blockchain technology. Decentralization refers to the absence of a central authority or a single point of control, while distribution pertains to the presence of identical copies of the ledger spread across multiple nodes in a network. In blockchain systems, these ideas are implemented…

The Byzantine Generals’ Problem: Unraveling the Challenge in Distributed Networks The Byzantine Generals’ Problem was first formulated by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak, and Marshall Pease in their 1982 paper titled “The Byzantine Generals Problem.” This problem is a theoretical abstraction based on real-world situations where trust and coordination are crucial. …

Dear Stakers, during the post-ICO period, Pool of Stake’s development team has dedicated its efforts to the implementation of what has been outlined in the MVP: As of now, the “core engine” has been modified by enhancing its logic capabilities and by strengthening the automatism on the QTUM Blockchain. We…

Dear Stakers, We are at the end of our ICO! The last month has been an exciting time here at Pool of Stake. We touched an important milestone in our crowdfunding process: our Soft Cap of 2M € was reached. …

The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Wants to Add Hardware to the Algorithm “A performance-oriented proof-of-stake consensus called Supernode Proof-of-Stake Consensus with the features of constant interval block minting, cold minting and stake liquidity has been designed for the VEE blockchain platform.” Back in 2011, when Bitcoin network experienced its first noticeable growth, few of its users and proponents worried about the energy consumption of the new Proof-of-Work consensus. Yet, Sunny King and Scott Nadal, through their Peercoin Project already addressed this issue and formulated the legitimate question: Is the energy consumption…

We are closing in the third financial quarter of the year, this is a time when financial reports can cause important movements across markets. The quarterly periods would be accurate for any company that operates on a calendar year. However, some companies operate on a fiscal year, and they have…

The crypto-enthusiast narrative and vision behind blockchain technology states that blockchain is a powerful tool that will allow us to decentralise the infrastructure of economy, society and even politics. As blockchains are distributed transaction ledgers, in theory they can be used to represent any kind of asset. Bitcoin’s creator found…

From the early days when internet networks started to replace and improve traditional communication and exchange channels, new technology breakthroughs have always captured the public’s attention, even at times when it wasn’t yet ready for mainstream consumption. Just like the development of the Internet, blockchain is still looking for strong…