Ben StolmanMonolith and Modular Blockchains in the context of Rollups and Rollup FrameworksAs opposed to Monolithic blockchains such as Ethereum, Modular blockchains represent a design approach that aims to improve the…May 6, 2023May 6, 2023
Ben StolmanThe Anatomy of an Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) Rollup (Optimistic and ZK)“Layer 2 (L2) is a collective term to describe a specific set of Ethereum scaling solutions. A layer 2 is a separate blockchain that…Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Ben StolmanWhat’s inside a transaction?Within the bitcoin ecosystem everyone has a set of public and private keys. Your public key is actually generated from your private key! A…Oct 22, 2019Oct 22, 2019
Ben StolmanHow to Hash the Genesis Block Like a ProHow to Hash a Block Like a ProFeb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
Ben StolmanEthereum Gas, Gas Limit, and Gas PriceOn computers that run Windows, the name of applications end in .exe. It’s a program that you can execute. When you click on it you are…Aug 10, 2018Aug 10, 2018
Ben Stolman1.4 Hashing Transactions (TXIDs) to Find the Merkle RootThere are two major pitfalls people fall into when trying to calculate the Merkle Root. The first is that they aren’t byte-swapping…Jul 28, 20181Jul 28, 20181
Ben Stolman1. 3 Merkle Tree EfficiencyWhy not hash Raw Data 1, 2, 3, up to a certain Raw Data n together?Jul 28, 2018Jul 28, 2018
Ben Stolman1.1 Hashing and SHA-256Hashing is useful to see if a piece of data has been altered. Within the blockchain ecosystem, one benefit of hashing is to see if the…Jul 3, 2018Jul 3, 2018
Ben Stolman1.0 What are Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology?The answer to this question takes us down an extremely fascinating rabbit hole. First, a brief history lesson on what Bitcoin was trying to…May 28, 2018May 28, 2018