Introduction Authentication plays an important role in majority of web applications, it provides a way for an application to verify a user’s identity, making sure that the user is who they claim to be. Typically, the user submits their credentials, which can be a combination of a username and a password…

The Lightning Network (LN), which plays a major role in Bitcoin scalability, is a second layer protocol built on Bitcoin. While transactions on the Bitcoin network are termed to happen on-chain, that of Lightning happens off-chain. Transactions which take place on the Lightning Network are not finalized on the blockchain…

The Lightning Network (LN) is a decentralized network that operates as a second layer on the Bitcoin protocol. With lightning, users can make payments to each other without the necessity of publishing a transaction to the Bitcoin blockchain for each payment. Before lightning transactions can be made, a payment channel…

If you have not seen the movie Queen of Katwe, you should. It’s the inspirational story of a young Ugandan chess prodigy, Phiona Mutesi. An extraordinary girl with a dream of becoming a grand-master, the world best in chess, and a mentor who taught and believed in her. The story…