- What are Smart Contracts?
by Blockchain Lab
Smart Contracts are pieces of codes that automatically execute blockchain transactions based on a set of inputs given.
- What is a Halving? Meaning with Bitcoin as an Example
by Blockchain Lab
Halving means a phenomenon in blockchains by which block rewards are reduced to half of their previous value.
- Coins vs Tokens in Cryptocurrency
by Blockchain Lab
Tokens are those cryptocurrencies which exist on other blockchains; and might or might not have their own blockchain. Understand the difference of coins vs tokens.
- What is a Gas War?
by Blockchain Lab
In Ethereum, Gas War means a competitive situation where senders compete for gas fee to get their transactions executed in priority.
- What is Gas Fees? How does it work in Ethereum?
by Blockchain Lab
Gas fee is the transaction fee charged in the Ethereum blockchain. The fee is paid to Ethereum validators for verifying transactions and adding blocks to the blockchain.
- What are Block Headers?
by Blockchain Lab
Block Headers are the meta data of each block on a blockchain. They contain details such as nonce value, hash of previous block, timestamp, difficulty target, etc.
- What is Merkle Root and Merkle Tree?
by Blockchain Lab
A Merkle Root is the hash of all the transactions in a block by hashing transactions till the time there exists only a single hash result for the entire block.
- What are Consensus Mechanisms in Blockchain? 10 Novel Types with Examples
by Dhirendra Das
Consensus Mechanisms are different ways to verify blockchain transactions by running it through multiple validators each of whom verifies them individually.
- What are Testnets
by Dhirendra Das
A testnet is a replica of the mainnet with reduced security and reduced network capacity meant to simulate the mainnet for testing purposes.