Links tagged “blockchain”

colony.io

Platform for running on-chain organizations, with nested teams, reputation-weighted voting and shared payments across EVM chains.

fee.org

Argues that Bitcoin draws its value from the utility of its payment network rather than any commodity backing, and that this satisfies Mises' regression theorem.

stellar.org

Site of Stellar, the open-source blockchain network built for cross-border payments, asset tokenisation and decentralised finance.

ripple.com

Ripple's site, presenting its blockchain-based cross-border payment, custody and stablecoin infrastructure aimed at banks and fintechs.

en.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia's article on the Merkle tree, a hash tree that lets a large dataset be verified branch by branch, as used in Git, Bitcoin and BitTorrent.

bigchaindb.com

Home of BigchainDB, a database with blockchain characteristics: decentralized control, immutability and asset support, at database throughput.

igvita.com

Builds a blockchain from first principles, showing how digital signatures, proof of work and the longest-chain rule settle transactions without a trusted third party.

openbazaar.org

A decentralised, peer-to-peer marketplace that runs without an intermediary taking a cut.

bitcoinclassic.com

Site of Bitcoin Classic, a Bitcoin node implementation forked to raise the block size limit to 2 MB; the project has since announced it is closing down.

bitcoinunlimited.info

Site of Bitcoin Unlimited, an organisation building alternative Bitcoin node software and protocols, including Bitcoin Cash and Nexa.

gavinandresen.ninja

Chronological index of Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen's blog posts; the domain now redirects to his post index on riski.wiki.

bitcoin.org

Community-funded informational hub for Bitcoin, presenting it as a peer-to-peer payment network and pointing to wallets, resources and developer material.

z.cash

Homepage of Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency offering shielded peer-to-peer transactions, with guides to wallets, exchanges and the network.

ybrikman.com

An explanation of how Bitcoin works, building up from everyday analogies before going into the technical detail of the protocol.