Cryptocurrency
What is IOTA?

Bitcoin monopolised headlines and valuations, yet a lesser known cryptocurrency, IOTA, recently multiplied in price. One month ago, IOTA, a coin designed for Internet of Things transactions, traded at $0.35 and held a market valuation below one billion dollars. At 21:09 UTC on Wednesday, the price reached $4.17 and the total market capitalisation stood at […]

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Cryptocurrency
Ethereum's Difficulty Bomb Explained

Ethereum's “difficulty bomb” denotes a hard coded exponential rise in the proof-of-work puzzle complexity on the mainnet. Each block height triggers a step function that lengthens the time between successive blocks. The chain therefore loses throughput at an accelerating rate. Miners confront shrinking rewards measured in ether per unit of electricity. The network enters a […]

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