Pre-mining is a process in which the development team mines a certain amount of digital currency (tokens) for themselves before the official launch of a new…

Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor (Scrypt-N) is a type of protection, the principle of which is to rationalize memory. Thus, Scrypt-N relies on the so-called adaptive N-factor, the memory that…

SHA256 (Secure Hashing Algorithm) is an up-to-date hashing algorithm developed by the US National Security Agency. This calculation method protects a cryptographic dataset because without a…

PoC (proof-of-capasity) is a consensus algorithm used in blockchain, in which available hard disk space is used to mine digital currency, rather than the computing power,…

Signum is a sustainable blockchain platform with support for decentralized applications (DApps). SIGNA is a native token that can be used in all applications (exchanges, marketplaces,…

Volatility is an important market indicator of the volatility of a currency or a security, which is calculated on the basis of available historical data and…

TPS (Transactions-per-second) is the number of transactions the blockchain can process per second. The higher the TPS value, the faster payments will be received. To calculate…

Graphene is a 3.0 (third generation) blockchain technology that features a simplified smart contract creation process, no transaction fees, and at the same time high performance.…

Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network is directly proportional to the square of the number of its users. Due to the network effect,…

Vertcoin is a decentralized open-source cryptocurrency, aka ASIC — resistant fork of Litecoin. To achieve consensus, the system uses the PoW (proof-of-work) algorithm. The developers are…