Google uses automated programs called spiders, or crawlers, to index and rank web pages. Then, when a user searches for something, it uses a special algorithm to determine the order of results to display (howstuffworks). This process, of course, applies to web pages on the internet. There are 2 major projects, worked on by the The post Cloud Blockchains: The Google of Blockchain with Nader Dabit appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

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Cloud Blockchains: The Google of Blockchain with Nader Dabit

Domain names are the address of your website that people type into the browser URL bar. Once purchased, a domain name is stored on your behalf by custodians like Google domains. Blockchain domains, on the other hand, are similar to regular domain names except they are stored and controlled in your cryptocurrency wallet. The company The post Unstoppable Domains: Blockchain Domains with Matthew Gould appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Unstoppable Domains: Blockchain Domains with Matthew Gould

Blockchain protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum have changed the cyber world dramatically in the last decade. They’ve created communities of like-minded developers, generated new financial markets, and popularized “decentralization” in computer networks. However, they require large resources to operate which makes scaling difficult and transactions expensive. Hedera is a decentralized public network that takes the The post Hedera Hashgraph: Proof-of-Stake Public Networks with Leemon Baird appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Hedera Hashgraph: Proof-of-Stake Public Networks with Leemon Baird

Complete information games are games where every player has information about the game sequence, strategies, and payoffs throughout gameplay. Playing chess, for example, relies on knowing the location of every piece everywhere on the board. In an incomplete information game like Minecraft, you continually gain new information during gameplay. Until very recently, incomplete information was The post Dark Forest: Transparency on Blockchains with Zero-Knowledge Proofs with Brian Gu appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Dark Forest: Transparency on Blockchains with Zero-Knowledge Proofs with Brian Gu

Proof of Work cryptocurrency mining, as used on the Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains, requires huge amounts of energy to validate transactions and generate new tokens. The alternative, Proof of Stake, needs large deposits of assets to be staked up front in order to work. While both consensus protocols have their own drawbacks, they are the The post Spacemesh: A New Consensus Protocol Anton Learner appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Spacemesh: A New Consensus Protocol Anton Learner

Coinbase is a very popular and well trusted cryptocurrency platform for buying and selling digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many more. With Coinbase you can manage your portfolio of cryptocurrencies in 1 place like you would for other investments. There are added features like scheduling recurring purchases of assets, time-delayed withdrawals from digital vaults, The post Coinbase React Native: Building the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem with Brent Walter and Jacob Thornton appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Coinbase React Native: Building the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem with Brent Walter and Jacob Thornton

Platforms like Ethereum have billions of dollars of market cap and large developer communities. However, it is still a challenge to build widely adopted DApps on it because of current limitations. Blockchain Proof of Work transactions are typically slow, and Proof of Stake transactions trade off decentralization to achieve high throughput. Transaction fees get expensive, The post Polygon: Connecting Ethereum Compatible Blockchain Networks with Denis Ermolin appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Polygon: Connecting Ethereum Compatible Blockchain Networks with Denis Ermolin

The company Skynet Labs provides an open protocol for hosting data and web applications on the decentralized web. Skynet allows for decentralized, censorship-resistant, highly redundant storage and applications that are available around the globe. Developers don’t pay for their application’s storage, can launch apps with access to a user’s data right away, are free from The post Skynet Labs: Decentralized Internet with Matthew Sevey appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Skynet Labs: Decentralized Internet with Matthew Sevey

A liquid market enables individuals or groups to quickly buy and sell assets. Decentralized platforms can struggle to execute trades when their platform does not have much liquidity for a specific token. Newer tokens or tokens with limited supply are most often the least liquid because there might be an imbalance of buyers and sellers. The post Uniswap: Creating Liquidity in DeFi with Noah Zinsmeister appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Uniswap: Creating Liquidity in DeFi with Noah Zinsmeister

Non-fungible tokens are proofs of authenticity that are stored on a blockchain. Unlike fungible tokens, such as cryptocurrencies which are interchangeable, non-fungible tokens aren’t inherently equivalent to any other token. Because they are unique, they can be used to represent any unique asset. Their presence on a blockchain enables an NFT owner to trade the The post Showtime: Crypto Art and NFTs with Alex Masmejean appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Showtime: Crypto Art and NFTs with Alex Masmejean

Volatility is the degree of fluctuation of something’s price. Highly volatile assets may see rapid and large price changes, while less volatile assets will maintain a steady price. This concept is important in decentralized finance because cryptocurrencies tend to be volatile assets.  The company Synthetix provides assets called Synths that provide exposure to an asset The post Synthetix: Derivatives Trading in DeFi with Justin Moses appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Synthetix: Derivatives Trading in DeFi with Justin Moses

A decentralized exchange, usually referred to as a DEX, is a platform for exchanging cryptocurrencies. Depending on trading volume for different coins, some DEXs are more liquid than others. On the one hand you can freely swap unlisted tokens and maintain full control over your private keys and wallet information. On the other hand, without The post 1inch Exchange: Decentralized Exchange Aggregation with Anton Bukov appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

1inch Exchange: Decentralized Exchange Aggregation with Anton Bukov

Decentralized applications, termed “dApps,” are applications that feel like normal apps but are actually deployed (mostly) on the Ethereum blockchain. This means dApps can’t be taken down, can’t be censored or blocked, typically use Ethereum accounts as identity, and would only experience downtime if Ethereum itself went down. There are a lot of things you The post Compound: Cryptocurrency Interest Rates with Jared Flatow appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Compound: Cryptocurrency Interest Rates with Jared Flatow

A ‘token’ can represent almost anything in Ethereum, according to Ethereum.org: Lottery tickets, points in an online platform, fiat currency, and much more. These tokens must follow a standard called ECR-20 to have the same type and value of any other token, and behave just like the ETH.   The platform Opyn lets users buy and The post OPYN: DeFi Options Trading with Aparna Krishnan appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

OPYN: DeFi Options Trading with Aparna Krishnan

In decentralized finance (DeFi) a liquidity pool is a collection of cryptocurrency funds created from the deposits of many users and usually multiple different currencies. There are 2 main types of pools: custodial and non-custodial. Custodial pools are controlled by a third party manager which contains information like the private keys and the funds. They The post AAVE: Liquidity Protocol with Ernesto Boado appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AAVE: Liquidity Protocol with Ernesto Boado

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