“Big Tech was one lever to get our journalism to the people it was meant for, but it was never the only one.” At Capital B’s all-staff summit earlier this year, I led a brainstorm asking our team to ...

Consensus algorithms are processes where validators (also known as nodes or miners) within a blockchain network agree on the current state of the network. This mainly entails agreeing on whether a ...

Proof of work validates transactions on a blockchain by miners solving hash puzzles. Bitcoin uses proof of work, rewarding miners with coins for adding blocks. Proof of stake offers a less ...

One of the world’s biggest blockchains is testing a new way to approve transactions. The move has been many years in the making but doesn’t come without risks. The market for NFTs—tokens that ...

As the world’s second most popular blockchain platform next to Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) aims to be everything its predecessor is not. Some of Bitcoin’s limitations are holding Ethereum back, such ...