Curated playlist
Blockchains
- HashrateThe more computing power a blockchain has, the harder a 51% attack becomes.
- Solana (blockchain platform)In November 2022, the FTX bankruptcy sent the price of Solana's SOL token down roughly 40% within one day.
- EthereumEthereum's name came from a list of science fiction elements. Vitalik Buterin liked how the word sounded.
- Non-fungible tokenThe first non-fungible token was a video clip sold for four dollars in May 2014.
- Initial coin offeringIn September 2017, seven Chinese regulators banned initial coin offerings, sales of digital tokens to raise money.
- Avalanche (blockchain platform)The Avalanche blockchain began with a whitepaper signed Team Rocket. It appeared in May 2018 under that pseudonym.
- TezosThe Tezos blockchain was first proposed in 2014 under a fake name. Arthur Breitman signed two papers "L. M. Goodman."
- Blockchain analysisIn 2022, the IRS used blockchain analysis to seize over 50,000 bitcoin stolen from Silk Road.
- Terra (blockchain)In May 2022, Terra's two main tokens lost almost $45 billion in value in one week.
- Cardano (blockchain platform)Cardano's founder Charles Hoskinson left Ethereum in 2014 after a dispute with Vitalik Buterin.