| | | 🔗 Stories, Tutorials & Articles | | | | | | | An ELI5 Primer on Consensus Mechanisms ✅ | | | | | Consensus mechanisms are gamified protocols that enable a decentralized computer network to agree on a blockchain state. They aim to provide a balance of security, scalability, and decentralization to the network.
Proof of work (PoW) and proof of stake (PoS) are the main consensus mechanisms used in the industry, but there are alternative mechanisms such as PoA, PoC, PoB, PoH, and more.
The industry has settled on PoW and PoS due to their wide user adoption and application development around the most popular blockchains. Although newer consensus mechanisms may emerge, the most widely-adopted implementations will continue to play a vital role as the industry advances toward mainstream adoption.
Consensus models provide a metric for evaluating a project’s long-term potential based on scalability, sustainability, and decentralization. |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ethereum or Polygon: Which is Preferred for Web3, Blockchain Gaming? | | | | | A recent report by DappRadar suggests that Polygon is currently the top choice blockchain for the gaming industry, with Ethereum and Algorand coming in closely behind.
The report notes that Asia is the long driving force behind the global gaming industry, with China, Japan, and South Korea dominating the market.
Interestingly, Twitter remains the top platform for gamer discovery, and airdrops are a crucial factor in motivating users to try new games.
Additionally, gaming-related tokens, including Ape, Mana, and AXS, have seen an incline in the past day, indicating the potential for further growth in the space. |
| | | | | | | | | | Validator Performance Tracking | | | | | This article explains the different components of an Ethereum validator's reward and how to diagnose issues with missed rewards.
The article highlights the variance in rewards for validators due to various factors such as network conditions and type of duty performed.
The author focuses on attestation rewards and describes the different components and scenarios under which a reward may be missed.
They emphasize the importance of getting the source vote correctly and provide guidance on how to diagnose issues with missed rewards.
The article also highlights the importance of using multiple indicators to measure a validator's performance rather than relying solely on rewards. |
| | | | | | | | | | Comparing Facebook's Blockchain Heirs: Aptos vs Sui ✅ | | | | | After the failure of Diem, a cryptocurrency project from Meta, and the loss of talented individuals, Aptos and Sui were developed using parallel execution methods and the Move programming language.
Aptos aims to rival Bitcoin and Ethereum by creating a secure, scalable, and flexible infrastructure, while Sui aims for efficiency to scale and be widely adopted.
The key differences between Aptos and Sui lie in their use of Move, with Sui using object-centric models and Aptos using address-centric models.
Additionally, Aptos functions as a ledger blockchain, while Sui works as an "object store" that records data in DAG form.
Sui's developer experience is more optimized than Aptos due to its Developer Kit, and both tokens can be used for PoS participation and governance. |
| | | | | | | | | | Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain Base plans for 2023 mainnet launch ✅ | | | | | Coinbase's Base, an Ethereum-focused layer 2 blockchain, is planning to launch its mainnet in 2023, according to an interview with Jesse Pollak, the lead for Base and head of protocols at Coinbase.
The platform aims to bring a million builders and a billion users on-chain through easy-to-use products on its platform, and has received commitments from several crypto businesses, including Chainlink, Quicknode and Ribbon Finance, to build on it.
Pollak also revealed that the company hopes to decentralize itself from Coinbase within months or years, rather than a decade. |
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