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General

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_chain_(database) - a distributed database, introduced in Bitcoin, that maintains a continuously-growing list of data records that each refer to previous items on this list and is thus hardened against tampering and revision. The initial and most widely known application of block chain technology is the public ledger of transactions for bitcoin, which has been the inspiration for other cryptocurrencies and distributed database designs.





News

Bitcoin

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  • Bitcoin Core - an open source project which maintains and releases Bitcoin client software called “Bitcoin Core”. It is a direct descendant of the original Bitcoin software client released by Satoshi Nakamoto after he published the famous Bitcoin whitepaper. Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet. The project also currently maintains related software such as the cryptography library libsecp256k1 and others located at GitHub. Connects to the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network to download and fully validate blocks and transactions. It also includes a wallet and graphical user interface, which can be optionally built.





  • BitCoin Get - Earn bitcoins for watching videos and completing simple tasks.


Guides

Articles

  • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6480464 - "We've passed the point where superficial (non-technical) analysis of Bitcoin can add anything useful to the discussion. Right now, we need thought put into the permanent, public history of the block chain and how that accountability, fully harnessed, will interface with the power structures of the world. It's an unfathomably complex topic."


Social




Information


Mining

Pools

  • BTC Guild is a Bitcoin Mining Pool, and one of the oldest remaining Bitcoin pools. BTC Guild tries to provide a simple but clean interface, full of all the statistics that a savvy miner would want to see.

minerd username is poolusername.workername

Wallets

  • Coinpunk is a project to build an open source, self-hosted DIY bitcoin wallet service you can run on your own server.
  • MultiBit is a secure, lightweight, international Bitcoin wallet for Windows, MacOS and Linux
  • namecoinia - Open Source JavaScript Client-Side Bitcoin and Namecoin Wallet Generator (BTC and NMC address is generated with the same private key)

Trading

  • BTC-e.com serves as a platform for individuals interested in buying and selling Bitcoins using an assortment of world currencies.



Markets

  • #bitcoin-otc is an over-the-counter marketplace for trading with bitcoin. The marketplace is located in #bitcoin-otc channel on the freenode IRC network



Services

Arbitration

  • Bitrated - Bitcoin arbitration marketplace. Protect yourself against online fraud with Bitcoin's m-of-n transactions.

Tumblers

Tools

Software

Systems


Altcoins

Namecoin

Litecoin

Dogecoin

Zerocoin

Datacoin

Other


OpenBazaar


Smart contracts

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_contract - computer protocols that facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract, or that make a contractual clause unnecessary. Smart contracts usually also have a user interface and often emulate the logic of contractual clauses. Proponents of smart contracts claim that many kinds of contractual clauses may thus be made partially or fully self-executing, self-enforcing, or both. Smart contracts aim to provide security superior to traditional contract law and to reduce other transaction costs associated with contracting.

Code supporting this is a latent part of the bitcoin protocol, based on probabilistic and anonymous (proof-of-work based) Byzantine replication. One proposal for using bitcoin for replicated asset registration and contract execution is called "colored coins". A replicated domain name registry is implemented in Namecoin; replicated titles for potentially arbitrary forms of property, along with replicated contract execution, are implemented in Crypti, Ripple, Mastercoin and Ethereum. NXT implements replicated property titles based on proof-of-stake in the underlying currency.



Ripple

Ethereum

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum - a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality. It provides a decentralized virtual machine that can execute peer-to-peer contracts using a cryptocurrency called Ether (unofficial code ETH). Ethereum was initially proposed by Vitalik Buterin in late 2013, and the genesis block, marking the live release of the Ethereum project, occurred on 30 July 2015.
  • Request Network - A decentralized network built on top of Ethereum, which allows anyone, anywhere to request a payment.

fxhash

  • fxhash - an open platform where artists can publish Generative Tokens which are stored on the Tezos blockchain. Generative Tokens are programs designed to produce random outputs. Once a Generative Token is enabled (when the artist decides it), anyone with a tezos wallet can mint its own unique iteration of the Generative Token. Each iteration produces a unique piece that is stored as a NFT on the tezos blockchain. The NFTs are FA2 compliant, which means that they can be exchanged like any other NFT everywhere in the tezos ecosystem. Glossary: Generative Art: refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system; in the context of fxhash: art produced with computer code Generative Token: code based projects published by generative artists on fxhash Iterations: unique output of a fxhash project; each piece minted from a project is an iteration Control left to the artists The philosophy of fxhash is simple: provide a framework so that generative artists can have a space in which they can mint their pieces meant to be generative. No curation, open to everyone.



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  • Hyperledger - The open source, global ecosystem for enterprise-grade blockchain technologies that are at the core of critical developments and implementations around the world
    • Hyperledger Foundation Wiki - an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It is a global collaboration, hosted by The Linux Foundation, including leaders in finance, banking, IoT, supply chain, manufacturing and technology. To learn more, check out the About Hyperledger page. You can also find out more about Hyperledger's projects, labs, Working Groups, Special Interest Groups and other community activities at the links below.





  • Holochain - a distributed web with user autonomy built directly into its architecture and protocols. Data is about remembering our lived and shared experiences. Distributing the storage and processing of that data can change how we coordinate and interact. With digital integration under user control, Holochain liberates our online lives from corporate control over our choices and information.


  • Fabric - an extension to the Bitcoin protocol, allowing applications to built and deployed today. Changes to Bitcoin are not necessary. Nodes on the Fabric network are rewarded for their efforts, proportional to their contributions, using self-enforcing contracts.
  • ZeroNet - Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network


  • Fluree - A scalable blockchain database that combines enterprise capability with blockchain proof and security.


  • Clovers - Visual Digital Assets generated with the game Reversi as Proof-of-Work and rewarded in ERC20 Club Tokens.


  • LBRY - a free, open, and community-run digital marketplace. You own your data. You control the network. Indeed, you are the network. Hollywood films, college lessons, amazing streamers and more are on the first media network ruled by you.







DNSChain

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