Monolithic blockchains are considered the first generation of blockchain systems. Emerging at the genesis of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries, they paved the way for the revolutionary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global business and investing in emerging markets. Ethereum (ETH) used to be the end-all be-all of blockchains for ...

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. With every week that passes there is a new use for ...

When BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, saw its $2.9 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund accepted as collateral on major exchanges, Crypto.com and Deribit, it marked a milestone: ...

Until recently, blockchains were seen as an “unhackable” technology powering and securing cryptocurrencies — but that’s no longer the case. Hackers have gotten away with nearly $2 billion worth of ...

At the core of blockchain networks lies a fundamental architectural principle called layering. Layering in blockchain refers to organizing different functionalities and protocols into separate layers, ...

As the underpinning technology substrate designed to initially serve the development of cryptocurrencies, blockchain has been variously misunderstood and often confused with Bitcoin itself. In the ...

Major stablecoin issuer Tether has launched a recovery tool to migrate its Tether (USDT) stablecoin between different blockchains amid USDT hitting a $100-billion market capitalization. Tether ...

Quantum computers still cannot break Bitcoin, but several major blockchains are preparing for a future in which they might. In the past week, Aptos proposed post-quantum signature support as Solana ...

Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, researcher, and educator. She is a financial therapist and transformational coach, with a special interest in ...