Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Blockchain technology ensures security by encrypting links and requiring node consensus. Proof of stake in blockchain reduces environmental impact but may centralize control. Public blockchains are ...

Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Association confirmed this week that a 2 gigabyte (GB) block was mined on the BSV blockchain public network. This is the largest block to date to be mined on a public ...

Blockchains are distributed (i.e., without a single repository) and decentralized digital ledgers that are tamper-evident and resistant. At their most basic level, they allow users to record ...

On a Wednesday morning in November, Yves La Rose, a member of the EOS blockchain community, addressed a virtual gathering of China-based users. “EOS, as it stands, is a failure,” he said. Built using ...

After spending two years researching blockchain and the evolution of advanced ledger technologies, I still find a great spectrum of understanding across my clients and business at large about ...

Blockchain nodes validate and secure transactions, enhancing network decentralization. Anyone can run a Bitcoin node using Bitcoin Core, while some blockchains restrict node operation. Setting up a ...