NEW YORK — The first and most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago. Yet for all the relentless buzz, relatively few are well versed in cryptocurrencies or the blockchain, ...

Blockchain can be best described as a decentralized type of database that is used to maintain a growing list of records called blocks. Each block contains a list of transactions, a timestamp, and a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Digitalization has rapidly advanced over the past few years. No matter where you look, the digital world is expanding exponentially.

Smart contracts are the backbone of the modern blockchain world, allowing for trustless transactions, decentralized ...

Bitcoin exploded on to the world’s stage in 2012 as a currency backed by everyone and controlled by no one. But what exactly makes it work from a technology standpoint? Blockchain technology backs up ...

Outside of the mindset that cryptocurrency, and therefore blockchain technology, is only for younger crowds, there is a pervasive mindset that these technologies and currencies are secret. Whether it ...

In many parts of the world, building a house or farming a field means taking out loans, hiring contractors, and dealing with financial stress. But in Kenya, a time-tested system of mutual aid—where ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Given such headlines, one can be forgiven for viewing cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency ...

"Blockchain", as its English name implies, means chain of blocks. Information is stored in these groupings; The Blockchain's purpose is to keep unique and unalterable records of the data stored in ...