Access blockchain data from Bitcoin smart contracts: Part 2
In this article, Xiaohui Liu further explained how to access blockchain data from Bitcoin smart contracts and how it could be extended to include a chain of blocks.
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Access blockchain data from Bitcoin smart contracts without oracles
In this article, Xiaohui Liu shows how to access blockchain data in Bitcoin smart contracts with minimal trust and provides an example of how to use that data to generate pseudo-random numbers.
What is Simplified Payment Verification? Joshua Henslee breaks it down in new video
In his latest video, Joshua Henslee explains how SPV allows merchants to accept Bitcoin payments without running a full node, allowing users to make payments without an Internet connection.
India releases National Blockchain Strategy focusing on e-governance
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has identified 44 key areas it wants to impact through blockchain, with e-governance as the main area of focus.
The mystery of the Genesis block
When the Bitcoin software was announced in 2009, it was important that nodes joining the network could build a common history of the blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto accomplished this by hardcoding in the “Genesis block” in the Bitcoin software.
Facebook reverses digital currency ad ban following metaverse, NFT push
Facebook has retracted its longstanding ban on ads related to digital currencies, NFTs and more, saying it wants to “make it easier” for companies to apply to run digital currency ads.
Cybersecurity firm’s Qihoo 360 new software tracks block reward mining activities in China
Qihoo 360 says its software can detect mining activities across any system and targets enterprises and state agencies seeking to adhere to mining ban.
Under the Bitcoin hood: Here’s how Teranode works
Thanks to the new “whiteboard sessions” created by Murray Distributed Technologies, we are slowly learning more about Teranode and how it works under the hood.
Xive shuts down facility in South Kazakhstan due to electricity crisis
Kazakhstan has been struggling with electricity shortage following the influx of block reward miners from China, forcing some miners to move again because of the new energy crisis.
Zero-knowledge key-statement proof
In this article, Xiaohui Liu introduces nChain's white paper #0488 titled "Zero-knowledge key-statement proofs” a special ZKP where the secret is a private key corresponding to a known public key.
ECDSA-based oracles on Bitcoin: An alternative to Rabin signatures-based oracles
sCrypt has developed an algorithm to verify arbitrary data from a certain party in Bitcoin smart contracts; it is based on ECDSA and reuses native keys to generate and verify signatures directly.
Dean Little talks building on BSV and developing Bitping with Crypto Bitz
Bitcoin may have solved the double-spend problem but it doesn’t currently solve too many real-world problems, according to Bitping founder and CEO Dean Little.