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From the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) and meme coins to blockchain-based gaming and prediction markets, the transformation has been nothing short of revolutionary. The next 15 years are ...
EtherChannel between a switch and a server. EtherChannel is a port link aggregation technology or port-channel architecture used primarily on Cisco switches.It allows grouping of several physical Ethernet links to create one logical Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and high-speed links between switches, routers and servers.
Ethereum. Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH[a]) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. [2][3] It is open-source software.
On 25 January 2021, Microstrategy announced that it continued to buy bitcoin and as of the same date it had holdings of ₿70,784 worth $2.38 billion. [152] On 8 February 2021 Tesla's announcement of a bitcoin purchase of US$1.5 billion and the plan to start accepting bitcoin as payment for vehicles, pushed the bitcoin price to $44,141. [153]
Stellar (payment network) Stellar, or Stellar Lumens, is an open-source, decentralized protocol for digital currency to fiat money low-cost transfers which allows cross-border transactions between any pair of currencies. [2] The Stellar protocol is supported by a Delaware nonprofit corporation, the Stellar Development Foundation, though this ...
The Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain and those of other cryptocurrencies. [1] It is intended to enable fast transactions among participating nodes (independently run members of the network) and has been proposed as a solution to the bitcoin scalability problem. [2][3] It is a peer-to-peer system for ...
One of the big movers in the crypto market today is NEAR Protocol (CCC:NEAR-USD). This altcoin has gained significant traction of late as a proof-of-stake blockchain with a unique value ...
Paul Vigna of The Wall Street Journal described altcoins in 2020 as "alternative versions of Bitcoin" [47] given its role as the model protocol for cryptocurrency designers. A Polytechnic University of Catalonia thesis in 2021 used a broader description, including not only alternative versions of Bitcoin but every cryptocurrency other than bitcoin.