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. The Bitcoin network is often touted as one of the most ...

Decentralization is, I would argue, the most important property of the bitcoin network. Without it, many of bitcoin’s other properties, such as its ability to facilitate transactions without a third ...

Entanglement exchange Creating entanglement between multiple nodes in a network is a milestone for quantum communications. (Courtesy: iStock/Kngkyle2) Scientists at the Delft University of Technology ...

As quantum key distribution (QKD) technology continues to mature, effectively achieving secure communication in optical networks still faces significant challenges. Recently, a research team from the ...

Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully connected three separate quantum processors in what is effectively the world's first multi-node quantum network. This paves the way for a large-scale ...

On May 5, the Bitcoin network briefly boasted over 100,000 ‘full nodes,’ but most are still running out-of-date versions of the software. PSA: a lot of people believe there are about 10,000 Bitcoin ...

The Dogecoin ecosystem took a major leap with the debut of the Cardinals Index Node, a powerful addition that allows anyone ...