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Block Shots provides a basic understanding of the most important blockchain concepts in five minutes. Learn blockchain, consensus, hashing, signing, governance, nodes, etc. and many more fun...
Traditionally blockchains execute transactions sequentially. Some of the newer chains have been trying parallel execution of transactions to...
In this episode we understand what are real world assets and why they are being tokenised. What are real world assets?Any thing of value tha...
After a brief break, we are back with new episodes. Ethereum recently upgraded to a new update called Dencun. In this episode we understand...
Restaking is staking of already staked tokens. But how is the possible? If tokens are staked for one purpose — providing econoimic security...
Modular blockchains has been one of the buzz words in the last year. In this episode, let’s understand modularity in blockchains. In the beg...
In this episode, we understand what are altcoins? Altcoin was first used for any coin other than bitcoin. But the definition has evolved a b...
In this episode, we understand what are orphan or uncle blocks. This is more of a Proof of Work related concept where two blocks are produce...
In this episode, we understand the two ways of doing blockchain governance - on-chain and off-chain. When the decisions to update the blockc...
A fork choice rule is part of the blockchain consensus mechanism and it is used to find out the canonical chain for adding new blocks. Fork...
Rollups are L2 scaling mechanisms where transaction execution is done offchain in the rollup node or sequencer. The state is updated on the...
When users stake their tokens to provide security and validation in a PoS network, those tokens are locked for the duration of staking. The...
Sharding in blockchain is of two types — execution sharding and data sharding. There could be other types in the future, the crypto space ev...
To scale blockchains, we need scalability solutions like rollups. To make sure that the rollups are doing the right thing, we need data avai...
Validiums are L2 scaling solutions similar to ZK Rollups with a basic difference that they use a separate data availability layer instead of...
There is a new term in the crypto land — blobspace. Before understanding blobspace, let’s first do a quick refresher on data availability. C...
Just a couple of days ago, in a work call, someone asked me the difference between blockchain and blockspace. Blockspace is a bit of a abstr...
In this 100th episode we do something special. We look at the Bitcoin whitepaper and summarize the key points. We understand what are the de...
In this episode we understand what is latency in blockchains and how it relates to throughput. We also look at various factors and variables...
In this episode we understand what are Intents in blockchains and how they are different from transactions. We also understand the different...
In this episode we understand what are ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and why they are used in Bitcoin and other crypto mi...
In this episode, we understand the two state models in blockchains - UTXO and Accounts based. Bitcoin uses the UTXO model while Ethereum use...
In this episode, we do one more dive into the topic of block finality and discuss the various tradeoffs associated with achieving fast final...
In this episode we continue the discussion on block finality and understand two different types of finality - Probabilistic Vs. Deterministi...
In this episode, we understand what is finality in blockchains and why is it needed. We look at a few scenarios where the concept of finalit...
In this episode, we understand what is Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism and how it is different from normal Proof of Stak...
In this episode, we understand what is Account Abstraction and how it can make user experience much more simpler and easier. To get the best...
In this episode, we learn about what are Decentralized Social Networks and how they work. We also understand the issues with current central...
In this episode, the topic is Fractional NFTs. Fractionalization of NFTs allows low barrier partial ownership of NFTs. The episode goes into...
This episode covers the famous data availability problem in blockchains and how it impacts the security and verifiability among different ki...
In this episode, we understand what are BRC20 tokens and how they work. They are based on the Bitcoin ordinals and it is recommended that yo...
This episode covers blockchain token standards, how they came up, and what do they solve. It also covers what are ERC20 tokens and why they...
In this episode, the topic is Multiparty Compute (MPC). We go into some basic explanation of what MPC is, how it works, and how it is used a...
In this episode, the topic is Unstoppable Applications. We understand how applications dependent on others’ platforms and infrastructure can...
This episode is about AppChains - blockchains designed and built for specific application needs. Understand how AppChains are different from...
In this episode, we do a slightly tangential topic about how smart contracts development is different from conventional software development...
In this episode, we understand MEV Boost - a protocol to reduce the bad effects of MEV. The episode goes a bit deep into how MEV boost works...
In this episode we do a double click on how MEV works and who gets to make the profit when there is an opportunity. The episode also covers...
In this episode, the topic is another one of blockchain attacks - the 51% Attack. The episode covers what is this attack, how it effects the...
In this episode the topic is the newly famous Bitcoin ordinals. We understand what are ordinals and how they enable NFTs on the Bitcoin bloc...
In this episode, we understand what is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and how it is relevant in context of blockchains. We al...
In this episode, we understand what is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and how it works in the Ethereum blockchain. We also look at how t...
In this episode, we understand what are virtual machines and how they are relevant in terms of blockchains, decentralized systems and consen...
In this episode, we clarify what are Staking and Yield Farming, and how they are different from each other. Staking — Generally related to P...
In this episode, let’s find out how AMMs work, how the price and formulae for liquidity is determined, and what happens when the liquidity c...
Initially, I wanted to do a double click on AMMs and how they work. But first I thought I should do a bit of a refresher with my new underst...
These days the term ‘Tokengating’ has been going around quite a bit. In this episode, let’s understand what tokengating is and how it works....
In the last episode, we understood how NFTs work. In this one, let’s explore top five use-cases of NFTs. From gaming to identity to real est...
In this episode, let’s understand how NFTs work and how different components come together to create them. There is a lot going behind the s...
In the last episode, we learned about how zero knowledge proofs work. In this episode, let’s go a step further and explore some of their use...
In this episode, let’s do a double click on Zero Knowledge Proofs. Let’s understand how they work and how they are implemented for blockchai...