PCI Express 4 vs PCIe 3: Is there a performance improvement?
Thanks to AMD, in the summer of 2019, new PCI Express hardware arrived in our computers, promising graphics cards and solid-state drives faster than ever. The PCI Express 4.0 interface…
What is PCI Express? Do PCIe lanes, slots, and versions matter?
PCI Express is a popular technology these days, and many are asking what it is, what it does, and why there’s so much fuss about graphics cards, solid-state drives, and…
Did a thing today
Crypto mining, PoW, or Proof of Work with ETH is over. Vitalik Buterin and ETH decided to go to proof of steak, er stake lol; not long ago were days…
XRP Jumps 44% in a Week After Ripple Moves to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit
Both the SEC and Ripple have filed motions for summary judgment, each asking the judge to rule in their favor without a trial. XRP, a cryptocurrency initially launched by the…
How Ethereum Traders Played the Merge
One crypto intelligence firm revisits its selloff predictions from a month ago. Predictions that the Ethereum merge would be a “buy the rumor, sell the news” event have primarily played…
What Is Proof-of-Stake?
Proof-of-stake maintains integrity in a blockchain, ensuring cryptocurrency users can’t mint coins they didn’t earn. Proof-of-stake is a method of maintaining the integrity of a cryptocurrency, preventing users from printing…
Ethereum Miners Are Quickly Dying Less Than 24 Hours After the Merge
Now redundant, Ethereum miners are flocking to other proof-of-work tokens after the network switched to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and finding slim pickings. Ethereum miners find it increasingly hard to…
What Is XRP (Ripple)?
Ripple is a money transfer network designed to serve the financial services industry’s needs. XRP is the native cryptocurrency that the Ripple network does, and it consistently lists among the…
DiFi or Die Trying: A Quick and Dirty Overview of Digital Finance
Emerging from the ashes of the financial wildfire that spread across the world in 2008, the seeds of a new digital financial ecosystem germinated from an email sent by Satoshi…
What Is A Bitcoin Wallet?
Even though Bitcoin only exists digitally, you’ve got to keep it somewhere, whether you’re hoping to use it to buy goods or services today or invest it for the long…