Peer to Peer
By bijok_adam | Updated on Aug 12, 2021
Peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols are a type of communication architecture where each and every participations of the member are nodes of the network, without the need for central coordination by servers or stable hosts. One of the cetral tenets of designing a cryptocurrency protocol is that the network has to be peer-to-peer, making the network anti-fragile and without a central point of failure. Other P2P network includes Webtorrents, TOR, Mesh Networks and others.
Related Terms
Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge (Zk-Snarks)
An acronym for Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge, zk-SNARKs refers to a protocol where one can prove posession of a given piece of information (eg a string or hash) without revealing that information and also without any interaction between both the prover & verifier.
Off-chain
It refers to transactions occuring outside the blockchain and executed instantly.
Liquidity
The ease of which cryptocurrency can be bought and sold without impacting the overall market price.
Solo Staker
A Qtum PoS miner using their own coins for staking. Qtum blockchain launched with Solo Stakers and will continue to have this available after offline staking launches.
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