Tag: Blockchain

Realized cap is a market capitalization metric that values each UTXO (unspent transaction output) based on the price when it was last moved as opposed to its current value. As such, it represents the realized value of all the coins in the network, as opposed to their market value. To calculate the realized cap, you first need to find the total number of UTXOs in circulation. Then, you need to find the price at which each UTXO was last...

JSON-RPC is a method for moving data between computer systems. It predates public blockchain technology, but it was chosen as a standard for moving data between blockchain networks and internet browsers and wallets. This has led to these networks being called “RPC networks,” even though JSON-RPC is not their defining technical feature. JSON-RPC was first introduced in 2005, and it has been used in a variety of applications...

In the Harmony blockchain’s adaptive state-sharding architecture, Kademlia routing is utilized to carry out cross-shard communications. A routing table stores information on all Harmony network nodes across various shards. Messages between nodes on separate shards move significantly quicker than typical gossip broadcasts to reach the target shard when Kademlia-based routing is used.  The Kademlia routing system substantially lowers...