Archive - BlockShots: Blockchain Simplified

Episode 116 - Parallel Execution in Blockchains

Traditionally blockchains execute transactions sequentially.

Apr 15 •

3:51

Episode 115 - Real World Asset Tokenisation

In this episode we understand what are real world assets and why they are being tokenised.

Apr 8 •

4:19

Episode 114 - The Dencun Upgrade

After a brief break, we are back with new episodes.

Apr 1 •

4:30

February 2024

Episode 113 - What is Restaking?

Restaking is staking of already staked tokens.

Feb 12 •

3:52

Episode 112 - Modular Blockchains

Modular blockchains has been one of the buzz words in the last year.

Feb 5 •

4:53

January 2024

Episode 111 - What are Altcoins?

In this episode, we understand what are altcoins?

Jan 29 •

2:15

Episode 110 - Orphan or Uncle Blocks

In this episode, we understand what are orphan or uncle blocks.

Jan 23 •

3:50

Episode 109 - On-chain vs Off-chain Governance

In this episode, we understand the two ways of doing blockchain governance - on-chain and off-chain.

Jan 15 •

3:59

Episode 108 - Fork Choice Rule

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.

Jan 8 •

3:38

December 2023

Episode 107 - Are Rollups also Blockchains?

Listen now | When it comes to following the blockchain data structure of adding the reference of previous (parent) block to the next block — rollups do…

Dec 18, 2023 •

3:56

Episode 106 - What is Liquid Staking?

Listen now | In Liquid Staking, a liquid token is generated and given to the user in return of staked tokens for the duration of staking. The liquid…

Dec 11, 2023 •

4:33

Episode 105 - What is Data Sharding?

Listen now | Sharding in blockchain is of two types — execution sharding and data sharding. In data sharding, the validators form smaller subnets…

Dec 4, 2023 •

5:20

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