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Unlike Satoshi Nakamoto, whose real existence is still in doubt among some people, Vitalik is fairly a public person, and by his 28 years has managed to become one of the most influential figures in the world of cryptocurrencies. It's no secret that it was his project that created Ethereum. What else do we know about him? In 2011, Vitalik founded Bitcoin Magazine, which became the only major print publication covering cryptocurrency at that time. Vitalik was only 18 years old at that time. The name Ethereum was invented by Vitalik himself, inspired by science fiction. He said that he liked the name because of its euphony, and also beca

Dear friends, we continue our favorite Blockchain-Pop column, and today we are again talking about incredible facts and amazing cases in the world of cryptocurrencies. It's no secret that cryptocurrency transactions consume a lot of energy because, for any action within the blockchain, you need to use every link in the chain. For example, one bitcoin transaction consumes around 400 megawatts, while a simple transfer from a bank card consumes about 70. Thus, one can safely say that bitcoin transactions alone consume more energy per month than all Ireland does. And if we add here the transactions of all other currencies, we get a cosmic figu

It all started with the mysterious bitcoin, which no one believed. Almost nothing is known about the figure of Satoshi Nakamoto, its creator. The first crypto enthusiasts acted at random, not even suspecting (but secretly hoping) that in a few years, their assets would grow in value thousands of times. Remember everyone's beloved story about the first purchase of bitcoins? A programmer from the USA spent 10,000BTC for two pizzas. Our new Blockchain-Pop section presents a selection of funny cases and fun facts in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Let’s begin, shall we? In 2013, British programmer James Howells threw his old hard drive int

Here’s our third and, hopefully, not final text about the most unusual ways to apply blockchain technology. Here, by the way, you can read the first and the second part. Why not uniting people with the help of blockchain? The idea of online dating and Internet communication is being developed by the Matchpool blockchain project. On their official website, they claim that a decentralized system will allow you to find the right people, post and apply for jobs, support interest groups - all in a completely secure format. Each user is able to open their own "matchmaking network" and interact with other links in the chain, so we can say that th

Some time ago we wrote about how to control the freshness of products and help factory workers with anonymous feedbacks to improve the quality of work. Today we have selected for you some more incredible cases of using blockchain technologies in the most unexpected industries. A real electronic state! No, this is not a joke. The concept of decentralization inherent in the blockchain, the guys from Bitnation Governance 2.0 raised to the absolute. They have created a decentralized “state” that they say provides exactly the same services as any real state: personal identification, marriage registration, loans, medical insurance. Any membe

Only those who are not at all interested in the world of cryptocurrencies do not know and do not talk about NFT. Many people have made a fortune buying and selling non-fungible tokens, someone is collecting them in the hope of increasing their value (or just because), artists create their own collections, and periodically the most extraordinary things take the form of NFTs. Today we have collected for you some interesting facts that open up the world of NFT from an unexpected angle. Jack Dorsey, the creator and owner of Twitter before Elon Musk joined, sold a screenshot of his first tweet (and therefore the very first tweet in history) for