A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a form of digital or virtual currency that is issued and regulated by a country’s central bank. Though CBDC offers a range of potential benefits, there are also several technical challenges associated with its implementation. Security Security in the context of a Central…

As the world’s financial systems continue to evolve, digital currencies have emerged as a potent and disruptive force, heralding what many believe to be the future of money. The challenge of designing and regulating digital currencies, however, is anything but straightforward. Both public and private sectors have been grappling with…

“The purpose of software is to help people.” — Alistair Cockburn In an ever-evolving digital landscape, traditional software development methods are continually being reassessed, with new paradigms emerging to better address the needs of the 21st century. This article introduces a fresh perspective — Purpose-Driven Software Development (PDSD). A paradigm…

for free divers and not for ocean floor dwellers — Proof of stake (PoS) Blockchain Ledger properties Persistence states that once a node of the system proclaims a certain transaction as “stable,” the remaining nodes, if queried and responding honestly, will also report it as stable. Liveness ensures that once an honestly generated transaction has been made available for a sufficient amount…

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