Purports to be quicker than all other hash functions (yes, even SHA1) by orders of magnitude.
Yes, these are the same folk that built blake2 (almost selected as the official keccak implementation; did not lose due to inferior security but rather due to 'speed reasons')
Its built in Rust. If you want it on the command line you're going to need to build up 'b3sum' (that's the ultimate binary that you're going to be calling in the terminal).
There are also binaries available in the releases though.
Purports to be quicker than all other hash functions (yes, even SHA1) by orders of magnitude.
Yes, these are the same folk that built blake2 (almost selected as the official keccak implementation; did not lose due to inferior security but rather due to 'speed reasons')
Its built in Rust. If you want it on the command line you're going to need to build up 'b3sum' (that's the ultimate binary that you're going to be calling in the terminal).
There are also binaries available in the releases though.
Bitcoin is built on a distributed digital record called a blockchain. As the name implies, blockchain is a linked body of data, made up of units called blocks that contain information about each and every transaction, including date and time, total value, buyer and seller, and a unique identifying code for each exchange. Entries are strung together in chronological order, creating a digital chain of blocks. “Once a block is added to the blockchain, it becomes accessible to anyone who wishes to view it, acting as a public ledger of cryptocurrency transactions,” says Stacey Harris, consultant for Pelicoin, a network of cryptocurrency ATMs. Blockchain is decentralized, which means it’s not controlled by any one organization. “It’s like a Google Doc that anyone can work on,” says Buchi Okoro, CEO and co-founder of African cryptocurrency exchange Quidax. “Nobody owns it, but anyone who has a link can contribute to it. And as different people update it, your copy also gets updated.”
Mr. Durov launched Telegram in late 2013 with his brother, Nikolai, just months before he was pushed out of VK, the Russian social-media platform he founded. Mr. Durov pitched his new app—funded with the proceeds from the VK sale—less as a business than as a way for people to send messages while avoiding government surveillance and censorship.
