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AI Is A Game-Changer in the Future of Sports, Literally and Figuratively

For fans, AI is likely going to deepen access to data and analysis both during and after gameplay, enhancing everything from fantasy sports leagues to the ways that broadcasters present sports events to audience members.

What Are Decentralized Marketplaces?

Decentralized marketplaces are what blockchains are all about. They allow people to interact and transact on a global, permission-less, and self-executing platform. Houses, hot sauce, and t-shirts can all be bought and sold without needing to trust a middleman.

What are cryptocurrency wallets?

Wallets are pieces of software that allow a user to hold cryptocurrency. The movement of cryptocurrencies to and from and wallets are controlled by public and private keys. There are several different types of wallets, characterised by their internet connectivity.

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What Is Gnosis? How Decentralized Prediction Markets Work

While Gnosis itself serves as an open framework, prediction markets are realized in third-party dApps built on top the Gnosis Chain, such as Azuro, Omen, and Reality Card.

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What Are CryptoPunks? The Ethereum NFT Sensation's Wild Ride

Some of the oldest ever NFTs are now some of the most desirable—and expensive—crypto collectibles. Here’s how they work.

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What Is Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)? What Blockchain Miners Need To Know

MEV hinges on the fact that miners and other participants in the validation process can reorder and manipulate transactions for their own personal gain.

What Is XRP? The Cryptocurrency Created by Ripple Founders

XRP is a type of cryptocurrency designed to help banks move money more quickly, and cheaply than existing methods. It is largely spearheaded by Ripple.

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What Is Threads? Can Meta’s New Social Media Platform Beat Twitter?

While Threads and Twitter are similar in many ways, key differences include the bifurcated newsfeed feature for Twitter since Musk’s takeover. Threads currently offers only a single newsfeed.

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What Are Play-to-Earn (P2E) Games?

Unlike in regular games, where in-game items are held on walled-off data networks and owned by the companies that created the game, NFTs enable players to own the unique assets that they purchase.

Is Bitcoin an Investment or a Currency ?

Bitcoin is being explored as three distinct ideas: a currency, an asset and a commodity. Because regulation takes place mostly at state level, Bitcoin has become all three things simultaneously in different parts of the world.

What is Hashing?

Hashing is one of the most crucial pieces of technology that keeps the Bitcoin network secure. But how does it work?

What is the Lightning Network? Bitcoin's Scalability Solution.

Lightning Network is a scaling solution that attempts to address Bitcoin's slow transaction speeds and high transaction costs.

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