RIPPLE - DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) - SOFTFORK - CONSORTIUM BLOCKCHAIN -

ali.wood (49)in #cryptocurrency • 6 years ago


RIPPLE	since old nodes will recognize the new blocks as valid, a softfork is backward-compatible. a softfork is a change to the bitcoin protocol wherein only previously valid blocks/transactions are made invalid. this kind of fork requires only a majority of the miners upgrading to enforce the new rules^{Source + Source}
DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS)	payments are made using a series of ious, and the network is based on trust relationships. the network consists of payment nodes and gateways operated by authorities. is a payment network built on distributed ledgers that can be used to transfer any currency. ^{Source + Source}
SOFTFORK	often this comes with a severe attack on the network, creating an army of ‘zombie’ computers who simultaneously flood a targeted website or network with requests. can cause a sustained downtime on said network or even make them crash completely. a very dangerous threat for cryptocurrency users. ^{Source + Source}
CONSORTIUM BLOCKCHAIN	e.g: a consortium of 15 financial institutions. a blockchain where the consensus process is controlled by a pre-selected set of nodes. ^{Source + Source}


RIPPLE	payments are made using a series of ious, and the network is based on trust relationships. the network consists of payment nodes and gateways operated by authorities. is a payment network built on distributed ledgers that can be used to transfer any currency. ^{Source + Source}
DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS)	often this comes with a severe attack on the network, creating an army of ‘zombie’ computers who simultaneously flood a targeted website or network with requests. can cause a sustained downtime on said network or even make them crash completely. a very dangerous threat for cryptocurrency users. ^{Source + Source}
SOFTFORK	since old nodes will recognize the new blocks as valid, a softfork is backward-compatible. a softfork is a change to the bitcoin protocol wherein only previously valid blocks/transactions are made invalid. this kind of fork requires only a majority of the miners upgrading to enforce the new rules^{Source + Source}
CONSORTIUM BLOCKCHAIN	e.g: a consortium of 15 financial institutions. a blockchain where the consensus process is controlled by a pre-selected set of nodes. ^{Source + Source}

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