Blockchain, explained from the beginning
Metastarter takes one blockchain subject at a time and explains it from the beginning, in plain English, without jargon left undefined and without anything to sell you at the end.
Latest explainers
Each article begins with a short summary, so you can tell in a few seconds whether the full piece is worth your time.
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What Is Blockchain and How Does It Work?
What a blockchain is, how blocks are chained together with hashes, how a network of strangers agrees on one shared history, and what the technology does not do.
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MetaMask(メタマスク) Security Guide for Beginners
What MetaMask(メタマスク) actually holds, what a recovery phrase is for, what granting a token approval permits, and what beginners most often misunderstand.
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What gets covered
The subject is blockchain technology in general. How a ledger is put together and why it is described as distributed. What a block, a hash and a digital signature actually are. How a network of strangers agrees on one shared history, and what each approach to that problem costs. Where the vocabulary came from, and which widely repeated claims do not hold up once you look closely.
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