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Episode 31: Blockchain 101: Blocks & Block Headers

Jun 27, 2018

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Proof of Work Cryptocurrency - The Nonce

02:54

What Is a Snapshot of the State of the Blockchain?

03:18

Is There a Way to Go Backwards to Get Back to the Original Piece of Data?

02:55

Introduction

3min

What Is a Hash?

2min

Is There a Way to Go Backwards to Get Back to the Original Piece of Data?

3min

The Block Head and the Block Body of a Blockchain

3min

Can You Put Any 24 Kilobyte Blob of Data on the Blockchain?

2min

Proof of Work Cryptocurrency - The Nonce

3min

Ethereum Mining

2min

What Is a State Database?

3min

What Is a Snapshot of the State of the Blockchain?

3min

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Is the State Database Really a Database?

2min

11.

The Full Node Has the Full Blockchain

2min

12.

Storage Rent and the Blockchain State Database

3min

13.

The Merkle Tree

3min

14.

What Are the Importances of Merkle Trees?

2min

In this introductory episode, we discuss what makes up blocks and block headers. We also cover a bit about state vs history, what exactly makes up a transaction and do a quick intro to a Merkle Tree.

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Zero Knowledge

Episode 31: Blockchain 101: Blocks & Block Headers

Proof of Work Cryptocurrency - The Nonce

What Is a Snapshot of the State of the Blockchain?

Is There a Way to Go Backwards to Get Back to the Original Piece of Data?

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