I’ve been creating applications for a long time and more often than not, there’s been a requirement for some level of security. This ranges from data in transit to data at rest as well as relevant authorisation. In most cases, this functionality has been provided out the box and when... [Read More]

I quite like starting at the basics, and this entails the what’s and why’s of a particular technology as this helps me set the context and understand when to use it. [Read More]

When I started writing this post, the first thing I did was start diving into the different, and most common, consensus algorithms. Sometime during my first paragraph, it occurred to me that I may be taking for granted that anyone actually understands, fundamentally, what that even means. Perhaps I’ve got... [Read More]

I find that I’m enjoying the theory behind blockchain and am tempted to continue along the path of exploring the different implementations, consensus algorithms, and pros and cons. However, now that there’s a basic understanding of why we would/should look at it, and some fundamental knowledge of how it works,... [Read More]

Leading on from my previous post, no blockchain topic would be complete without the obligatory explanation of how blockchain works at a high-level. [Read More]