PinnedGareth Davies·Jul 21, 2021Evaluating a Mina staking pool’s performanceMina uses a proof of stake consensus mechanism with a block producer selection similar to Ouroboros, known as Ouroboros Samisika. The…
Gareth Davies·Jul 29, 2023Deprecating a Mina Blockchain ExplorerSince writing this article a simplified MinaExplorer UI will be maintained post hard-fork, but the APIs will be deprecated.
Gareth Davies·Oct 15, 2021An Introduction to MinaExplorer's BigQuery Public DatasetMina is a succinct blockchain, which means while we can verify the chain's current state using zero-knowledge proof, the prior history is…
Gareth Davies·Apr 27, 2021Running a Mina Archive NodeMina is a succinct blockchain, and as a result, consensus nodes only store the recent history of the chain before discarding it (the last…
Gareth Davies·Sep 8, 2020Playing in the Coda SandboxThe Coda sandbox node enables creating a single-node private network that you can use to test running a Coda node in a predictable…
Gareth Davies·Jul 28, 2020Running Coda with DockerDocker provides one of the simplest ways of getting a Coda node up and running while providing the benefits of container isolation. It…
Gareth Davies·Jul 23, 2020Introduction to the Coda Javascript SDKThis post provides an introduction to the current implementation of the Coda Javascript SDK. Using the SDK, it is possible with Javascript…
Gareth Davies·Jul 15, 2020Consensus on the Coda BlockchainCoda is a succinct blockchain where full nodes only require downloading and verification of a tiny proof to ensure that the state of the…
Gareth Davies·Sep 9, 2019Prototyping a Coda Blockchain ExplorerBuilding a block explorer for the Coda blockchain using the GraphQL API
Gareth Davies·Jan 4, 2019What’s next for Zcash in 2019While 2018 was largely dominated by the declining price of ZEC (and all major cryptocurrencies), it marked a significant milestone in the…A response icon1A response icon1
