Read more about the article Bitcoin Taproot Soft Fork Upgrade: DeFi competition for Ethereum and other blockchains?
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Bitcoin Taproot Soft Fork Upgrade: DeFi competition for Ethereum and other blockchains?

The latest Bitcoin update was the Segregated Witness (SegWit) soft fork update in 2017. This eventually ended in a split in the Bitcoin community and to an undesirable hard fork that created Bitcoin Cash.

In November 2021 Bitcoin will undergo a significant soft fork upgrade. In contrast to the SegWit update, this update has the full support of the Bitcoin community and the risk of an unexpected hard fork like the one in 2017 is negligible. 

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7 October 2021
Read more about the article Using KeePass Part 1 -setting up a password database
Cybersecurity

Using KeePass Part 1 -setting up a password database

I have been postponing the installation of a decent password manager on my computer for quite a while now. The main reason is that I didn’t really see it as a key priority and installing the one I selected, KeePass can be a bit of a hassle to set up. I think it’s more about procrastination than “priorities” in the end so I decided to stop all the presses related to other stuff and to set up

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30 September 2021
Read more about the article The CPU – Part 2
ICT Basics

The CPU – Part 2

In my previous post about CPUs, I explained the basics of their functionality. Because of all the technological progress, we make (AI, laptops, tablets, mobile phones), the CPU requirements are ever-increasing. Luckily both Moore’s Law and the creative tinkering of the CPU architects made it possible to keep up with the never-stopping technology speed train. 

In this post, I will discuss the different CPU enhancements throughout the years that were being tinkered by the CPU architects so that the CPU was able to keep up with technology.

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26 September 2021
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The Web

Relational Databases

In a previous post, I referred to relational databases. I talked about how WordPress is using MySQL and that MySQL is a relational database management system but I didn’t have a clear picture about what a relational database management system is. With this post, I want to do a deep dive into the world of relational database management systems to get a better understanding of this cornerstone in technological advancement. Yes, in my opinion, it is a cornerstone: without it, we would not be where we are now and we would not be able to take the next big steps in technological developments of the web.

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23 September 2021
Read more about the article The CPU – Part 1
ICT Basics

The CPU – Part 1

If you are very interested in cars, you are probably also interested in the hardware of the car: what is below the hood and what makes the car drive. For myself, this is the same with computers. I think that it is also important to have a better understanding of the hardware to get a better grasp of technology. Without doing this (sticking to the analogy I used), would give me a feeling that I am driving a car without knowing what is under the hood of the car. And to start this off, I would like to get more insight into the heart of the computer: the Central Processing Unit or short: the CPU. 

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19 September 2021
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FinTech

Fintech and Finance – The Framework

Fintech is the application of new technological advancements to products and services in the financial industry. Fintech can be immediately linked to banks, blockchain, stock trading, insurances, and hedge funds but it can also be applied to technological advancements of corporate information systems about their financial processes.

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16 September 2021