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In operating systems, a bad block is a sector on a dick drive or a flash of the computer system which is not usable due to a permanent damage to the disk like physical damage of the disk surface or failed transistors of flash memory. In this article, we will discuss the bad block in detail along with their different types, causes, replacement, etc. So let’s get started with the basic definition of bad block in operating system. What is a Bad Block in Operating System? The storage area of a memory device such as disk drive or flash drive ... Read More

Bitcoin is the first and foremost cryptocurrency ever created. It is the digital currency which is created, used and maintained electronically. The transactions of a digital coin are written in Blocks and maintained in the Block Chain, which is a distributed, transparent and digital ledger.During the process of mining the Bitcoins, the miners (computer nodes with high power graphic processors) of the network solve the hash algorithms, difficult math problems and mine a block to earn bitcoins as reward. This is how Bitcoins come into market.What is Proof of WorkThe original idea of Proof of Work belong to Cynthia Dwork ... Read More

Block Chain is the most important component of any cryptocurrency network. Cryptocurrency is based on distributed, transparent public ledger where all the transactions ever made on a cryptocurrency are noted in the blocks and added to the block chain. Miners get attractive rewards to verify and create a new block and add it successfully to the Block Chain.Here comes the twist. There will be some blocks which are created, but not accepted by the block chain network. There are called Orphan Blocks. Orphan blocks are verified and valid blocks, but not accepted by the block chain network due to a ... Read More

Bitcoins or any other cryptocurrency for that matter, trade at different values. These values are based on supply and demand and most importantly on speculation. The Block chain is the chain of block that stores the information of the transactions of a Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto created the first block in 2009, which is called the Genesis Block.Block Chain is a distributed ledger which stores the data in Hash values. Every digital currency has its own block chain that keeps a record of all transactions ever done using that currency.Peer to Peer Network or P2P Network allows everyone to have a ... Read More