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Author Image Avishay Yanay
Avishay Yanay
Cryptography Researcher

Currently a cryptography researcher at the cryptography research group of the Bar-Ilan Cyber Center. Previously a security researcher and Android developer.

Hash – The Puzzle of Bitcoin (What Are the Miner’s Mining?)

Avishay Yanay | Updated on 29th April 2021
In the previous post we have explained the ideas behind the Bitcoin system, however, one issue remained unexplained: What is this bloody hard puzzle that the Bitcoin miners constantly try to solve? Recall that in the Bitcoin system the miners are in constant competition: Whoever solves the puzzle first will earn the honor of adding...
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Bitcoin – Money Decentralization (Understanding the Process)

Avishay Yanay
Before you read this article bear in mind that it is written from a computer science rather than economy point of view, therefore, many of the “economic” details might be oversimplified. Bitcoin is a type of a currency, used globally, and can be converted to US dollar, like any other currency we know (check Bitcoin...
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