Proof-of-Stake is a method to achieve a distributed consensus. It makes it possible to secure a blockchain by providing the right economic incentives to push for honest transaction validation. It is an alternative to the Proof-of-Work used on Bitcoin. What are the...

What is Proof of Authority?
The Proof-Of-Authority (PoA) is a consensus method that gives a small and designated number of blockchain actors the power to validate transactions or interactions with the network and to update its more or less distributed registry. It works as follow: according to...

What is decentralized Finance (DeFi) ?
''Decentralized finance is the concept of decentralization through cryptocurrencies, applied to the mechanisms of finance'' Offering financial products or financing solutions today requires applying for authorisation as a credit institution from the ACPR and the...

What is an ICO?
Since 2017, ICOs have become a popular fundraising model. But how these funds are really used by the projects managers? What are the rights of a token owner? Coinhouse tried to answer the fundamental questions. Ethereum project as a starting point In september 2014,...

What is a non-fungible token?
Can a digital asset be unique, indivisible and valuable? Cryptokitties, Etheremon or Decentraland are cryptoassets projects based on the concept of non-fungible tokens. Coinhouse has a look at this new concept to understand its uses, the utility of these tokens and...

What is Blockchain?
Since it reached worldwide fame in 2017, the blockchain has been portrayed as a miracle solution to all of the world's problems: finance, energy, storage, supply chains, democracy, every current issue seemed to have found a solution through this miraculous technology....

What is a token?
In the Blockchain ecosystem, any asset that is digitally transferable between two people is called a tokenThese tokens are issued on a blockchain, most often on Ethereum. Depending on the properties assigned to them, they have different classification and uses....