WampServer 3 web server build overview

 Note! It is not recommended to use a web server collection as a platform for hosting sites both on the Internet and in corporate networks, i.e. they are created for local development and testing only. This is a recommendation from the developers of any web server build. WampServer is a free build of a web server, i.e. platform for web development under the Windows operating system. This assembly includes all the necessary software for creating dynamic web applications (sites), namely: Apache web server, PHP programming language, MySQL DBMS and other auxiliary software, such as phpMyAdmin. For those who don't know WAMP is an acronym for "Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP" i.e. a word consisting of the first letters of the listed applications. There is also LAMP, where L is Linux, and MAMP, where M is Mac OS. WampServer is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows. The system tray icon acts as a control panel here, with the help of which (left-click) you can configure the ...

How did Proof of Stake come about?


 How did Proof of Stake come about?

This algorithm was first mentioned in 2011. Then the developers S. Nadal and S. King dealt with the issue of reducing energy consumption when mining cryptocurrency. An active discussion was conducted during the forum, which is dedicated to cryptocurrency. Then the functioning of the blockchain cost the community about 15 thousand dollars for 1 day.

The high energy cost of using the Proof of Work algorithm consisted in carrying out a large number of computational operations. Gradually, the load on the system grew, although the calculations did not have any practical value. All expenses did not have any significant justification, which forced the developers to seriously revise the algorithm. For this reason, the development of a different method of proving the correctness of the transaction began, which became Proof of Stake. In the new system, it was easier to predict who would open a new block, as they were large coin holders and investors with rarely moved savings.

The Peercoin cryptocurrency code served as the first implementation of the new algorithm. The practical implementation of high energy efficiency has attracted the attention of electronic coin investors. This was the impetus for the emergence of several more coins on the Proof-of-Stake algorithm. Among them, it is worth noting BlackCoin, ShadoeCoin, NXT and others.

Initially, the logical structure of the algorithm provided protection against the dominance of large coin holders. A large amount of cryptocurrency increases the chance of opening a new block, but the coins are frozen for some time and cannot be used. At first, the owners of 3% of the coins produced 4% of the blocks.