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 ...

What is Proof of Work (PoW)?

 What is Proof of Work (PoW)?

Back in 1993, two IBM analysts Cynthia Wark and Moni Naor published a scientific article in which they stated that it would be possible to provide access to certain network resources only if the most complex tasks were performed.

In May 1996, British cryptographer and developer Adam Back was able to implement this concept into a technology called Hashcash, used in online systems to protect against spam attacks. Then he did not even suspect that he laid the foundation for the creation of digital currencies.

In 1999, the term PoW was designated as a unique principle for protecting network systems, with which you can effectively protect yourself from powerful dos-attacks.

In 2004, developer Satoshi Nakamoto integrated Hashcash into Bitcoin, which became the first digital currency to use the concept of PoW.