An event when the reward for mining bitcoin transactions is cut in half. It also cuts bitcoin's inflation rate and the rate at which new bitcoins enter circulation in half.

Real and simulated touch interactions between robots, humans, and real, remote, or simulated environments, in various combinations.

A radical change to a network's protocol that makes previously invalid blocks and transactions valid, or vice-versa.

The physical components of a computer.

The computing power per second used by a Blockchain network to process transactions. It is the speed of mining, measured in units of hash/second, which means the number of calculations performed per second.

A federal law that modernizes the flow of electronic healthcare information to protect sensitive patient information from disclosure without the consent of the patient.

The design and use of computer technology that allows humans to interface with computers.

The science covering the laws governing the motion and application of liquids.

A global enterprise blockchain project that offers the framework, guidelines, standards and tools to build open-source blockchain-related applications.