It's Ra-guv, Not Rag-hav

I remember the 29th of March, 2014 like it was yesterday. Since it was the day after my 18th birthday, I was finding it hard to focus on my last set of exams in high school. I had also recently finished watching the gruesome series of How to Get Rejected from Colleges Five Times in A Row . After binge-watching those episodes, I needed a break from my daily routine. The only university I hadn't heard back from was my dream school. Although i was still hopeful, I had been told not to keep my expectations too high. This brings me to the day of my last decision letter. I woke up and instinctively scrolled through my inbox. It was a morning ritual that rarely brought me any joy, but it had to be done. I walked into to my mom's room without saying a word. She tried to cheer me up by putting on some music, but I was in no mood to choose the song. She put it on anyway and went to the balcony to water the plants. I switched on my laptop and started scrolling through Facebook and Twi...

A beginner's guide to understanding Blockchain. Unless you've been living in Leavey Library's basement for the past three years, chances are you've heard of the term Blockchain. Your first instinct may have been to google the word. To your surprise, this was the definition you found: A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that is used to record transactions across nodes so that the record cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks and the collusion of the network (Sidebench).  If that made little to no sense to you, you're at the right place. This blog post is here to help. I will introduce blockchain - what it is, how it works, and why it's taking the world by storm - all in plain English. Why Should You Know About Blockchain? Before I dive into what blockchain is and how it works, let me first explain why it's relevant to you. Historically, we have depended on intermediaries like banks an...