Base Fee
A base fee is the protocol-determined minimum fee per unit of execution or data that a transaction must pay to be eligible…
Blockchain Networks & Protocols
Networks, consensus systems, protocols and blockchain infrastructure.
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Based Rollup
A based rollup is a rollup whose transaction sequencing is driven by Ethereum Layer 1 proposers rather than controlled exclusively by a…
Beacon Chain Proof
A Beacon Chain proof lets another system verify a specific Ethereum consensus-layer fact using signed headers, commitments, and Merkle branches. The phrase…
Bech32 Address
A Bech32 address is a human-readable Bitcoin address format defined for native SegWit version 0 outputs, using a lowercase alphanumeric encoding and…
Bech32m Address
A Bech32m address is a Bech32-derived Bitcoin address format with an updated checksum, used for SegWit witness version 1 and higher, including…
BEP-1155
BEP-1155 is the BNB Smart Chain adaptation of the multi-token contract pattern for managing fungible and non-fungible assets together. Batch transfers and…
BEP-2
BEP-2 is the historical token-management standard used on BNB Beacon Chain for issuing, transferring, minting, burning, and freezing assets. BNB Chain Fusion…
BEP-20
BEP-20 is the standard interface for fungible token contracts on BNB Smart Chain, derived from Ethereum's ERC-20 model. Compatibility does not make…
BEP-721
BEP-721 is the BNB Smart Chain form of the unique-token interface used for non-fungible assets with individually identifiable token IDs. Ownership on-chain…
BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering
BIP 157 client-side block filtering is a privacy-oriented light-client mechanism in Bitcoin that lets clients query block filters from peers to identify…
BIP 158 Compact Block Filters
BIP 158 defines compact block filters as a Golomb-coded set representation of selected Bitcoin block data that lets light clients efficiently test…
Bitcoin Address
A Bitcoin address is a network-specific encoding of spending conditions that helps a sender construct the output script for a payment. Common…
Bitcoin Cash Network
The Bitcoin Cash Network is a public proof-of-work blockchain that records BCH transactions through a UTXO-based ledger and peer-to-peer node network. It…
Bitcoin Cluster Mempool
Bitcoin Cluster Mempool is a Bitcoin Core mempool design that groups unconfirmed transactions connected through parent-child dependencies into clusters. It evaluates those…
Bitcoin Compact Block Relay
Bitcoin Compact Block Relay is the BIP 152 protocol for propagating newly mined blocks with less bandwidth and lower delay. Instead of…
Bitcoin Network
The Bitcoin Network is the global peer-to-peer system of nodes, miners, wallets, and users that validates and propagates native Bitcoin transactions and…
Bitcoin Transaction
A Bitcoin transaction is a serialized data structure that consumes existing unspent transaction outputs and creates new outputs. Inputs reference prior UTXOs…
Bitcoin TRUC Transaction
A Bitcoin TRUC transaction is an unconfirmed transaction that opts into Topologically Restricted Until Confirmation policy by using transaction version 3. Supporting…
Bitcoin v3 Transaction Policy
Bitcoin v3 transaction policy is the earlier implementation name for the node policy now commonly called TRUC, or Topologically Restricted Until Confirmation.…
Blob Gas
Blob gas is Ethereum's separate metering unit for data blobs, with its own usage target and dynamically adjusted base fee. The blob…
Blob-Carrying Transaction
A blob-carrying transaction is an Ethereum transaction type that references temporary data blobs and their cryptographic commitments for rollup data publication. EVM…
Block Auction
A block auction is a market process in which builders or searchers compete for the right to supply a valuable block proposal.…
Block Body
The block body contains the transactions and other consensus-defined payloads associated with a blockchain block, separate from its compact header. The header…
Block Building
Block building is the process of selecting, ordering, and packaging transactions and protocol operations into a candidate block for proposal. Some networks…