jfried1082

Good article, succinct and accurate info. Only thing though with the end where banking will adopt Ripple software but not use the native asset imo is very unlikely. It's also constantly used as FUD. Banking will certainly leverage the native asset to get real time gross settlement. Which as far as I'm aware is only available when you use XRP. So for a financial institution to pass on that is just not going to happen.

Are you able to provide any information on the recent Bitcoin fork, and thoughts on Bitcoin SV?

This article is a good High level explanation.

A hash function could be considered the same as baking a loaf of bread. You start out with inputs (flour, water, yeast, etc...) and after applying the hash function (mixing + baking), you end up with an output: a loaf of bread.

This point/article is pretty well illustrated. I wish you would have provided some additional info on what actually happens to orphaned blocks.