Oracle

 Oracle Database is a database management system from Oracle. This DBMS is also actively used by large companies and costs a lot of money, but in return it provides great functionality and reliability. Therefore, Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server are serious competitors to each other. The results of Oracle in the rankings are not so clear, for example, according to PYPL and DB-Engines, Oracle Database ranks first, according to Stack Overflow Oracle is in eighth position, according to surveys of Oracle software companies in fourth place in popularity. If we take into account only a couple of ratings, Oracle can even be put in first place, but if we take into account all the results, then Oracle cannot be put in first place, therefore, in our rating, this DBMS occupies the third line.

Relationship between algorithm and cryptocurrency space

 Relationship between algorithm and cryptocurrency space


In the very first virtual currency, PoW is needed to achieve consensus in the network. Since at any given time for each user there can be several versions of the blockchain at once, the algorithm determines which one is reliable. To implement his idea, Nakamoto took advantage of the developments of the Hashcash project mentioned above, slightly modifying the finished function (adding a mechanism for changing its complexity, which depends on the total computing power of all network nodes). The finished function is called SHA-256.



The PoW algorithm is necessary for checking by network nodes that the miner has performed calculations. The latter performs calculations of complex algorithms, as a result of which a new generated block (“cell”) is added to the block chain, storing a certain number of records of completed transactions. The proof-of-work mechanism attempts to find the hash of the node header, which contains a reference to the previous "cell" and the total value of all operations placed in the newly generated node. Hash exponents correspond to the set degree.