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.

What is Proof of Work (PoW)?

 What is Proof of Work (PoW)?

Back in 1993, two IBM analysts Cynthia Wark and Moni Naor published a scientific article in which they stated that it would be possible to provide access to certain network resources only if the most complex tasks were performed.

In May 1996, British cryptographer and developer Adam Back was able to implement this concept into a technology called Hashcash, used in online systems to protect against spam attacks. Then he did not even suspect that he laid the foundation for the creation of digital currencies.

In 1999, the term PoW was designated as a unique principle for protecting network systems, with which you can effectively protect yourself from powerful dos-attacks.

In 2004, developer Satoshi Nakamoto integrated Hashcash into Bitcoin, which became the first digital currency to use the concept of PoW.