8️⃣ Configuring an NTS-capable NTP server (2022-01)
NTP (Network Time Protocol) is probably how your computer or mobile device knows about the current time, often accurate to only a few milliseconds.

Keeping accurate time is of essence to many applications, including whether a security certificate has expired.

#NTS is to #NTP what #HTTPS is to #HTTP: It provides authenticity of the source and prevents modification in-transit. And easy to upgrade.

https://netfuture.ch/2022/01/configuring-an-nts-capable-ntp-server/
https://netfuture.ch/public-nts-server-list/

7️⃣ A business-driven #Blockchain flowchart (2022-06)
Ever wondered whether your business needs a blockchain? This simple chart guides you through that process.

Originally by Rene Jan Veldwijk on 🐦; published with permission.

https://netfuture.ch/2022/06/a-business-driven-blockchain-flow-chart/

More on Blockchain and related stuff: https://netfuture.ch/hitchhiker/

5️⃣ Bitcoin block timing statistics (2022-03)
I absolutely have now clue why this article is in the 2023 top-5 of my most read English-language articles. (And I kind of forgot why I even did the research behind it in the first place.)

But hey, feel free to look how often and how much the interval deviates (and deviated) from its 10 minutes interval target.

#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Statistics #Interval
https://netfuture.ch/2022/03/bitcoin-block-timing-statistics/

This is more useful, probably: https://netfuture.ch/hitchhiker/

4️⃣ Git, PGP and Blockchain: A comparison
Most people, when they want #Blockchain, they are only interested in what #Git version control and #Timestamping actually deliver. Often, they do not even want immutability, but just transparency about the changes.

(And with that, you already know most of the article's content. But feel free if you want to know more in-depth.)
https://netfuture.ch/2022/02/git-pgp-blockchain-comparison/

Again: If you are interested in #Blockchain stuff: Here's more: https://netfuture.ch/hitchhiker/

3️⃣ Web3 is just expensive P2P (2022-05)
Wow, we've already reached the top-3! This article is why I had to activate real caching for my poor box; Wordpress wasn't able to handle the 40k accesses within a few hours. 😊

#Web3 is about decentralization. We already had that some 20 years ago, it was called peer-to-peer networking. It worked reasonably well. #Web3 essentially adds even more complexity and thus desperately needs a way to finance that complexity.
#P2P
https://netfuture.ch/2022/05/web3-is-just-expensive-p2p/

@marcel it's not even actually p2p most of the time. 🤣