Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Nonce, short for "number used only once," is ...

A nonce, short for “number used once,” is a special number that is assigned to a block in a blockchain during the mining process. It is an essential part of the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism ...

A man who messaged a ’14-year-old girl’ about sex was caught after a ‘vigilante’ group named ‘Taxi For Nonce UK’ confronted him and live-streamed it on Facebook. Richard Forrest, 32, was spared jail ...

Jeremy Vine arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for the first hearing in the libel claim brought by himself against Joey Barton Credit: PA Jeremy Vine was labelled a “nonce” as part of a ...