Newly created decentralised application and
sidechain platform Lisk launches an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), where users can get bonuses on the Lisk cryptocurrency in exchange for bitcoin and other rival coins.
Decentralised application and
sidechain platform Lisk has completed initial coin offering (ICO).
So much even that Lisk, a decentralized applications and
sidechain platform, is organizing a competition to get the digital currency community involved.
Lisk is a decentralized applications and
sidechain platform that markets itself as an alternative to the highly popular Ethereum.
Not exact matches
Khosla's Bitcoin portfolio includes 21 Inc, a developer of Bitcoin mining chips which has amassed more than $ 120 million in startup capital to date, Blockstream, a company focused on innovation in
sidechains to improve blockchains, Chain, the leading blockchain
platform for enterprises and BlockScore, an identity verification and anti-fraud solution for online transactions.
Blockstream and the
sidechain projects that follow will turn the blockchain into a universal
platform that can be used for anything requiring signatures or authentication.
-- The
platform works with
sidechains.
One
sidechain project, Rootstock, is a smart contracts
platform quite similar to Ethereum.
The blockchain project, named after a spell from the Harry Potter book series, has been looking for ways to attach itself to bitcoin since 2016, but with its
platform getting closer to being ready (and options like
sidechains still in development), developers now argue launching a new cryptocurrency is simply the easiest way to test MimbleWimble with real users.
It is a
platform for distributed smart contracts, much like Ethereum, but the fact that it's a bitcoin
sidechain means that it will use the bitcoin currency by default.
Each Lisk application operates on its own
sidechain, allowing the main Lisk
platform to stay «lean and efficient.»
Larger, more decentralized cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, pegged cryptocurrencies such as
sidechains, as well as distributed computing
platforms like Ethereum, do not easily fit the definition of a security and also do not present the sort of consumer risk that is best addressed through securities regulation, the paper argues.
The company also explained it is still exploring the feasibility of launching on a Lightning Network payment channel or a
sidechain - other technology options that would make its
platform less centralized, and that it would «continue to explore» these options.
Besides, Rootstock is elaborated as a
sidechain and thus can raise interoperability between Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains — the two most successful blockchain
platforms as of now.
Lisk, a blockchain
platform that stores decentralized applications in
sidechains (as opposed to the main blockchain, as Ethereum does), saw its price soar during intraday trading.
The thing is,
sidechains are only decentralized databases of blockchain applications that allow the issuance of tokens of value, being immutable, and having a decentralized network, and for our users the most interesting part is the blockchain application
platform.
The portfolio of the Coinsilium company includes the development of such blockchain projects as: Factom, provider of «transparent» blockchain software for public services, Rootstock, a
sidechain with the support of smart contracts, Rivetz, provider of blockchain - solutions for strengthening cybersecurity, SatoshiPay, a
platform for micropayments, Contentio, service for B2B blockchain payments and provider of blockchain infrastructure for corporate clients Neurowave.
In terms of Rootstock, which is a Bitcoin
sidechain, Stephens said the Ethereum-esque project plays no role in the potential success of Ethereum as a
platform.
RSK Labs» much - awaited bitcoin - based smart contract
platform and
sidechain is finally ready on the mainnet as the company successfully mined its genesis block on January 4, 2018, after nearly three years of toiling.
Besides these two layers, Cardano
platform also consists of a KMZ
Sidechain Protocol that allows funds to get transferred securely from CSL to CCL.
RSK Labs» Bitcoin - Based Smart Contract
Platform And
Sidechain Promises Faster Transaction Speeds