i am writing to you in my capacity as president and founder of RChain Cooperative (rchain.coop). Having seen Tesla’s very public flip flop on BTC, i was very encouraged. Yes, blockchain is an incredibly important development. No, BTC (in fact any proof-of-work protocol) is not…
Guest: Atticbee, a member of the China community of RChain Cooperative, graduated from Zhejiang University and Carnegie Mellon University with a major in computer science, and later settled in the United States and worked in the IT industry for a long time. As a blockchain technology enthusiast, I began to pay attention to RChain’s technology in 2017, had a lot of communications with members of the RChain cooperative, and have been promoting the awareness of RChain’s unique technology in the Chinese community.
Zora: People familiar with the RChain project know that Atticbee has made a lot of contributions to the RChain China community. He follows closely the development of the RChain project, and organizes and shares knowledge so that everyone can easily understand this technology.
This article aims to explain how RChain can reach horizontal scalability, targeting one of the key ingredients of RChain platform — block merge. Some preliminary results of implementation analysis are included in the end.
RChain, a blockchain consumer cooperative based in Seattle, Washington, recently achieved a technical milestone with the implementation of Last Finalized State (LFS).
What exactly is LFS?
Let’s break it down.
The genesis block is the first block of any blockchain. The RChain genesis block, for instance…
RChain has been on MainNet since February 2020. Since that time, the network continues to advance towards our Mercury release. The team is currently implementing Last Finalized State and Block Merge. Earlier this week, they were able to demonstrate significant scaling performance! See this demonstration by Nutzipper.
When we ask ourselves “What is capital?” different proposals come forward from the community and even from within our own minds. Capital is energy. Capital is information. Capital is a set of beliefs. i want to encourage both a broader and yet deeper and more focused line of thinking. Think…
Previously on the debrief, Kate Gonsalves (former CFO) discussed the challenges delaying the release of the Q4 (2018) financial report. Kenny Rowe announced his resignation. He expressed his gratitude for the community and reminds everyone he’s still a co-op member. On the business side, using an equity vehicle to secure…
Last week, Greg discussed block merge and Casper wallet payments. Kirsten Söderlind and Gary Johnson spoke about the Artèriel project; specifically how the fine arts organization could integrate with RChain’s infrastructure. They petitioned for support to help…