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The Whitepaper of MOV – A Next-Gen Decentralized Cross-chain Layer 2 Value Exchange Protocol

Sep 27, 2019

Bytom blockchain is a blockchain project dedicated to bridging the atomic world and the byte world. Since its mainnet launch in April 2018, Bytom has made tremendous progress in implementing its application in real life, especially when it came to 2019. This May, Bytom has released the B...

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‘Get Ready for Ethereum 2.0,’ Says Vitalik as DAOs Made Great Progress

Sep 19, 2019

Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, stated that ETF 2.0 is coming soon as the specification of ETF 2.0 has been written. At the Global Blockchain Summit 2019 ongoing in Shanghai, the founder of Ethereum addresses a speech titled “Developments in the blockchain space tha...

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Bystack: Seeking Killer Assets (I)

Aug 30, 2019

This article is translated from “Bystack：寻找杀手级“资产”（上）” written by Qianli Ma, COO of Bytom, a Chinese star blockchain project aiming to connect the atomic world and the crypto world. "Seeking killer apps", a widespread slogan among blockchain pioneers. Like sword of D...

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How Bytom’s BBFT Enable Faster Consensus – A Comparison between BBFT and FBFT/HotStuff

Jul 12, 2019

Preface Bytom blockchain has recently released BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) platform Bystack, which includes the sidechain consensus algorithm BBFT (Bystack Byzantine Fault Tolerance). This article will elaborate on the problems that BBFT addresses and analyze the major diff...

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BBFT: a Hierarchical Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Algorithm

May 28, 2019

BBFT: a Hierarchical Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Algorithm ByStack Team v1.0 1  Introduction Consensus is the process applied by nodes to reach final agreement on network states. Byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) consensuses are considered well suited for permission-ed ...

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Ethereum’s Serenity PoS Roadmap Out

May 20, 2019

A limited roadmap for the 2.0 Serenity upgrade that will switch Ethereum to Proof of Stake (PoS) from a Proof of Work (PoW) consensus protocol has been unveiled. The Ethereum ecosystem now has a timeframe to look out for starting later this year. The planned upgrade dubbed the fin...

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial Invests in QEDIT, a Blockchain Project Boast a Unique Technology

May 14, 2019

Recently, QEDIT, a blockchain project focusing on the privacy technology of enterprise blockchain, has completed a $10 million financing. What is the most attractive is Alibaba's Ant Financial has invested in the project. It is the first blockchain project in which Alibaba participates a...

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Interview: Storj’s Decentralized Cloud Storage Platform is a Competitor to Amazon S3

Apr 26, 2019

With the emergence of blockchain technology, the decentralized cloud storage solutions are designed to revolutionize the way we store and share documents, pictures, and data. Storj, the leader in decentralized cloud storage, aims to o bring decentralized, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage to the ...

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Many Chains, Many Tokens, and One Ecosystem— 8BTC Boost’s Dialogue with Cosmos

Apr 16, 2019

Thousands of blockchain projects with their corresponding crypto token have popped up since the birth of bitcoin in 2008, raising the question of interoperability between independent blockchains. Cosmos, a highly anticipated blockchain project, aims to provide a solution to improve the interoperab...

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Infographic: A Map of Bitcoin Forks

Apr 9, 2019

This infographic provides a schematic overview of the main Bitcoin-related “forks” that can happen and shows the most important forks that have happened. It does not provide an overview of all forks that have happened. What Are Bitcoin Forks? The word “fork” is somewhat confusing...