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Ask HN: Is there any scalable “blockchain”/cryptocoin?

14 points by wsieroci 9y ago

Hi, I am wondering if there is scalable cryptocurrency (maybe with smart contracts feature) having typical "blockchain" properties of trust? Best, Wiktor

CryoLogic 9y ago
IOTA is probably your best bet, although it is still in development. HN loves to hate on it (probably because their funds are elsewhere), but if you read through the whitepapers and the Github I think it is probably the one of the most promising cryptos for actual real-world use. Raiblocks would be my next guess.
ecesena 9y ago
To my knowledge today the 2 best things are ripple and raiden on ethereum.
- factorialboy 9y ago
  I think the recent "crypto kitties" issues highlighted some of the scaling concerns of the Ethereum "virtual machine". Ripple is centralized and can be argued is not even a blockchain. Litecoin is fast AF but its the "younger sibling" of Bitcoin. One to keep an eye on in 2018 in Cardano here's the introductory whiteboard talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9D0kpksxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9D0kpksxw
  - wsieroci 9y ago
    Thanks! Seems interesting
  - gesman 9y ago
    +1
miguelrochefort 9y ago
- RaiBlocks - IOTA - Hashgraph
- boysabr3 9y ago
  The raiblocks White paper does an excellent job explaining why it (and other DAGs) are scalable: https://raiblocks.net/media/RaiBlocks_Whitepaper__English.pdf https://raiblocks.net/media/RaiBlocks_Whitepaper__English.pd...
companyhen 9y ago
http://Nebulas.io http://Nebulas.io Uses something called "nebulas force (NF)" which is a self-evolving blockchain (no hard forks). Created by co-founder of NEO, he started the project in 2016 and went to work on it full time early 2017 after implementing a blockchain at Ant Financial (alibaba). The testnet is out now and the mainnet is launching by end of Q1. https://nebulas.io/docs/NebulasTechnicalWhitepaper.pdf https://nebulas.io/docs/NebulasTechnicalWhitepaper.pdf Very interesting project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFB1b1hopmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFB1b1hopmc ^ Interview with founder of Nebulas

14 points by wsieroci 9y ago

Hi, I am wondering if there is scalable cryptocurrency (maybe with smart contracts feature) having typical "blockchain" properties of trust? Best, Wiktor

CryoLogic 9y ago

IOTA is probably your best bet, although it is still in development. HN loves to hate on it (probably because their funds are elsewhere), but if you read through the whitepapers and the Github I think it is probably the one of the most promising cryptos for actual real-world use. Raiblocks would be my next guess.

ecesena 9y ago

To my knowledge today the 2 best things are ripple and raiden on ethereum.

factorialboy 9y ago
I think the recent "crypto kitties" issues highlighted some of the scaling concerns of the Ethereum "virtual machine". Ripple is centralized and can be argued is not even a blockchain. Litecoin is fast AF but its the "younger sibling" of Bitcoin. One to keep an eye on in 2018 in Cardano here's the introductory whiteboard talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9D0kpksxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9D0kpksxw
- wsieroci 9y ago
  Thanks! Seems interesting
- gesman 9y ago
  +1

miguelrochefort 9y ago

- RaiBlocks - IOTA - Hashgraph

boysabr3 9y ago
The raiblocks White paper does an excellent job explaining why it (and other DAGs) are scalable: https://raiblocks.net/media/RaiBlocks_Whitepaper__English.pdf https://raiblocks.net/media/RaiBlocks_Whitepaper__English.pd...

companyhen 9y ago

http://Nebulas.io http://Nebulas.io Uses something called "nebulas force (NF)" which is a self-evolving blockchain (no hard forks). Created by co-founder of NEO, he started the project in 2016 and went to work on it full time early 2017 after implementing a blockchain at Ant Financial (alibaba). The testnet is out now and the mainnet is launching by end of Q1. https://nebulas.io/docs/NebulasTechnicalWhitepaper.pdf https://nebulas.io/docs/NebulasTechnicalWhitepaper.pdf Very interesting project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFB1b1hopmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFB1b1hopmc ^ Interview with founder of Nebulas