## ما هي Chia Network (XCH)؟

إنّ [Chia Network (XCH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/chia-network/) عبارة عن [سلسلة كتل](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/blockchain) من [الطبقة الأولى](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/layer-1-blockchain) تستخدم لغة البرمجة الخاصة بها، والمصممة خصيصًا، Chialisp، و[آلية إجماع](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/consensus-mechanism) جديدة تسمى إثبات المكان والزمان (PoST). يسمح الجمع بين هاتين الخاصيتين لسلسلة الكتل باستخدام طاقة أقل دون المساس بأمن الشبكة. على عكس معظم سلاسل الكتل الأخرى، تُعد Chia Network شركة عامة هادفة للربح ومفتوحة المصدر تطمح إلى أن تصبح مدرجة في بورصة نيويورك أو بورصة ناسداك. تهدف سلسلة الكتل الخاصة بها لاستخدام المؤسسات، ولهذا السبب تخطط Chia Network لوضع XCH في ميزانيتها العمومية في حالة الإدراج.

تم إصدار أول وظيفة لإثبات الوقت من Chia Network في عام 2019، مع إطلاق أول إصدار تجريبي من سلسلة الكتل خاصتها في عام 2020. حققت Chia Network أداء وظيفي على أكمل وجه، بما في ذلك وظائف المحفظة والمعاملات و[العقود الذكية](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/smart-contract)، مع إطلاق [الشبكة الرئيسية](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/mainnet) في عام 2021.

### من هم مُؤسسو Chia Network؟

تأسست شبكة [Chia Network (XCH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/chia-network/) في ولاية ديلاوير في عام 2017 على يد برام كوهين، مؤسس منصة BitTorrent الشهيرة لمشاركة الملفات من ند لند. يرأس المشروع فريق من الإدارة العليا من ذوي الخبرة، بما في ذلك الرئيس التنفيذي السابق لناسداك جين هوفمان كرئيس تنفيذي للعمليات (COO) والرئيس التنفيذي السابق لشركة Overstock.com ميتش إدواردز كمدير مالي (CFO).

كما تدعم Chia Network قائمة بارزة من كبار الرأسماليين الذين يستثمرون في [مجال العملات المشفرة](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-cryptocurrencies). جمعت الشبكة 61 مليون دولار من التمويل في مايو 2021 بمشاركة كبرى شركات رأس المال الاستثماري التي شملت Andreessen Horowitz، و Slow Ventures، و Naval Ravikant، و Galaxy Digital وغيرها.

### ما الذي يُميز Chia Network؟

تتحسن [(Chia Network (XCH](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/chia-network/) من خلال [إثبات الحصة](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/proof-of-stake-pos) (PoS) و[إثبات العمل](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/proof-of-work-pow) (PoW) باستخدام آلية إجماع أقل استهلاكًا للكهرباء. تحقق الشبكة إجماع Nakamoto من خلال الجمع بين إثبات الفضاء (PoS) وإثبات الوقت (PoT) وكلاهما يعمل بأساليب مختلفة.

يتطلب إثبات المساحة أن يحتفظ [المُعدنون](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/miners) بوحدات التخزين غير المستخدمة على محركات الأقراص الثابتة الخاصة بهم. في هذا السيناريو، يُثبت المُعدنون بتثبيت خاص لتخصيص مساحة خالية، والتي تُستخدم بعد ذلك لحل أحد التحديات – على غرار حل الألغاز في [إثبات العمل](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/proof-of-work-vs-proof-of-stake) (PoW). يخزن البرنامج مجموعة من أرقام التشفير على قرص المُعدِّن، وعند إنشاء [الكتلة](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/block)، يتم أخذ رقم التحدي من الكتلة السابقة. يمسح المُعدنون أرقامهم ضوئيًا للتحقق مما إذا كان لديهم رقم قريب من رقم التحدي المطلوب.

بينما يُظهر إثبات الوقت مرور الوقت من خلال وظائف التأخير التي يمكن التحقق منها، بطريقة تشبه سلسلة كتل [Solana (SOL)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/solana/). تضمن Timelords – وهي العُقد التي تُوثق الوقت – توثيق الوقت بشكل صحيح لحل وظائف إثبات المساحة.

كما تمتلك Chia Network لغة برمجة خاصة بها تسمى Chialisp. إنّ لغة البرمجة هذه على السلسلة، ومتوافقة مع العقد الذكي وتتخذ أهم مكونات [Ethereum (ETH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/ethereum/) و Solidity و Bitcoin Core، بينما تُحافظ على نموذج Bitcoin UTXO. يسمح ذلك بإجراء معاملات متزامنة بدلاً من التسلسل، مما يجعل Chia Network سلسلة كتل أسرع وأكثر كفاءة في استخدام الطاقة مقارنة بمنافسيها.

#### صفحات ذات صلة:

ألقِ نظرة على [Solana (SOL)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/solana/) — سلسلة كتل عالية السرعة.

ألقِ نظرة على [Polkadot (DOT)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/polkadot-new/) — سلسلة كتل أخرى لمُستقبل السلاسل المتعددة.

اقرأ [تحليلنا المُفصل عن Avalanche، سلسلة كتل أخرى من الطبقة الأولى](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/de/article/a-deep-dive-into-avalanche-avax).

تابع أحدث أخبار العملات المشفرة وتحليلات التداول على [مدونة CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/categories/blog).

### كم عدد عملات Chia Network (XCH) المُتداولة؟

إنّ العرض الحالي هو 22,582,025 رمز XCH. تم تمويل لامركزي لـ 21 مليون رمز XCH مسبقًا للمساعدة في تمويل إنشاء وإدارة Chia. استنادًا إلى ورقة [Chia Network (XCH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/chia-network/) البيضاء، تتبع مكافآت التمويل اللامركزي "الزراعة" هذا الجدول:

* سيتم إنشاء 64 chia كل 10 دقائق للسنوات الثلاث الأولى بعد الإطلاق
* سيتم إنشاء 32 chia كل 10 دقائق في السنوات الرابعة إلى السادسة بعد الإطلاق
* سيتم إنشاء 16 chia كل 10 دقائق في السنوات من السابعة إلى التاسعة بعد الإطلاق
* سيتم إنشاء ثمانية chia كل 10 دقائق في السنوات من 10 إلى 12
* سيتم إنشاء أربعة chia كل 10 دقائق لكل عام بعد عام 12

وهذا يعني أن الشبكة نفسها تتحكم في معظم رموز XCH وبعد 21 عامًا فقط من إطلاق الشبكة الرئيسية، فإن مكافآت التمويل اللامركزي "الزراعة" ستلحق بحجم الاحتياطي الاستراتيجي.

### كيف يتم تأمين Chia Network؟

إلى جانب اتباع نهج فريد من نوعه في الجمع بين آلية إجماع متوافقة لإثبات العمل مع إثبات الوقت، تخضع [Chia Network (XCH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/chia-network/) لهيكل مؤسسي تقليدي. إنها تتجنب نموذج التشفير الأصلي [لمنظمة مستقلة لامركزية](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-dao)(DAO) وذلك لكونها شركة مساهمة تقليدية.

تعتزم Chia Network إدراج حقوق ملكية الشركة في منصة التداول، حيث تعتقد أن هذا النموذج ينسق الحوافز بشكل أفضل من النماذج الأخرى. وعليه فإن ملكية العملات ليس لها أي تأثير على [حوكمة](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/governance) سلسلة كتل Chia، وهو نهج متميز لنموذج سلاسل الكتل العامة الأخرى.

### أين يُمكنك شراء Chia Network (XCH)؟

إنّ Chia Network (XCH) متاحة للتداول على [Huobi](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/huobi-global/) و [Gate.io](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/gate-io/) و [Uniswap (V2)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/uniswap-v2/) و [KuCoin](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/kucoin/) و [OKEx](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/okex/).

وفيما يلي بعض المقالات الأخرى، التي قد تهمك:

* [ما هو صنبور العملات المشفرة؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-a-crypto-faucet)
* [ما هي بطاقات السحب المصرفية للعملات المشفرة؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-crypto-debit-cards)
* [ما هو Web 3.0؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-web-3-0)
* [ماذا تعني زراعة الغلال (Yield Farming)؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-yield-farming)
* [ما هو إقراض العملات المشفرة؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-crypto-lending)
* [ما هو الميتافيرس؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-the-metaverse-an-overview-and-a-deep-dive-of-the-top-metaverses)
* [ما هي رموز FAN المميزة؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-fan-tokens)
* [ملخص المبتدئين: الرموز غير القابلة للاستبدال، من الألف إلى الياء](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/newbie-catchup-the-a-z-of-nfts)
* [ما هو صانع السوق الآلي (AMM)؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-automated-market-makers)
* [ما هو صندوق العملات المشفرة المتداول في البورصة (ETF)؟](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-a-crypto-etf)

We are back with the latest updates on the Chia Network Roadmap, and on a mission to be the best and most secure blockchain for DeFi.

To that end, with the roadmap release, we’re also launching the Chia Cloud Services Platform (Beta). Time to Build!

Reminder: We are 1 week away from the filter reduction hard fork associated with Chia version 2.1.0 : 

Make sure to update to a version 2.1 or newer before the filter reduction and ensure your farm is ready to process 2x plot lookups. Join us in discord with any questions:

We are back with the latest updates on the Chia Network Roadmap, and on a mission to be the best and most secure blockchain for DeFi.

To that end, with the roadmap release, we’re also launching the Chia Cloud Services Platform (Beta). Time to Build!

Learn about it here:
https://t.co/zyCotTPw2l
We’ll be holding a Q&A
Tuesday, June 11 
11am PT (1800 UTC)
https://chia-net.zoom.us/j/81460249897
Reminder: We are 1 week away from the filter reduction hard fork associated with Chia version 2.1.0 : https://t.co/xtsWyCSkQI

Make sure to update to a version 2.1 or newer before the filter reduction and ensure your farm is ready to process 2x plot lookups. Join us in discord with any questions:
https://t.co/BJ7Dn194GP

  added XCH to their exchange. We’re thrilled to continue expanding the accessibility of XCH globally! 

Another one! @Bybit_Official  added XCH to their exchange. We’re thrilled to continue expanding the accessibility of XCH globally! 

What Is Chia Network (XCH)? Features, Tokenomics and Price Prediction

Chia

Flow

Hashflow is a DEX Aggregator that offers deep liquidity across the leading blockchains. Hashflow offers traders the best prices, access to $8B in liquidity, and the ability to trade every token both interchain and cross chain. Since launching in April 2021, Hashflow has facilitated over $18B in total trade volume.

Hashflow's team consists of top minds from both web2 and web3 including Airbnb, Amazon, Arbitrum, Citadel, Genesis Trading, and more. Backers include Dragonfly Capital, Electric Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Trading, and Balaji Srinivasan.

Hashflow

Ethereum-based DYDX ($ethDYDX) is a governance token that allows the dYdX community to truly govern the dYdX Layer 2 Protocol built on Ethereum ("dYdX v3"). ethDYDX is currently undergoing a migration from Ethereum to the dYdX Chain. More information is available here. If you want to migrate ethDYDX to dYdX Chain DYDX, to enable staking, security and governance of the dYdX Chain you can follow the how-to-bridge guide here.

If you want to read about the new token utility for dYdX Chain DYDX you can read the blog here

ethDYDX (dYdX) is the governance token for the layer 2 protocol built on Ethereum. By enabling shared control of dYdX v3, ethDYDX allows traders, liquidity providers, and partners of dYdX to work collectively towards an enhanced dYdX v3.

Built on StarkWare’s StarkEx scalability engine, layer 2 is used for trading of cross-margined perpetuals on the platform. The scaling solution allows dYdX to increase transaction speed, eliminate gas costs, reduce trading fees and lower​​ minimum trade sizes on the protocol.

A total of 1,000,000,000 ethDYDX have been minted, and started to become accessible over five (5) years, on August 3rd, 2021, at 15:00:00 UTC.

dYdX (ethDYDX)

Mina Protocol is a minimal “succinct blockchain” built to curtail computational requirements in order to run DApps more efficiently. Mina has been described as the world’s lightest blockchain since its size is designed to remain constant despite growth in usage. Furthermore, it remains balanced in terms of security and decentralization. The project was rebranded from Coda Protocol to Mina in October 2020.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Mina Protocol.

The Mina network has a size of only 22 KB, which is miniscule when compared to Bitcoin’s 300 GB blockchain.

Mina

In a nutshell, Cosmos bills itself as a project that solves some of the “hardest problems” facing the blockchain industry. It aims to offer an antidote to “slow, expensive, unscalable and environmentally harmful” proof-of-work protocols, like those used by Bitcoin, by offering an ecosystem of connected blockchains.

The project’s other goals include making blockchain technology less complex and difficult for developers thanks to a modular framework that demystifies decentralized apps. Last but not least, an Interblockchain Communication protocol makes it easier for blockchain networks to communicate with each other — preventing fragmentation in the industry.

Cosmos’ origins can be dated back to 2014, when Tendermint, a core contributor to the network, was founded. In 2016, a white paper for Cosmos was published — and a token sale was held the following year. ATOM tokens are earned through a hybrid proof-of-stake algorithm, and they help to keep the Cosmos Hub, the project’s flagship blockchain, secure. This cryptocurrency also has a role in the network’s governance.

Cosmos

Trust Wallet Token, or TWT, is a simple BEP-20 utility token that provides a range of benefits and incentives to Trust Wallet users. Trust Wallet itself is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet that supports dozens of popular native assets, in addition to popular tokens on the Ethereum, Binance and TRON blockchains.

Holders of TWT tokens unlock a variety of benefits when using Trust Wallet, including discounts on in-app cryptocurrency purchases and on the use of decentralized exchange (DEX) services. TWT holders can also participate in the governance of Trust Wallet and can vote on Trust Wallet update proposals, helping to shape the development of the app.

Trust Wallet Token was initially launched as a BEP-2 asset on Binance Chain, but was relaunched as a BEP-20 token on Binance Smart Chain in October 2020.

Trust Wallet Token

Self-described as "Polkadot's wild cousin," Kusama is an experimental blockchain platform that is designed to provide a massively interoperable and scalable framework for developers.

Kusama is built on Substrate — a blockchain building kit developed by Parity Technologies. Kusama has almost the same codebase as Polkadot — one of the most successful interoperable blockchains.

By deploying on Kusama, fast-paced projects gain access to a highly scalable, interoperable sharded network, with features that are not yet available on Polkadot. To that end, Kusama describes itself as a “canary network.”

The platform is designed to provide a testbed for developers looking to innovate and deploy their own blockchain and can be used as a preparatory network before launching on Polkadot — though many projects opt to stick with Kusama for their final product.

Kusama benefits from a low barrier to entry for deploying parachains, low bond requirements for validators, and is most commonly used by early-stage startups and for experimentation.

Kusama

Aptos is a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain that employs a novel smart contract programming language called Move, a Rust-based programming language that was independently developed by Meta (formerly Facebook)’s Diem blockchain engineers.

Aptos’s vision is a blockchain that brings mainstream adoption to web3 and empowers an ecosystem of DApps to solve real-world user problems.

The PoS blockchain can achieve a theoretical transaction throughput of over 150,000 transactions per second (tps) through parallel execution.

In March 2022, Aptos raised $200 million in a seed round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Other crypto heavyweights like Tiger Global and Multicoin Capital took part in the funding round. Fast forward to July, the startup raised another $200 million in a Series A round with participation from Dragonfly, Apollo Global, Franklin Templeton, Animoca, Jump Crypto and others.

Two months later, Binance Labs made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in Aptos.

On Oct. 18, 2022, Aptos announced the mainnet launch, while the Aptos genesis occurred on Oct. 12, 2022.

Aptos

The 1inch Network unites decentralized protocols whose synergy enables the most lucrative, fastest, and protected operations in the DeFi space.

The 1inch Network's first protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator solution that searches deals across multiple liquidity sources, offering users better rates than any individual exchange. The 1inch Aggregation Protocol incorporates the Pathfinder algorithm for finding the best paths across over 400+ liquidity sources on 12 chains: Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, Arbitrum, Fantom, Gnosis Chain, Klaytn, Aurora, zkSync and Base.

In just over two years the 1inch DEX aggregator has reached 1M users and surpassed $150B in overall volume on the Ethereum network alone.

The 1inch Limit Order Protocol facilitates the most innovative and flexible limit order swap opportunities in DeFi. The protocol’s features, such as dynamic pricing, conditional orders, and extra RFQ support, power various implementations, including stop-loss and trailing stop orders, as well as auctions.

The 1inch Wallet is a multichain mobile platform that provides an easy-to-navigate interface with secure storing, transaction, and staking capabilities. This versatile wallet was built from the ground up to streamline interacting with 1inch’s features.

The 1INCH token is the governance and utility token of the 1inch Network. 1INCH holders can stake their tokens to participate in the 1inch Network's DAO governance, including the 1inch DAO Treasury management. Also, holders can choose resolvers and earn a part of their fees.

With the 1inch Fusion, users can stake 1INCH tokens to receive Unicorn Power (UP), then subsequently delegate their UP to any 1inch Fusion Resolver to start receiving rewards from them. When staking, there is the option to set a custom or preset lock period. User’s st1INCH tokens cannot be unstaked/withdrawn without penalty until the designated lock period expires.

In December 2020, 1inch raised $12 million in Series A funding, led by Pantera Capital, with others including ParaFi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Nima Capital, and Spartan Group. The funding round was conducted through a SAFT (simple agreement for future tokens) sale.

In December 2021, 1inch has closed a $175 million Series B round, led by Amber Group. Among about 50 investors that participated in the funding event are Jane Street, VanEck, Fenbushi Capital, Alameda Research, Celsius, Nexo, Tribe Capital and Gemini Frontier Fund.

1inch Network

Dash is an open-source blockchain and cryptocurrency focused on offering a fast, cheap global payments network that is decentralized in nature. According to the project's white paper, Dash seeks to improve upon Bitcoin (BTC) by providing stronger privacy and faster transactions.

Dash, whose name comes from "digital cash," was launched in January 2014 as a fork of Litecoin (LTC). Since going live, Dash has grown to include features such as a two-tier network with incentivized nodes, including "masternodes," and decentralized project governance; InstantSend, which allows for instantly settled payments; ChainLocks, which makes the Dash blockchain instantly immutable; and PrivateSend, which offers additional optional privacy for transactions.

Dash

Vega Protocol provides the derivatives scaling layer for Web3. It is a custom-built proof-of-stake blockchain, which makes it possible to trade derivatives on a decentralised network with comparable experience to using a centralised exchange.

VEGA is the network governance and staking token. It is used for:

Voting on the creation of new markets on the network

Running validator nodes on the network via staking VEGA tokens

Earning fees from traders through staking and delegation

Governing important network parameters which ensure markets are secure and fair

Vega Protocol

Compound is a DeFi lending protocol that allows users to earn interest on their cryptocurrencies by depositing them into one of several pools supported by the platform.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Compound.

When a user deposits tokens to a Compound pool, they receive cTokens in return. These cTokens represent the individual’s stake in the pool and can be used to redeem the underlying cryptocurrency initially deposited into the pool at any time. For example, by depositing ETH into a pool, you will receive cETH in return. Over time, the exchange rate of these cTokens to the underlying asset increases, which means you can redeem them for more of the underlying asset than you initially put in — this is how the interest is distributed.

On the flip side, borrowers can take a secured loan from any Compound pool by depositing collateral. The maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio varies based on the collateral asset, but currently ranges from 50 to 75%. The interest rate paid varies by borrowed asset and borrowers can face automatic liquidation if their collateral falls below a specific maintenance threshold.

Since the launch of the Compound mainnet in September 2018, the platform has skyrocketed in popularity, and recently passed more than $800 million in total locked value.

Compound

The Internet Computer blockchain incorporates a radical rethink of blockchain design, powered by innovations in cryptography. It provides the first “World Computer” blockchain that can be used to build almost any online system or service, including demanding web social media, without need for traditional IT such as cloud computing services. As such it can enable full end-to-end decentralization.

Internet Computer

Polkadot is an open-source sharded multichain protocol that connects and secures a network of specialized blockchains, facilitating cross-chain transfer of any data or asset types, not just tokens, thereby allowing blockchains to be interoperable with each other. Polkadot was designed to provide a foundation for a decentralized internet of blockchains, also known as Web3.

Polkadot is known as a layer-0 metaprotocol because it underlies and describes a format for a network of layer 1 blockchains known as parachains (parallel chains). As a metaprotocol, Polkadot is also capable of autonomously and forklessly updating its own codebase via on-chain governance according to the will of its token holder community.

Polkadot provides a foundation to support a decentralized web, controlled by its users, and to simplify the creation of new applications, institutions and services.

The Polkadot protocol can connect public and private chains, permissionless networks, oracles and future technologies, allowing these independent blockchains to trustlessly share information and transactions through the Polkadot Relay Chain (explained further down).

Polkadot’s native DOT token serves three clear purposes: staking for operations and security, facilitating network governance, and bonding tokens to  connect parachains .

Polkadot has four core components:

Relay Chain: Polkadot’s “heart,” helping to create consensus, interoperability and shared security across the network of different chains;

Parachains: independent chains that can have their own tokens and be optimized for specific use cases;

Parathreads: similar to parachains but with flexible connectivity based on an economical pay-as-you-go model;

Bridges: allow parachains and parathreads to connect and communicate with external blockchains like Ethereum.

Polkadot

Toncoin (TON) is the native cryptocurrency of the decentralized layer-1 blockchain, The Open Network (TON). The TON blockchain is open-sourced and supported by many network contributors, including the Switzerland-based non-profit organization, the TON Foundation.

Since 2017, the Telegram team had been developing the codebase for a blockchain network, then named Telegram Open Network (TON), with a native cryptocurrency named 'Gram.' In May 2020, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov announced the end of Telegram's involvement with the TON Blockchain following a court order by the SEC. The Gram token was never issued.

Since 2020, the technology has been developed by an independent community of developers and blockchain enthusiasts. The non-profit TON Foundation is the most prominent of these supporters. The blockchain was renamed from "Telegram Open Network" to "The Open Network," with Toncoin now the native cryptocurrency of the TON network.
The whitepaper contains part of the original codebase written by Dr. Nikolai Durov, co-founder of Telegram and brother of Pavel Durov. Toncoin utilizes the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus model for network scalability and reliability.

TON Foundation's vision is to empower 500 million users to own their digital identity, data, and assets by 2028 by empowering developers to build a Web3 ecosystem in Telegram Messenger.

Toncoin

Helium (HNT) is a decentralized blockchain-powered network for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Launched in July 2019, the Helium mainnet allows low-powered wireless devices to communicate with each other and send data across its network of nodes.

Nodes come in the form of so-called Hotspots, which are a combination of a wireless gateway and a blockchain mining device. Users who operate nodes thus mine and earn rewards in Helium’s native cryptocurrency token, HNT.

Helium’s goal is to prepare IoT communication for the future, identifying inadequacies in current infrastructure from its birth in 2013.

Helium

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the original Ethereum (ETH) blockchain that launched in July 2015. Its main function is as a smart contract network, with the ability to host and support decentralized applications (DApps). Its native token is ETC.

Since its launch, Ethereum Classic has sought to differentiate itself from Ethereum, with the two networks’ technical roadmap diverging further and further from each other with time.

Ethereum Classic first set out to preserve the integrity of the existing Ethereum blockchain after a major hacking event led to the theft of 3.6 million ETH.

Ethereum Classic

Karura is an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) hub and stablecoin platform built on Kusama (KSM) and integrated into Polkadot (DOT). Karura was created by the Acala Network, which has won four Web3 Foundation grants and founded the Substrate Developer Academy.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Karura.

Both Karura and Acala are backed by multiple funds, including Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital and Hypersphere. Karura and Acala operate in parallel. Specifically, Karura is implementing DeFi on Kusama in the same way that Acala is offering DeFi on Polkadot. The network is built with almost the same codebase as Acala: the two platforms provide scalable, convenient and fast DeFi cross-chain ecosystems for Kusama and Polkadot.

Parachain Karura is a platform that allows users to create effective, low-cost and complex financial applications, saving time and increasing trading efficiency.

The platform itself provides a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by cross-chain assets (kUSD), a trustless staking derivative (liquid KSM), and an automated market maker (AMM) decentralized exchange (DEX) for unlocking liquidity and supporting financial innovation.

Karura is the decentralized financial hub of Kusama, a scalable multi-chain network for radical innovation and early-stage Polkadot deployments. Karura is the sister network to Acala. It hosts multichain liquid staking token (LST) protocols (such as liquid KSM - LKSM), an AMM decentralized exchange, and an app platform that is EVM-compatible and highly customizable (based on Substrate). Karura is secured by Kusama, and is the liquidity gateway of Kusama parachains, Acala and L1/L2 blockchains

Karura

Starknet

NEAR Protocol is a layer-one blockchain that was designed as a community-run cloud computing platform and that eliminates some of the limitations that have been bogging competing blockchains, such as low transaction speeds, low throughput and poor interoperability. This provides the ideal environment for DApps and creates a developer and user-friendly platform. For instance, NEAR uses human-readable account names, unlike the cryptographic wallet addresses common to Ethereum. NEAR also introduces unique solutions to scaling problems and has its own consensus mechanism called “Doomslug.”

NEAR Protocol is being built by the NEAR Collective, its community that is updating the initial code and releasing updates to the ecosystem. Its declared goal is to build a platform that is “secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people.”

Flux, a protocol that allows developers to create markets based on assets, commodities, real-world events, and Mintbase, an NFT minting platform are examples of projects being built on NEAR Protocol.