## ما هي SingularityNET (AGIX)؟

إنّ SingularityNET عبارة عن منصة [مدعومة بتقنية سلسلة الكتل](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/blockchain) تتيح لأي شخص "إنشاء ومشاركة واستثمار" خدمات الذكاء الاصطناعي بسهولة، وذلك بفضل سوق الذكاء الاصطناعي الذي يمكن الوصول إليه عالميًا.

من خلال سوق SingularityNET، يمكن للمستخدمين تصفح واختبار وشراء مجموعة كبيرة من خدمات الذكاء الاصطناعي باستخدام رمز المنصة الأصلي — AGIX. كما يمثل السوق منفذًا يمكن لمطوري الذكاء الاصطناعي استخدامه لنشر أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي الخاصة بهم وبيعها، فضلاً عن تتبع أدائهم بسهولة.

كان الفريق الذي يقف وراء SingularityNET رائدًا في تطوير الذكاء الاصطناعي المعروف باسم Sophia، والمعروف بأنه "الروبوت الأكثر تعبيرًا في العالم". يكمن هدف SingularityNET في تمكين Sophia من أن تكون قادرة على فهم اللغة البشرية بشكل كامل، ومواصلة تطوير "OpenCog" — وهو إطار عمل للذكاء الاصطناعي يأمل في تحقيق حالة تُعرف في النهاية باسم "الذكاء العام المتقدم"، أي الذكاء الاصطناعي على مستوى البشري (أو ما بعد ذلك).

تم الإعلان عن المنصة لأول مرة في عام 2017 وأكملت عرضًا أوليًا للعملات ([ICO](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/initial-coin-offering-ico)) في ديسمبر من نفس العام، حيث جمعت 36 مليون دولار في دقيقة واحدة فقط.

### من هم مُؤسسو SingularityNET؟

تمتلك SingularityNET فريقًا شاملاً من علماء الذكاء الاصطناعي والمطورين والباحثين والمهندسين.

أسسها الدكتور بن جورتزل (الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة SingularityNET وكبير العلماء) مع كل من سيمون جياكوميلي والدكتور ديفيد هانسون.

إنّ الدكتور بن جورتزل شخصية بارزة في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي والروبوتات ولديه سجل حافل من العمل مع شركات التكنولوجيا المتقدمة — بما في ذلك Hanson Robotics ومؤسسة OpenCog. كما يعمل أيضًا كرئيس للعلماء في Mozi Health ونائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة لدى Humanity+.

إنّ سيمون جياكوميلي رائد أعمال ومستثمر عمل سابقًا في شركة Cryptodex الاستشارية للعملات المشفرة. غادر مشروع SingularityNET في مارس 2019، حيث يُركز الآن على مختبر البحث والتطوير التكنولوجي Vulpem، الذي أسسه في عام 2015.

إنّ الدكتور ديفيد هانسون المؤسس المشارك الثالث لمنصة SingularityNET. لدى هانسون تاريخ طويل ومتنوع في مجال الروبوتات، حيث عمل مع Disney بين عامي 1998 و 2001 قبل أن يؤسس العديد من شركات الروبوتات الناشئة — بما في ذلك Human Emulation Robotics، و Initiative for Awakening Machines و Hanson Robotics على مدى العقدين الماضيين.

### ما الذي يُميز SingularityNET؟

إنّ SingularityNET المنصة الأولى التي تسهل على المطورين بيع أدواتهم ومكتباتهم للذكاء الاصطناعي وتمكن المشترين من اختبار أي خدمة ذكاء اصطناعي متوفرة في السوق لمعرفة ما إذا كانت تلبي احتياجاتهم قبل إجراء الدفع.

ليس ذلك فحسب، بل يمكن لمن يحتاجون إلى خدمات معينة للذكاء الاصطناعي الاستفادة من مجتمع SingularityNET الواسع من المتخصصين في الذكاء الاصطناعي من خلال بوابة Request for AI (RFAI) — والتي تتيح للعملاء إمكانية تشغيل أداة جديدة للذكاء الاصطناعي بسهولة، بينما يمكن للمطورين ربح رموز AGIX عن طريق ملء هذه الطلبات.

تطورت خدمة رمز AGIX مع تطور نظام SingularityNET البيئي. في أكتوبر 2020، أطلقت SingularityNET ميزة اقتراح تحسين SingularityNET (SNEP) الخاصة بها، والتي تُمكن حاملي رمز AGIX من التصويت على التغييرات التي تطرأ على عمليات الشبكة. بينما في مارس 2020، تمت إضافة ميزة التحصيص، لتمكين المستخدمين من مشاركة الرموز الخاصة بهم

بالتعاون مع Hanson Robotics، أطلقت SingularityNET مؤخرًا مشروعًا مشتركًا يُعرف باسم Awakening Health، والذي يطور المنتجات التي تستفيد من الذكاء الاصطناعي لأغراض الرعاية الصحية. حيث كان أول منتج لها هو Grace، عبارة عن مساعد بشري لمجال الرعاية الصحية.

#### صفحات ذات صلة:

ألقِ نظرة على [Rarible (RARI)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/rarible/) — سوق لامركزي للرموز غير القابلة للاستبدال.

ألقِ نظرة على [Uniswap (UNI)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/uniswap/) — رمز الحوكمة لمنصة التداول اللامركزية Uniswap.

تعلّم المزيد حول [منصات التداول اللامركزية (DEXs)](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-decentralized-exchanges-dex) مع منصة Alexandria الخاصة بموقع CoinMarketCap.

تعرف على [مدونة موقع CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/categories/blog) — مصدرك للرؤى وآخر التحديثات والإعلانات في عالم العملات المشفرة.

### كم عدد عملات SingularityNET (AGIX) المُتداولة؟

اعتبارًا من فبراير 2021، تم تداول ما مجموعه 861.5 مليون من رموز AGIX، والتي تُمثل 86% من إجمالي المعروض. وعليه، يُمكن اعتبار رمز AGIX مُخفف بشكل كبير.

تم بيع نصف (أي 50%) من إجمالي المعروض من رمز AGIX خلال العرض الأولي للعملة لعام 2017 الخاص بمنصة SingularityNET. كما تم حجز 20% لحوافز الشركاء والمطورين الأوائل، و 18% لأعضاء الفريق الأساسي (المستحق بالكامل الآن)، و 8% لمؤسسة SingularityNET لتطوير النظام الأساسي على المدى البعيد، في حين تم حجز 4% المتبقية للمكافآت الأمنية.

### كيف يتم تأمين شبكة SingularityNET؟

إنّ رمز AGIX عبارة عن رمز [ERC-20](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/erc-20).

الأمر الذي يعني أنه مدعوم بخوارزمية [إجماع](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/consensus) إثبات العمل ([PoW](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/proof-of-work-vs-proof-of-stake)) الخاصة بـ Ethereum وشبكة تم اختبارها بشكل حقيقي، تتكون عشرات الآلاف من العُقد والمُعدنين. لم تتعرض شبكة Ethereum [للهجوم](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/51-attack) مطلقًا إلى الآن، حيث تُعتبر واحدة من أكثر الشبكات العاملة أمانًا حاليًا.

لمّح الفريق الذي يقف وراء SingularityNET إلى أنّ الأخير قد ينتقل إلى سلسلة كتل أخرى في المستقبل، كما [أعلن](https://blog.singularitynet.io/singularitynet-collaborates-with-iohk-to-explore-cardano-agi-synergies-8bd1570ffab2) مؤخرًا أنه يستكشف إمكانية الإطلاق على سلسلة كتل [Cardano](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/cardano/) المحمية بإثبات الحصة المفوض ([dPoS](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/delegated-proof-of-stake-dpos)).

### أين يُمكنك شراء SingularityNET (AGIX)؟

إنّ رمز AGIX متوفر للتداول على العديد من منصات التداول البارزة، بما في ذلك [Binance](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/binance/) و KuCoin و HitBTC. كما أنّه متاح أيضًا على اثنتين من أشهر منصات التداول اللامركزية ([DEXs](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-exchange-dex)) — [Uniswap](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/exchanges/uniswap-v2/) و Balancer. وحاليًا، إنّ أزواج التداول الوحيدة المتاحة لرمز AGIX هي AGIX/BTC و AGIX/ETH و AGIX/WETH.

لا يمكن حاليًا شراء رمز AGIX مباشرةً باستخدام بطاقة الائتمان أو الخصم الخاصة بك من أي من منصات التداول التي سبق ذكرها، ولكن قد تتمكن من شراء [Bitcoin (BTC)](https://coinmarketcap.com/ar/currencies/bitcoin/) أولاً، من ثم استبدالها برمز AGIX. إليك [كيفية](https://coinmarketcap.com/how-to-buy-bitcoin/) القيام بذلك.

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Blockchain and AI: What’s Behind the Hype

Binance

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Trust Wallet

MetaMask

Daedalus

Lace

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Shiba Inu

Chainlink

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UNUS SED LEO

DeXe

MANTRA

Lido DAO

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Wormhole

Livepeer

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Lybra Finance

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Founded in 2017 and launched via IEO on Binance in March 2019, Fetch.AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) lab building an open, permissionless, decentralized machine learning network with a crypto economy. Fetch.ai democratizes access to AI technology with a permissionless network upon which anyone can connect and access secure datasets by using autonomous AI to execute tasks that leverage its global network of data. The Fetch.AI model is rooted in  use cases like optimizing DeFi trading services, transportation networks (parking, micromobility), smart energy grids, travel — essentially any complex digital system that relies on large-scale datasets.

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Ocean Protocol

RenderToken (RNDR) is a distributed GPU rendering network built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, aiming to connect artists and studios in need of GPU compute power with mining partners willing to rent their GPU capabilities out. Conceived in 2009 by OTOY, inc. CEO Jules Urbach and launched in 2017, RNDR held its first public token sale in October of that same year, followed by a private sale period lasting from January 2018 – May 2018, wherein a total of 117,843,239 RNDR were sold at a price of 1 RNDR = $0.25 USD equivalent of token.
During the private sale period, early adopters were onboarded onto the RNDR Beta Testnet, where beta node operators and artists worked collaboratively with the RNDR team in building and testing the network, up until its public launch on April 27th 2020.

Render

The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying data for networks like Ethereum and IPFS, powering many applications in both DeFi and the broader Web3 ecosystem. Anyone can build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, that applications can query using GraphQL to retrieve blockchain data. There is a hosted service in production that makes it easy for developers to get started building on The Graph and the decentralized network will be launching later this year. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, IPFS and POA, with more networks coming soon.

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

To date, over3,000 subgraphs have been deployed by thousands of developers, for DApps like Uniswap, Synthetix, Aragon, AAVE, Gnosis, Balancer, Livepeer, DAOstack, Decentraland and many others. The Graph usage has been growing at over 50% MoM and hit over 7 billion queries during the month of September 2020.

The Graph has a global community, including over 200 Indexer Nodes in the testnet and more than 2,000 Curators in the Curator Program as of October 2020. To fund network development, The Graph raised funds from community members, strategic VCs and influential individuals in the blockchain community including Coinbase Ventures, DCG, Framework, ParaFi Capital, CoinFund, DTC, Multicoin, Reciprocal Ventures, SPC, Tally Capital and others. The Graph Foundation also successfully completed a public GRT Sale with participation from 99 countries (not including the U.S.). To date as of November 2020, The Graph has raised ~$25M.

The Graph

Immutable positions itself as the first layer-two scaling solution for NFTs on Ethereum. According to Immutable, its blockchain does away with Ethereum’s limitations like low scalability, a poor user experience, illiquidity, and a slow developer experience. Instead, users benefit from instant trading and massive scalability while enjoying zero gas fees for minting and trading NFTs without compromising user or asset security.

Thanks to this technology, users will be able to create and distribute assets like ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens on a massive scale. Chris Clay, the game Director of Gods Unchained, a project already building on Immutable, stated that Immutable allows Gods Unchained to implement a new meta-system that was previously impossible. In this fashion, Immutable aims to create a world-class experience for users and developers alike.

Immutable

Injective is a blockchain built for finance. It is an open, interoperable layer-one blockchain powering next-generation DeFi applications, including decentralized spot and derivatives exchanges, prediction markets, lending protocols and more.

Injective uniquely provides powerful core financial infrastructure primitives that applications can leverage, including a fully decentralized MEV-resistant on-chain orderbook. In addition, all forms of financial markets such as spot, perpetual, futures and options are fully on-chain. The decentralized cross-chain bridging infrastructure is compatible with Ethereum, IBC-enabled blockchains, and non EVM chains such as Solana.

Injective also provides a next-generation, highly interoperable smart contract platform based on CosmWasm, with advanced interchain capabilities. Injective is custom built with the Cosmos SDK and utilizes Tendermint-based Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, providing instant transaction finality with the ability to sustain lightning-fast performance (10,000+ TPS).

The Injective ecosystem includes 100+ projects and over 150,000 community members globally. Injective is backed by a group of prominent investors such as Binance, Pantera Capital, Jump Crypto and Mark Cuban.

Injective’s core exchange module provides state-of-the-art capabilities including an advanced on-chain order book and matching engine for spot, perpetual, futures and options markets, resistance to Miner-Extractable Value (MEV) through frequent batch auction order matching, and zero gas fees for users.

Injective natively uses IBC and is highly-interoperable with multiple layer 1s, including, but not limited to, Polygon and Solana (through an upcoming Wormhole integration). It is also uniquely built to be interoperable with Ethereum, through its own decentralized ERC-20 token bridge, making Injective the first network within the Cosmos ecosystem to natively support Ethereum assets.

Smart contracts are implemented on Injective through CosmWasm, allowing for multi-chain smart contract transactions to occur seamlessly. Injective, however, is the only blockchain that enables automatic smart contract execution. This capability serves as a powerful building block for developers to create novel use cases that would not be possible on any other chain.

The use cases intended for INJ include but are not limited to: protocol governance, dApp value capture, Proof-of-Stake (PoS) security, developer incentives and staking. Further details regarding each of these use cases can be found below:

Protocol Governance: The INJ token governs every single component of Injective, including chain upgrades. Since its mainnet launch, the Injective community has actively contributed to governance, with all proposals passing through a DAO governance vote. The comprehensive governance page is available here.

Protocol Fee Value Capture: 60% of all fees generated from dApps enter an on-chain buy-back-and-burn auction to maintain the deflationary nature of INJ. The burn auction page is available here.

Tendermint-based Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Security: INJ is used to secure the Injective blockchain using a proof-of-stake mechanism. Validators and delegators can both participate in staking.

Developer Incentives: 40% of fees generated by users on dApps built on Injective go directly towards incentivizing new developers building on Injective which brings an ever growing funnel of builders to Injective.

Injective

Gala is a web3 ecosystem powered by a layer-1 blockchain (GalaChain) built to power the Gala entertainment ecosystem that originally included Gala Games, Gala Music and Gala Film. More recently however, GalaChain has opened its doors to external developers and projects from any applicable industry, providing open source developer resources to simplify the process.

On a mission to empower users and creators across multiple industries throughout the world, Gala’s goal is to become the first billion user blockchain in the world. Innovators can extend the benefits of web3 to their users and communities more easily than ever before by leveraging open source tools like the GalaChain SDK and Creator Portal.

By elevating their ideas to web3 through GalaChain, developers can create custom tokens, smart contracts, reward opportunities and node networks for their communities and projects. Assets built on GalaChain can also be bridged to other blockchains, such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and more. Developers who wish to learn more about getting involved with GalaChain are welcome to reach out via GalaChain.com.

The core of GalaChain is powered by its DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) of Founder’s Nodes, whose operators earn daily $GALA rewards for actively providing resources to the ecosystem and enjoy governance voting rights on certain core Gala decisions. In addition to the Founder’s Node network’s foundational workload, individual projects can also create Node networks on GalaChain with more specific workloads.

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Founded in 2017, Chainlink is a blockchain abstraction layer that enables universally connected smart contracts. Through a decentralized oracle network, Chainlink allows blockchains to securely interact with external data feeds, events and payment methods, providing the critical off-chain information needed by complex smart contracts to become the dominant form of digital agreement.

The Chainlink Network is driven by a large open-source community of data providers, node operators, smart contract developers, researchers, security auditors and more. The company focuses on ensuring that decentralized participation is guaranteed for all node operators and users looking to contribute to the network.

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

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.

NEAR Protocol

Arbitrum is an Ethereum layer-two (L2) scaling solution. It uses optimistic rollups to achieve its goal of improving speed, scalability and cost-efficiency on Ethereum. Arbitrum benefits from the security and compatibility of Ethereum. Another benefit is the higher throughput and lower fees compared to Ethereum. That is made possible thanks to moving most of the computation and storage load off-chain.

Arbitrum’s native token is called ARB and is used for governance. Offchain Labs, the developers behind Arbitrum, announced the shift to a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure — the Arbitrum DAO. ARB holders can vote on proposals that affect the features, protocol upgrades, funds allocation and election of a Security Council.

Arbitrum has an ambitious roadmap for 2023, which includes: Launching its own layer-three solution called Orbit; Enabling developers to deploy programs written in popular programming languages like Rust, C++, and more using Stylus; Expanding its validator set to include more independent institutional validators; Moving its protocol to layer two with Arbitrum One.

On March 16, 2023,  Arbitrum announced their highly anticipated airdrop of ARB. The token will be airdropped to early users and DAOs building on Arbitrum, with 12.75% of the total supply to be distributed. Recipients were rewarded on a point-based system depending on their interaction with the Arbitrum network until a cutoff date of March 1, 2023. The token generation event is on March 23, 2023.

Arbitrum

Polygon (previously Matic Network) is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building multiple types of applications.

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

Using Polygon, one can create optimistic rollup chains, ZK rollup chains, stand alone chains or any other kind of infra required by the developer.

Polygon effectively transforms Ethereum into a full-fledged multi-chain system (aka Internet of Blockchains). This multi-chain system is akin to other ones such as Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche etc. with the advantages of Ethereum’s security, vibrant ecosystem and openness.

The $MATIC token will continue to exist and will play an increasingly important role, securing the system and enabling governance.

Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a Layer 2 scaling solution backed by Binance and Coinbase. The project seeks to stimulate mass adoption of cryptocurrencies by resolving the problems of scalability on many blockchains.

Polygon combines the Plasma Framework and the proof-of-stake blockchain architecture. The Plasma framework used by Polygon as proposed by the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, allows for the easy execution of scalable and autonomous smart contracts.

Nothing will change for the existing ecosystem built on the Plasma-POS chain. With Polygon, new features are being built around the existing proven technology to expand the ability to cater to diverse needs from the developer ecosystem. Polygon will continue to develop the core technology so that it can scale to a larger ecosystem.

Polygon boasts of up to 65,000 transactions per second on a single side chain, along with a respectable block confirmation time of less than two seconds. The framework also allows for the creation of globally available decentralized financial applications on a single foundational blockchain.

The Plasma framework gives Polygon the potential of housing an unlimited number of decentralized applications on their infrastructure without experiencing the normal drawbacks common on proof-of-work blockchains. So far, Polygon has attracted more than 50 DApps to its PoS-secured Ethereum sidechain.

MATIC, the native tokens of Polygon, is an ERC-20 token running on the Ethereum blockchain. The tokens are used for payment services on Polygon and as a settlement currency between users who operate within the Polygon ecosystem. The transaction fees on Polygon sidechains are also paid in MATIC tokens.

Polygon

Hedera is the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy that allows individuals and businesses to create powerful decentralized applications (DApps).

It is designed to be a fairer, more efficient system that eliminates some of the limitations that older blockchain-based platforms face — such as slow performance and instability.

It was funded through an initial coin offering (ICO) in August 2018 and first launched open access to its mainnet just over a year later in September 2019. As part of the ICO, investors were able to purchase the platform’s native utility token (HBAR) at the lowest possible pricing.

The HBAR token has a dual role within the Hedera public network.

First and foremost, HBAR the fuel that powers Hedera services, such as smart contracts, file storage and regular transactions. Second, it's used to help secure the network, since HBAR users can stake their tokens to assist with maintaining the integrity of the platform.

Hedera (HBAR) is the native cryptocurrency of Hedera Hashgraph, a platform that is positioned as an alternative to traditional blockchain technology and aims to excel in speed, efficiency and security.

Older blockchains tend to use a consensus mechanism like proof-of-work (PoW) to validate transactions, while younger blockchains opted for proof-of-stake (PoS). The Hedera Hashgraph system has a structure that was created from scratch particularly for the project. Hedera is based on a PoS model that is believed to increase the efficiency of transaction verification in the network, provide a high level of security, and protect the network from hacker attacks. Its ecosystem has the underlying hashgraph consensus algorithm and the global enterprise governing body.

Hedera Hashgraph is a distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to the project website, Hedera differs from other blockchains because it uses a new consensus algorithm called hashgraph. It intends to process and execute transactions faster, eliminate delays, and smooth out the TPS (transactions per second) indicator. Hashgraph is claimed to be an upgrade in transaction speed, cost, and scalability.

Core network services by Hedera:

Consensus Service (HCS). With HCS, clients send messages to the network to negotiate consensus timestamping and order. In this case, the state is stored offline, and users can define privacy and access control.

Hedera Token Service (HTS). Thanks to HTS, token creation and management are available to customers. It supports built-in tokenization.

The goal of Hedera’s hashgraph is to increase the speed of transactions. Moreover, the network is also focused on high-volume operations: micropayments, data integrity and tokenization.

Like the EVM, the Hedera network maintains a virtual machine that writes smart contracts in the Solidity programming language. On top of that, Hedera offers a set of built-in KYC and AML checks.

From a technical point of view, Hedera is a form of distributed ledger technology. It is a hashgraph, or consensus algorithm, where users agree on the order in which transactions should be performed. However, Hedera is not exactly a blockchain. It has its own distinctiveness and works differently. With hashgraph, all transaction branches are merged, no block equivalent is thrown away, and each is used to reach consensus.

One of the most noticeable features of the network is the Gossip-about-Gossip protocol. According to Dr. Leemon Baird, Hedera's inventor, within the system nodes randomly transmit data about themselves to other nodes via hashgraph using the Gossip protocol. Soon, all nodes in a cluster become familiar with each other. Then a certain data structure is formed. It consists of a payload of transactions, a timestamp, a digital signature, and hashes to the previous structures.

HBAR is Hedera's native token that powers applications on the Hedera network. HBAR is utilized to pay for network services, transaction fees, in-app payments and micropayments. Developers can pay network fees with HBAR tokens, namely: work with smart contracts, file storage and currency exchange. HBAR is used to incentivize and pay network nodes.

Hedera Hashgraph has a decentralized governance system that is set apart. All critical decisions about pricing policy, software updates, and wealth management are made by the Governing Council.

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Optimism (OP) is a layer-two blockchain on top of Ethereum. Optimism benefits from the security of the Ethereum mainnet and helps scale the Ethereum ecosystem by using optimistic rollups. That means transactions are trustlessly recorded on Optimism but ultimately secured on Ethereum.

Optimism is one of the biggest scaling solutions for Ethereum with over $500 million in TVL. It is home to 97 protocols, the biggest being Synthetix (SNX), a derivatives exchange, Uniswap (UNI), a DEX, and Velodrome (VELO), an AMM. Users can begin their journey on Optimism by adding the chain on their Metamask and bridging tokens like ETH to the L2. On May 31, 2022, Optimism conducted a highly anticipated airdrop of its OP token.

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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.

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Avalanche is a layer one blockchain that functions as a platform for decentralized applications and custom blockchain networks. It is one of Ethereum’s rivals, aiming to unseat Ethereum as the most popular blockchain for smart contracts. It aims to do so by having a higher transaction output of up to 6,500 transactions per second while not compromising scalability.

This is made possible by Avalanche’s unique architecture. The Avalanche network consists of three individual blockchains: the X-Chain, C-Chain and P-Chain. Each chain has a distinct purpose, which is radically different from the approach Bitcoin and Ethereum use, namely having all nodes validate all transactions. Avalanche blockchains even use different consensus mechanisms based on their use cases.

After its mainnet launch in 2020, Avalanche has worked on developing its own ecosystem of DApps and DeFi. Different Ethereum-based projects such as SushiSwap and TrueUSD have integrated with Avalanche. Furthermore, the platform is constantly working on improving interoperability between its own ecosystem and Ethereum, like through the development of bridges.

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Quant launched in June 2018 with the goal of connecting blockchains and networks on a global scale, without reducing the efficiency and interoperability of the network. It is the first project to solve the interoperability problem through the creation of the first blockchain operating system.

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

The project is built as an operating system distributed ledger technology— and Overledger Network — for connecting different blockchain networks. The project is billed as the first OS to be built for blockchains.

The main aim of Quant — using Overledger — is to bridge the gap that exists between different blockchains. The backbone of the project is the Overledger network, which Quant bills as the ecosystem on which the future digital economy ecosystem will be built.

Overledger allows developers to build decentralized multi-chain applications (known as MApps) for their customers. For developers to build a Mapp on the network, they must hold a certain amount of Quant tokens (QNT).

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Sui is a groundbreaking layer-1 blockchain platform designed to support the needs of global adoption by offering a secure, powerful, and scalable development platform. At its core, Sui leverages a novel object-centric data model and the secure Move programming language to address inefficiencies prevalent in existing blockchain architectures.

On top of strong technical foundations, Sui prioritizes user experience by eliminating barriers commonly associated with blockchain interactions. Through innovations like zkLogin, sponsored transactions, and programmable transaction blocks, Sui creates a higher standard for user experience within Web3 by ensuring applications are accessible and user-friendly.

Kaspa is a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency which implements the GHOSTDAG protocol. Unlike traditional blockchains, GHOSTDAG does not orphan blocks created in parallel, rather allows them to coexist and orders them in consensus. The Kaspa blockchain is actually a blockDAG. This generalization of Nakamoto consensus allows for secure operation while maintaining very high block rates (currently one block per second, aiming for 10/sec, dreaming of 100/sec) and minuscule confirmation times dominated by internet latency.

The Kaspa implementation includes a lot of cool features such as Reachability to query the DAG's topology, Block data pruning (with near-future plans for block header pruning), SPV proofs, and later subnetwork support which will make future implementation of layer 2 solutions much easier.