## बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन (BAT) क्या है?
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन, या BAT, एक टोकन है जो एक नए ब्लॉकचैन-आधारित डिजिटल विज्ञापन प्लेटफॉर्म को सशक्त बनाता है, जो उपयोगकर्ताओं को उनके ध्यान के लिए उचित रूप से पुरस्कृत करने के लिए डिज़ाइन किया गया है, जबकि विज्ञापनदाताओं को उनके विज्ञापन खर्च पर बेहतर रिटर्न प्रदान करता है।
 
 यह अनुभव ब्रेव ब्राउज़र के माध्यम से दिया जाता है, जहां उपयोगकर्ता गोपनीयता-संरक्षण वाले विज्ञापन देख सकते हैं और ऐसा करके वे बैट पुरस्कार प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। दूसरी ओर, विज्ञापनदाता अधिकतम जुड़ाव और विज्ञापन धोखाधड़ी और दुरुपयोग के कारण होने वाले नुकसान को कम करने के लिए लक्षित विज्ञापन वितरित कर सकते हैं।
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन स्वयं इस विज्ञापन पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र में इनाम की इकाई है, और विज्ञापनदाताओं, प्रकाशकों और उपयोगकर्ताओं के बीच आदान-प्रदान किया जाता है। विज्ञापनदाता अपने विज्ञापन अभियानों के लिए BAT टोकन में भुगतान करते हैं। इस बजट में से, एक छोटा सा हिस्सा विज्ञापनदाताओं को वितरित किया जाता है, जबकि 70% उपयोगकर्ताओं को वितरित किया जाता है - जबकि बिचौलिए जो आमतौर पर विज्ञापन लागत बढ़ाते हैं, लागत-दक्षता में सुधार के लिए समीकरण से बाहर हो जाते हैं।
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन 2017 में लॉन्च किया गया, जो अब तक के सबसे तेजी से बिकने वाले प्रारंभिक सिक्का पेशकश ([ICO](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/initial-coin-offering-ico)) में से एक है, जिसमें प्लेटफॉर्म ने एक मिनट के भीतर कुल $ 35 मिलियन जुटाए हैं। तब से, इसने अपने ब्रेव पुरस्कार कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से अधिकांश देशों के उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए अपना ध्यान-आधारित विज्ञापन अनुभव शुरू किया है।
 
 नवंबर 2020 तक, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका, यूनाइटेड किंगडम और कनाडा में सबसे सक्रिय विज्ञापन अभियान थे।
 
 ### बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन के संस्थापक कौन हैं?
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन के दो संस्थापक हैं: ब्रेंडन ईच और ब्रायन बॉन्डी - इंटरनेट ब्राउज़िंग सॉफ्टवेयर उद्योग में दो अत्यधिक प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्ति।
 
 ब्रेंडन ईच ब्रेव सॉफ्टवेयर, इंक के सीईओ हैं - ब्रेव ब्राउजर और बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन के पीछे की मूल फर्म। ब्रेव में अपनी भूमिका से पहले, ईच मोज़िला के संस्थापक और सीटीओ थे और उन्होंने 1995 में जावास्क्रिप्ट का आविष्कार भी किया था। उन्होंने 2004 में दुनिया के सबसे लोकप्रिय वेब ब्राउज़रों में से एक - मोज़िला फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स को लॉन्च करने में भी मदद की।
 
 इसी तरह, ब्रायन बॉन्डी ब्रेव्स और बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन के सीटीओ के रूप में शामिल होते हैं। बॉन्डी एक भारी अनुभवी इंजीनियर है, जिनको मोज़िला में एक वरिष्ठ सॉफ्टवेयर इंजीनियर, कोरल कॉर्पोरेशन में सॉफ्टवेयर डेवलपर और खान अकादमी में सॉफ्टवेयर डेवलपमेंट लीड के रूप में काम करने का पिछला अनुभव है। Eich और Bondy को साथ में 50+ साल का सॉफ्टवेयर डेवलपमेंट का अनुभव है।
 
 कुल मिलाकर, बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन वेबसाइट 16 टीम के सदस्यों को सूचीबद्ध करती है, जिनमें से कई के पास विकास, इंजीनियरिंग या अनुसंधान की पृष्ठभूमि है।
 
 ### क्या बनता है Basic Attention Token को सबसे अलग?
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन के लिए प्राथमिक उपयोग मामला ब्रेव विज्ञापनों के माध्यम से विज्ञापन अभियान चलाने के लिए भुगतान टोकन के रूप में है। नवंबर 2020 तक, विज्ञापनदाताओं को अपना अभियान शुरू करने में सक्षम होने के लिए प्रति माह $2,500 के न्यूनतम विज्ञापन खर्च के लिए प्रतिबद्ध होना पड़ता है, लेकिन संभावित रूप से कम सीमा वाला एक स्वयं-सेवा मंच वर्तमान में पाइपलाइन में है।
 
 वर्तमान में, इस विज्ञापन बजट का भुगतान पूरी तरह से बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन में किया जाता है, जिसे विज्ञापनदाता विभिन्न तृतीय-पक्ष एक्सचेंज प्लेटफॉर्म से प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। इसमें से Brave एक छोटा सा कमीशन लेता है, और बाकी प्रकाशकों और उपयोगकर्ताओं को वितरित कर दिया जाता है।
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन और ब्रेव ब्राउजर इकोसिस्टम के बारे में मुख्य विशिष्ट विशेषताओं में से एक उन उपयोगकर्ताओं को इनाम (टिप) देने की क्षमता है जो अभी तक नेटवर्क का हिस्सा नहीं हैं - इसमें वेबसाइट और व्यक्तिगत ट्विटर उपयोगकर्ता दोनों शामिल हैं। ये उपयोगकर्ता तब सुरक्षित रूप से प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पर पंजीकरण कर सकते हैं ताकि वे अपने द्वारा जमा की गई कोई भी टिप एकत्र कर सकें।
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन और ब्रेव ब्राउजर दोनों ने अपने लॉन्च के बाद से महत्वपूर्ण उपयोगकर्ता हासिल कर लिए है। अक्टूबर 2020 तक, ब्रेव ब्राउज़र में कुल 20.5 मिलियन सक्रिय मासिक उपयोगकर्ता हैं, जबकि बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन अब कुल 368,000 से अधिक अद्वितीय वॉलेट के पास है।
 
 #### संबन्धित पेज:
 
 [Decentr (DEC) देखें](https://coinmarketcap.com/hi/currencies/decentr/) - एक ब्लॉकचेन-संचालित वेब ब्राउज़र और वेब 3.0 पोर्टल।
 
 [AdEx नेटवर्क (ADX) का](https://coinmarketcap.com/hi/currencies/adx-net/) देखें- ब्लॉकचेन-संचालित विज्ञापन प्लेटफॉर्म।
 
 [CoinMarketCap अलेक्जेंड्रिया से मिलें](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/) - क्रिप्टो ज्ञान का संग्रह।
 
 [CoinMarketCap ब्लॉग के](https://blog.coinmarketcap.com/) साथ सबसे बड़े समाचार, विश्लेषण और अपडेट के साथ बाज़ार में आगे बढ़ें।
 
 ### कितने Basic Attention Token (BAT) कॉइन प्रचलन में हैं?
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन में अधिकतम 1.5 बिलियन [टोकन](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/a-deep-dive-into-tokenization) की आपूर्ति है। नए टोकन स्मार्ट अनुबंध पर स्विच किए बिना इसे बढ़ाया नहीं जा सकता है।
 
 यह आपूर्ति लगभग सभी वर्तमान प्रचलन में है। नतीजतन, बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन को लगभग पूरी तरह से डायलूटेड माना जा सकता है।
 
 इसके 2017 ICO में, कुल 1 बिलियन BAT टोकन निवेशकों को बेचे गए, जबकि शेष 200 मिलियन टोकन एक विकास पूल में बंद थे, और 300 मिलियन BAT उपयोगकर्ता विकास पूल (UGP) के लिए आरक्षित थे। नवंबर 2020 तक, विकास पूल और UGP पूल दोनों एड्रेस लगभग खाली हैं।
 
 ### बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन नेटवर्क कैसे सुरक्षित है?
 
 बेसिक नेटवर्क टोकन (BAT) एक [ERC-20 टोकन है](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/erc-20)। जैसे, यह ईथीरियम[ब्लॉकचेन](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/blockchain) पर बनाया गया है। किसी भी ERC-20 टोकन की तरह, BAT [एक व्यापक ईथीरियम माइनर नेटवर्क द्वारा समर्थित एक कठोर परीक्षण किए गए प्रूफ-ऑफ-वर्क](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/proof-of-work-vs-proof-of-stake) (POW) सर्वसम्मति एल्गोरिथ्म द्वारा सुरक्षित है।
 
 यह [सर्वसम्मति](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/consensus) एल्गोरिथ्म सुनिश्चित करता है कि केवल वैध लेनदेन की पुष्टि की जाती है, जबकि ईथीरियम खनन नेटवर्क का संयुक्त कार्य सुनिश्चित करता है कि पुष्टि के बाद बैट लेनदेन अनिवार्य रूप से अपरिवर्तनीय हैं।
 
 ### आप बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन (BAT) कहां से खरीद सकते हैं?
 
 बेसिक अटेंशन टोकन को वर्तमान में अधिकांश लोकप्रिय क्रिप्टोकरेंसी एक्सचेंज प्लेटफॉर्म पर कारोबार किया जा सकता है, और वर्तमान में इसमें उत्कृष्ट तरलता है। [Binance](https://coinmarketcap.com/hi/exchanges/binance/), Coinbase Pro और [Huobi Global](https://coinmarketcap.com/hi/exchanges/huobi-global/) BAT ट्रेडों के लिए सबसे प्रतिष्ठित एक्सचेंजों में गिने जाते हैं।
 
 कई क्रिप्टोकरेंसी की तरह, BAT को विभिन्न प्रकार के दलालों पर सीधे फ़िएट [का उपयोग करके खरीदा](https://coinmarketcap.com/how-to-buy-bitcoin/) [जा सकता है या क्रैकेन](https://coinmarketcap.com/hi/exchanges/kraken/) और बिथंब जैसे प्लेटफार्मों पर फ़िएट के खिलाफ कारोबार किया जा सकता है।
 
 यहां कुछ अन्य लेख दिए गए हैं, जिनमें आपकी रुचि हो सकती है:
 
 * [Crypto Faucet क्या है?](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-a-crypto-faucet)
 * [क्रिप्टो डेबिट कार्ड क्या हैं?](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-are-crypto-debit-cards)
 * [वेब 3.0 क्या है?](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-web-3-0)
 * [यील्ड फार्मिंग(Yield Farming) क्या है?](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-yield-farming)
 * [क्रिप्टो ऋण(Crypto Lending) क्या है?](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-crypto-lending)

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Enjin Coin was first announced in July 2017, and it launched on the Ethereum mainnet in June 2018.

Enjin Coin (ENJ) is a digital store of value used to back the value of blockchain assets like non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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Infuses them with a reserve value

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Anti-inflationary

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Enjin’s co-founder Witek Radomski wrote the code for one of the first ever non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is also the co-author of the ERC-1155 Ethereum token standard.

Built on top of an on-chain infrastructure, the Enjin ecosystem enables game developers and businesses of all sizes to use tokenized digital assets as part of their acquisition, retention, engagement, and monetization strategies. The Enjin ecosystem is fueled by Enjin Coin (ENJ), a cryptocurrency used to back the value of blockchain assets.

Enjin Coin

Tezos is a high-performing blockchain and open-source platform for assets and applications, with a strong focus on code security, on-chain governance, and decentralization. Tezos 2.0, the upcoming step in the evolution of Tezos, aims to improve scalability (via layer 2s), composability, and to implement support to mainstream programming languages (like Javascript, Typescript, Python, and many others).

Initially built with formal verification in mind, the Tezos protocol enables builders to avoid bugs when developing smart contracts, making it particularly suited to applications that require a high degree of security and certainty.

Tezos’ LPoS (Liquid Proof-of-Stake) consensus mechanism enables any stakeholder to take part, directly or by delegation, in the consensus process, and to be rewarded for securing the network. Rather uniquely, Tezos’ on-chain governance system also enables stakeholders to create and vote on protocol upgrade proposals. This pioneering system allows the protocol to self-amend and upgrade itself without leading to a split (or fork) in the blockchain, empowering the community without slowing down innovation.

First proposed in 2014 and launched in 2018, the Tezos Mainnet has a proven track record of running uninterrupted ever since, having earned a strong reputation for technical excellence and a supportive community.

Tezos

Chiliz is the leading digital currency for sports and entertainment by the eponymous Malta-based FinTech provider. It operates the blockchain-based sports entertainment platform Socios, which enables users to participate in the governance of their favorite sports brands. Multiple fan tokens by Socios.com are an example of that. For sports clubs and associations, fan tokens offer a way of connecting with their fans and unlocking new revenue streams.

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In this virtual world, users purchase plots of land that they can later navigate, build upon and monetize.

Decentraland was launched following a $24 million initial coin offering (ICO) that was conducted in 2017. The virtual world launched its closed beta in 2019 and opened to the public in February 2020. Since then, users have created a wide range of experiences on their parcels of LAND, including interactive games, sprawling 3D scenes and a variety of other interactive experiences.

Decentraland uses two tokens: MANA and LAND. MANA is an ERC-20 token that must be burned to acquire non-fungible ERC-721 LAND tokens. MANA tokens can also be used to pay for a range of avatars, wearables, names, and more on the Decentraland marketplace.

Decentraland (MANA) is a decentralized virtual world platform with software based on the Ethereum blockchain, where users create, test and monetize content. In short: users buy virtual plots of land as NFTs with MANA tokens on the Decentraland platform. Progress in the game depends only on players themselves, their efforts and their imagination.

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Two types of tokens called MANA and LAND govern operations in Decentraland. They also allow users to interact with the platform.

MANA is the official currency of Decentraland. It’s an ERC-20 standard token that powers the Decentraland platform. With MANA, users can purchase plots of LAND, as well as pay for in-game items and services.

MANA gives its holders the right to vote in Decentraland DAO. MANA can be purchased on a cryptocurrency exchange or by selling collectibles on Decentraland Marketplace. The owner of tokens converts them to wrapped MANA, or wMANA, and then commits them to the DAO. One wMANA equals one vote. MANA can be exchanged for fiat currency and other digital assets.

As for LAND, it’s a non-fungible token (NFT) based on Ethereum (ETH). It is used to track ownership of land parcels aka digital real estate. Like MANA, LAND is part of the protocol and confers voting rights, but LAND does not need to be fixed in the DAO. One LAND is equal to two thousand votes.

Players choose what to do with their land. Owners store tokens in crypto wallets and buy necessities with MANA tokens on the Decentraland Marketplace. Moreover, on the marketplace, participants can manage or exchange LAND tokens (priced in MANA). Holders use the marketplace to transact or transfer in-game items. All transactions are conducted, regulated and registered via the Ethereum blockchain.

Decentraland combines an online gaming space and blockchain technology. All control over the rules is given to the players, and token holders vote on in-game and organizational policies. The original goal was to form a decentralized virtual reality, but in practice, Decentraland has turned into a massive NFT market.

A special role in Decentraland is assigned to NFTs, such as collectibles, virtual equipment and real estate (LAND). However, for new players who want to join the universe and seize NFTs, the entry barrier will be high.

The Decentraland protocol is built on three levels using Ethereum smart contracts. On the consensus layer, the ownership of LAND is tracked and managed. The land content layer displays the content of the Decentraland virtual world. Finally, on the real-time layer, participants interact with each other.

The platform was co-founded by two blockchain experts, Ari Meilich and Esteban Ordano, in 2015. Officially it was launched a year later and became available only in February 2020, gradually turning from a 2D experiment into a full-fledged 3D world.

To sum up, Decentraland is a decentralized game and a 3D virtual reality platform where players own lands and create limitlessly. Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) software is at the core, and governance is in the hands of the community. Through the native token MANA, players participate in any proposals for managing and improving the ecosystem, the auction system, and the in-game policy.

Decentraland

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

Algorand is a self-sustaining, decentralized, blockchain-based network that supports a wide range of applications. These systems are secure, scalable and efficient, all critical properties for effective applications in the real world. Algorand will support computations that require reliable performance guarantees to create new forms of trust.

The Algorand mainnet became live in June 2019, and was able to handle almost 1 million transactions per day as of December 2020. Algorand transaction metrics can be viewed here. Algorand initial coin offering (ICO) was held in June 2019, with the Algorand price of $0.24 per token.

Algorand

Stellar (XLM) is a peer-to-peer (P2P) decentralized network created in 2014 by The Stellar Development Foundation or Stellar.org. The network officially launched in 2015 with the purpose of connecting the world's financial systems and ensuring a protocol for payment providers and financial institutions. The platform is designed to move financial resources swiftly and reliably at minimal cost. Stellar links people, banks, payment processors and allows users to create, send and trade multiple types of crypto.

The basis of the network is its native digital currency - XLM or Lumens. XLM acts as an intermediate currency for operations and is also used to pay transaction fees. How it works: the protocol converts money in a few seconds, first into XLM, and then into the requested currency.

The Stellar payment protocol is based on distributed ledger technology -- an open-source development, community-owned and distributed by community. The crypto asset of the Stellar platform helps with cross-border transactions, overcoming the problems of high fees and slow procedures. XLM is more focused on assisting individuals transfer money than they are with institutions. Thus, Stellar offers access to financial systems, and people can send money at low cost and promptly around the world.

Moreover, Stellar serves as a decentralized exchange and marketplace, with a built-in order book that tracks ownership of Stellar assets. Platform users can manage buy/sell orders, as well as select and set their preferred assets in settlements. XLM is a built-in coin that helps reduce transaction fees.

The network maintains a high level of security.  XLM holders must have at least one token in order to remain active on the network. This nuance performs a global goal - the execution of network transactions efficiently and with minimal time costs. Plus, Lumens offers protection against flood attacks by making microtransactions too expensive for hackers with no chance of profit, which keeps Stellar Network safe from serious threats.

The target audience of Stellar is the inhabitants of developing countries, ordinary users who are provided access to the global economy through fast, simple and inexpensive transactions. Stellar Network makes extensive use of Lumens to produce live convection as well as to send cash in multiple currencies; currency is sent from one peer, and the recipient can receive the amount in another currency. This feature is beneficial when a transaction is made between currencies without widely traded pairs.

Support for multi-currency transactions is another competitive advantage of Stellar, and the ability for cross-currency transactions has only enhanced processes with foreign operations. Moreover, stable speed and low transaction costs are a privilege that users receive.

This functionality is powered by a development called Anchors (a bridge between different currencies and the network), which simplifies the exchange within the network and helps speed up the whole process.

In summary, the benefits of Stellar (XLM) include:

Stellar

LRC is the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency token of Loopring, an open protocol designed for the building of decentralized crypto exchanges.

In 2020, the average daily trading volume of the entire cryptocurrency market fluctuated in the approximate range of $50-$200 million. Most of that trading is conducted on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges — online platforms operated by private companies that store users’ funds and facilitate the matching of buy and sell orders.

Such platforms have a number of downsides common to all of them, so a new type of exchange — decentralized— has emerged to try to alleviate these disadvantages. However, fully decentralized exchanges are not without their own flaws.

Loopring’s purported goal is to combine centralized order matching with decentralized on-blockchain order settlement into a hybridized product that will take the best aspects of both centralized and decentralized exchanges.

LRC tokens became available to the public during an initial coin offering (ICO) in August 2017, while the Loopring protocol was first deployed on Ethereum mainnet in December 2019.

Loopring

0x is an infrastructure protocol that allows users to easily trade ERC20 tokens and other assets on the many different blockchains (including Ethereum) without relying on centralized intermediaries. It is a protocol for decentralized exchange.

0x achieves this decentralized exchange functionality using a collection of open-source, publicly auditable smart contracts that work together to produce a flexible, low-friction trading protocol that developers can easily weave into their products.

The protocol is used by companies building web3 apps such as wallets, DEXes, portfolio trackes, and others. It is a used by hundreds of developers for their projects. The protocol has facilitates over $200B in trading volume since its inception. One can track its usage in its dedicated https://explorer.0x.org/.

The protocol is powered by an ERC20 governance token known as ZRX. ZRX holders can participate in protocol governance, having direct power over protocol changes and its community treasury.

0x Protocol

The EOS Network is an open-source blockchain platform that prioritizes high performance, flexibility, security, and developer experience. As a third-generation blockchain platform powered by the EOS virtual machine, EOS has an extensible WebAssembly engine for deterministic execution of near fee-less transactions.

EOS is the market's most scalable, divisible, and programmable digital currency. EOS is a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) network where stakeholders have the authority to select node operators. Due to the decentralized nature of the token distribution on EOS, power doesn't reside in the hands of block miners, but rather all parties involved in the EOS Network.

The EOS Network is attractive because of its technology and community. It allows developers to build projects that other blockchains cannot support. The network is straightforward and has multiple tools and educational resources to help users acclimate to the blockchain.

Aave

Zilliqa is a public, permissionless blockchain that is designed to offer high throughput with the ability to complete thousands of transactions per second. It seeks to solve the issue of blockchain scalability and speed by employing sharding as a second-layer scaling solution. The platform is home to many decentralized applications, and as of October 2020, it also allows for staking and yield farming.

Development work officially started on Zilliqa in June 2017, and its testnet went live in March 2018. A little over a year later, in June 2019, the platform launched its mainnet.

The native utility token of Zilliqa, ZIL, is used to process transactions on the network and execute smart contracts.

Zilliqa

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

Zcash is a decentralized cryptocurrency focused on privacy and anonymity. It uses the zk-SNARK zero-knowledge proof technology that allows nodes on the network to verify transactions without revealing any sensitive information about those transactions.

Contrary to a common misunderstanding, the majority of cryptocurrencies on the market, including Bitcoin (BTC), are not anonymous, but rather pseudonymous; while they do not explicitly reveal the identities of their users, each user has their own public address or addresses which can be traced back to them via the methods of data science and blockchain forensics.

Zcash transactions, on the other hand, still have to be relayed via a public blockchain, but unlike pseudonymous cryptocurrencies, ZEC transactions by default do not reveal the sending and receiving addresses or the amount being sent. There is an option, however, to reveal this data for the purposes of auditing or regulatory compliance.

Zcash was first released on October 28, 2016, and it was originally based on Bitcoin’s codebase.

Zcash

Theta Network

VeChainThor (VET) is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform whose origins began in 2015. VeChain is known as a pioneer of real-world enterprise applications, and built a distributed platform powered by Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, NFC chips and blockchain to help various industries solve data-related challenges.

VeChain solves major blockchain adoption hurdles. The platform uses an intelligent two token model, VET and VTHO, separating the protocol's Store of Value and gas fee payment mechanisms, ensuring costs can be kept low and stable. Fee delegation allows smart contracts to pay gas fees on behalf of business users, and an advanced transaction model allows data to be packaged more efficiently while ensuring finality of data.

VeChain is focused on delivering a wave of incentive-based sustainability dApps through its new platform, VeBetterDAO, working closely with Boston Consulting Group to achieve adoption across enterprise and individual users, and helping  onboard the next billion users to Web3 over the coming decade.

From supply chains to sustainability, VeChain has continuously demonstrated its leading role as a driver of blockchain in business, and is dedicated to its role as a pioneer of driving real world adoption of blockchain technology.

VeChain

Qtum (pronounced ‘“quantum”)  is a proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract open-source blockchain platform and value transfer protocol. It aims to bring together the strengths of Bitcoinand Ethereumin one chain. Qtum is built on Bitcoin's UTXO transaction model, with the added functionality of smart contract execution and DApps. Recently, the platform added support for DeFi applications. As of March 2021, there are more than 20 tokens created on the Qtum blockchain.

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

The project was announced in March 2016 and held an ICO a year after, in March 2017, which brought its founders $15 million USD. The Qtum main chain was released on Sept.13, 2017. Initially, the Qtum coin was issued as a ETH-20 token, but with the launch of the mainnet, it was converted to native blockchain.

Qtum

Curve is a decentralized exchange for stablecoins that uses an automated market maker (AMM) to manage liquidity.

Launched in January 2020, Curve is now synonymous with the decentralized finance (DeFi) phenomenon, and has seen significant growth in the second half of 2020.

In August, Curve launched a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), with CRV as its in-house token. The DAO uses Ethereum-based creation tool Aragon to connect multiple smart contracts used for users’ deposited liquidity. Issues such as governance, however, differ from Aragon in their weighting and other respects.

Curve DAO Token

Harmony is a blockchain platform designed to facilitate the creation and use of decentralized applications (DApps). The network aims to innovate the way decentralized applications work by focusing on random state sharding, which allows creating blocks in seconds.

According to the project’s website, Harmony is expected to introduce cross-shard contracts and a cross-chain infrastructure by the end of 2021.

Harmony

IOTA is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that features unique architecture and an open-source product suite for individuals, businesses, and institutions to use in Web3. It is built on a directed acyclic graph (DAG) called the Tangle, which can be pictured as a multi-dimensional blockchain. It enables the exchange of data and value on a decentralized platform through direct and secure transfers, executed on and immutably recorded on the network.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive into IOTA.

Together with its staging network Shimmer, IOTA aims to offer solutions to establish a secure and permissionless infrastructure that can drive the economy of the future. It enables the development of decentralized applications through automated trust in the form of Ethereum-compatible smart contracts, an advanced consensus algorithm, and thoughtfully balanced incentives.

IOTA delivers tools for creating and managing custom Layer 2 (EVM) chains, deploying smart contracts, minting native tokens and NFTs with distinctive features, and introducing digital identities to users.

Launching in 2024, IOTA 2.0 will be a protocol upgrade that rebuilds IOTA’s architecture to deliver full decentralization. You can find more about it here.