Smart contracts (origins in 80s, 90s vs. 2013 ETH and 2020s Cardano)
We had a pretty interesting product update. We laughed, we cried, we all learned a little bit. Two and a half hours lots of stuff and I hope this gives you guys a good window into all the things that are happening. There's an enormous amount of complexity in Cardano and Goguen is no different. In fact that one slide showing all the interlocking dependencies and the moving pieces for it and just the sheer volume of things that are going on is, is an indication of not only the quality of the team but also the commercial reality of being a smart contract platform. In 2020 when I co-founded Ethereum our reference material was paper. We looked at things that Nick Szabo and people from the 1990s and 1980s wrote about and whether you were a Ricardian contract fan or you had programmed in Eiffel or you understood things like FpML basically it was an open field which gave us kind of a freedom to just do whatever we wanted to do but it also didn't give us a commercial reality of who's going to buy it? Who's going to use it? What do you need to do? The expectations in 2020 are vastly different from the expectations in 2013 and the reality is that there are massive deficits with Ethereum as designed today which is why Tezos exists and Algorand exists and why ETH2 is being constructed . It's why there are so many different players from Polkadot and others on down who have deep and detailed opinions about the things we need to do. If the ICO revolution hadn't happened, there was no notion of an ERC20 token and we were in a just different world.
We didn't have DeFi, any of these things and now in 2020 if you are to be competitive and build great things and actually invite real use and utility at a scale of millions and billions of people or government or Fortune 500 you need to have real good answers about a lot of different threats and things. For example, Marlowe, what it does is it leverages 20 years of history from domain experts like Willi Brammertz and over 30 years of history in domain-specific language (DSL) design from professor Simon Thompson and his team and it puts them together. It says for the first time ever we're going to have semantical clarity between the entrepreneur, the developer, the writer and the financial services infrastructure whether that be the banker, the insurance agent, the exchange, whoever that might be. Up until the totality of human history till today we have never had that semantical clarity. All four of those actors speak different languages and what we're doing with Marlowe as a DSL is an example of how you can unify and create a common language and experience between all of them today.
Marlowe, DSL, Glow, Plutus, IELE
Right now, you guys can go to the Marlowe playground and you can start using it and start building things and start having that semantical clarity and work with us and over a period of six months or so that will continue to evolve. Templates will evolve, applications will be constructed and those applications will work their way into Cardano applications and eventually they'll become cross-platform and work on things like (Hyperledger) fabric and other such things as we see industry and commercial adoption but it requires a starting point and Marlowe has evolved over a four year period through the hard labors of so many people to actually give us a great starting point. You can visually look at contracts and talk about their design. You can write them in JavaScript, you can write them in the Marlowe programming language. There's a Haskell side to things and you can see the power of this approach because of its design. You can prove things are correct, you can use theory that has existed for over 40 years like SAT solvers and reachability to actually show that you're not going to have a parity bug and that's just one example of one DSL of which many more will come. The point of DSLs is to give clarity to people in the industry. For example if we get into the health business and we start talking about medical records that will become a DSL to broker their movement and that same clarity and semantical unification will occur between doctors and hospitals, patients, governments, regulators and business professionals and they will now have a common language. So, Marlowe is an entry point and it's an example of how to build a DSL and evolve a DSL and bring the right people to the table.
When we look to things like Glow, from MuKn, this is an example of a team that's highly motivated and intrinsically across blockchain. When we look to the future and we say what happens when Bitcoin gets smart contracts? What happens when ETH2 comes out? What happens when people want to build cross-blockchain applications? Wouldn't it be nice to have a unification language and that's what Glow is basically all about. By strategic investments in that ecosystem, what Glow does for us is it ensures that we won't be left behind that Cardano has that and all Cardano infrastructure can benefit from that and Glow in turn will benefit from its embedding in our ecosystem. More users, more technology and ultimately because Cardano's the best. If you deploy in that direction it's the best experience. When you look to Plutus, Plutus is the unification language, it's the conductor of the orchestra and it pulls all of these things together and there were a lot of design requirements with Plutus that were quite hard from a theory viewpoint. We really cared a lot about resource determinism. We wanted to make sure that it was always predictable or at least as predictable as it can be to know how much it costs to do things because at the end of the day this is not a science experiment. These are not toys back in 2013. We had the luxury with Ethereum of just seeing what happened and the market makes strategic investments and they have to know how much their operating cost is going to be for their business model. We designed Plutus so that it would be one of the best programming languages on a long arc agenda of being a very practical on and off chain language to unify all the Cardano ecosystem. There are many objects in the ecosystem to operate, manipulate, instruments of value like native assets, identity, smart contracts onto themselves, DAOs, off chain infrastructure and you need a conductor that's capable of living in between all of these things and you need certainty that the code you're writing is going to work.
This is why we based it on an ecosystem that has 35 years of history and we as a company have invested millions of dollars in that ecosystem to modernize it and bring it into the 21st century especially for things like Windows support and working with partners like Tweag WebAssembly support, working on projects like compilation to JavaScript so that we can share that's there and our commitment is going to continue beyond that we are a founding member of the Haskell foundation working with Simon Peyton Jones and we're going to ensure that Haskell has compilation to ARM and that all of the technology that's required to keep that language competitive and actually make the language even more competitive will happen. It's very nice that Plutus is deeply ingrained in that ecosystem and that makes it a perfect conductor language. In the coming months we're going to talk a lot more about our relationship decay in IELE. If you live in the imperative object-oriented world and you want to do things a bit differently than the way things are done in the Haskell functional world then it makes sense to have an option that has the same principles as us which is why we reached out to Grigore years ago and established a commercial relationship with him. It's been the privilege of my career finding a way to resurrect that relationship so in the coming months we're going to talk a lot about how IELE fits into the Cardano ecosystem and the value it's going to bring in addition to the value of Marlowe, Glow, and Plutus.
Native assets
One of the single most important things about all of this is the native asset standard. One of the things we did not anticipate when we created Ethereum is just how pervasive the user's ability to issue an asset would be. We figured this would be an important thing, it's why we put it on a T-shirt back in the Miami conference in January of 2014 and we realized that from the color coin's project in the master coin project and one of the most important things is that we have the ability to issue not just a utility token but non-functional assets, security tokens and a litany of other instruments that hold value. Some ephemeral, some permanent, some with flexible monetary policies, some with fixed monetary policies, some from a central issuer, some from a decentralized issuer, some managed by a foundation, some managed by the community, some managed by fixed code that's immutable and the point of the native asset standard in the ERC20 converter is to establish a co-evolution of the technology and the commercialization of the technology. What we've been doing with ERC20 converter is using that as a way to create a conversation with those who want to migrate or build on Cardano and thinking through how are we going to create practical standards with our native assets. We already have enormous advantages with this standard over Ethereum. In particular the fact that your assets you issue on Cardano are treated the way that ADA is treated whereas in Ethereum you're a second-class citizen or ETH is treated differently from smart contracts. This first class citizen approach means that your assets will have the same governance access layer, to portfolio access and infrastructure that ADA itself has. Easier listing experiences, easier time with hardware wallets, easier time with wallet software. In general better user experience, faster transactions, lower transaction costs and then eventually for higher value tokens even the possibility of paying transaction fees over the long term in the native asset itself as if you were your own cryptocurrency.
Goguen rollout
You just simply cannot do this with the design of Ethereum and Ethereum 2. It's a huge advantage we have in our ecosystem and it's one that will become more pervasive over time now Goguen has already started. As a launch agenda the very first update to enable some Goguen era functionality was the metadata standard which meant that you could go from just moving ADA around to actually a whole litany of applications in the identity space and in the metadata space some of which we're aggressively negotiating on in commercial deals which we'll announce at a later date. The rollout of Goguen in terms of the system as we mentioned in the presentation will be principally done for the first iteration over a series of three hard fork combinator (HFC) events. The first of which is beginning this year in November December time frame and that's going to lay a lot of the foundations that will enable us to get to the second hard fork combinator event which will occur in Q1 of next year and we'll announce that specific date likely at the next product update and then the third one will happen shortly thereafter. They have to be spaced this way because it's just simply too cumbersome on our developers and also our partners such as wallet infrastructure and exchanges to try to do too much too quickly and furthermore there's an enormous amount of work as you've noticed on that slide to roll out Goguen. You have to do two things at once, you have to deploy the infrastructure but then you also have to populate the infrastructure and what's nice about the way that we've done things as you now see with the Marlowe playground the population of that infrastructure is occurring now today and with the ERC20 converter and the mint test net that's coming.
That's going to occur in November which means that that gives people time to start building and playing on our ecosystem in a safe sandbox so that when they deploy it to the mainnet they do it right the first time and they don't make an existential failure as we have seen with the DeFi space because at the end of the day once you go live you have a huge adversarial surface and everybody in the world is going to try to break the things you've done. It's very important that you do it right which means that you need time as a commercial partner and an application deployer to do it correctly. Parts of Goguen are indeed shipping this year, some have already shipped and we'll have another HFC event at the end of next month or early in December and throughout the first quarter of next year and likely the second quarter will complete the other two HFC events which will roll out full support for native assets, extended UTxO, the Plutus infrastructure and the Marlowe infrastructure. In the meantime we're also working on strategies about how we can ensure best integration of Glow and IELE into the Cardano ecosystem and as you've noticed there are three parallel teams that are working very hard. The Shelley team continues to upgrade the Shelley experience. Just today we've received a lot of concerns over for example the state pool ranking in Daedalus. Let me be very clear about something. There's no problem with the ranking software, the problem is the k parameter. It needs to be increased and the fact that things are getting grayed out is an indication that the ranking parameter is actually working right for the first time. So, k needs to go up but there are consequences of that and we need to improve the software to reflect those consequences but it is my goal to get k to 1000 before ideally d hits 0 because we really do want to have over a 1000 well-functioning stake pools but by no means is that the end of the story.
Improvements + project Catalyst
We need partial delegation and delegation portfolios. We need means for stake pool operators to communicate effectively and efficiently with those who delegate to them. We need improvements in SMASH. We need an identity center, we need a litany of improvements to Daedalus itself. Right now, today, there are more than four companies working full-time at doing just these things in addition to the Goguen updates that are occurring right now. That research thread and that development thread will continue. We've already seen seven CIPs including CIPs related to the reward function. We take them very seriously, we review them and there's enormous amount of discussion about how to create a fair and balanced system and we appreciate this feedback. It's a process and we ask for patience and we also remind people that we launched Shelley just at the end of July and despite that the ecosystem has more than doubled in size and it's been growing at an incredible pace and it's only going to continue and we're only going to see our best days ahead of us. Good things are coming down the pipe and it's becoming a much more holistic ecosystem from in performance improvements, to usability improvements, to better overall software for everyone.
There's no greater example of that than what we've been able to accomplish in the last three months for the exchanges in general. We're really proud of what we've done with the Adrestia stack and we're really proud of working with great partners like Binance and Bittrex throughout the last few months and we've had some certain challenges there but as a result of overcoming those challenges we have left behind an incredible enterprise grade listening experience that continues to get faster, continues to get higher quality and is secure and reliable 24 hours a day, seven days a week and we'll continue investing heavily to ensure that that only gets better for all of those partners whether they be an external wallet or their infrastructure like an exchange operator. We've had a lot of wins also on the governance side with the Voltaire Catalyst project. We have seen huge wins in participation going from small focus groups to now over 3500 people every single day coming into cardano.ideascale.com competing for 2250000 worth of ADA with fund2. That's just the beginning and every six to eight weeks that's going to increase in scale, in terms of the money and people, the quality... When we ask what is our developer acquisition strategy that's a major part of it because people know that there's money to be made in building on Cardano and that you have the right incentives to go realize your dreams and add value so just as these frameworks like the Marlowe playground and the Plutus playground and other such things like Glow come online and IELE come online the ability to build will be matched by the ability to discuss what to build and fund? What to build through a community driven process that includes greater and greater inclusivity. For example the next fund will include a voting center built right into Daedalus in addition to the cell phone application that we've already launched to vote and we will continue refining that experience relentlessly that's one of our fastest moving teams and I will remind you we are doing this in parallel to the Shelley workstream and the Goguen workstream that we showed you guys today. Finally there's Basho, not the next hard fork combinator event but HFC#3 which we anticipate in Q1 2021.
Sidechains, Hydra
I would like to include a sidechain protocol that allows the movement of value between independent systems through some form of blocking mechanism. We are currently examining and designing a protocol that we think fits very nicely into the way that our system works with mild modifications to the ledger rules. If that and should this be successful then that helps with one of the pillars of Basho interoperability and then the other pillar is scalability. Rob is hard at work working with technical architects and scaling up a team to start de-risking the Hydra protocol and others are hard at work evolving the science behind the Hydra protocol. We have seen great progress on all fronts to de-risk Hydra's roll-out and what's so beautiful about Hydra is it is our belief that the majority if not all of Hydra can be implemented in Plutus. As Plutus rolls out we have a natural constituency to run this infrastructure. The stake pool operators and we have a natural way without an HFC event or special accommodation of rolling out Hydra.
It's not really needed at this level of scaling capacity. We have an enormous throughput already 10 times greater than Ethereum as it is today and room to make it a hundred times greater than what Ethereum is today without Hydra. However as we de-risk this infrastructure solidify the protocols and get out all the kinks. What's so beautiful about it is that we will be able to when the time comes the community can roll out multiple implementations of Hydra so that there is diversity and there will be a natural group of actors to run those channels as we have seen for example with the Bolt spec and the Lightning ecosystem on Bitcoin. The contrasting difference between Lightning and Bitcoin and Hydra and extended UTxO and Cardano is we designed Cardano for Hydra.
Bitcoin was not designed for Lightning and as a consequence it's always more difficult for them to try to make meaningful progress whereas us there's no friction in that relationship. It just fits very nicely through so the roadmap is coming together and Cardano 2020 has definitely started to evolve into quite a mature ecosystem and what's really exciting is we're going from an ecosystem of potential to one of reality and instead of asking what could we do we're showing people what has been done and people are actually doing things every day.
Our commercial team is inundated with requests for coordination and cooperation and deployment. I get numerous emails every single day, well intended to very serious about people wanting to build on the platform and we're really excited about that. We're going to keep this steady systematic relentless march as you saw with the enormity of the news today. It's business as usual and it'll be exactly the same in November only there'll be more and every month. The velocity increases, we burn down the remaining story points to get these things done and things are happening very quickly and we just keep releasing and releasing and releasing and it's a very different time than it was even six months ago.
Community rules
What's so reassuring is we continue to have the best community in all the cryptocurrency space. It's the final point but it's one that I'm most proud of. You see people get to decide where they want to live, what infrastructure they want to deploy, on who they want to work with and when you have a welcoming warm and friendly community that is constructive and productive and their job is to help you get to where you need to go you want to work with those people. When you have a destructive or toxic community that's exclusive hierarchical and not invented here in their mentality people don't want to work with that community. Money can't buy that. I don't care if you have a bank account with four billion dollars or you're a central bank. You can't buy character and you can't buy culture, you have to make it and you have to earn it and if we've accomplished anything over these last five years from the 90 papers now and the million plus lines of code and the incredible releases that have happened and continue to happen we accomplished the greatest thing of all: we built a community to rival that of bitcoin's. I believe with that community we can realize the dream in the coming years of Cardano becoming the financial operating system.
For those who don't have one and giving open prayer and free economic identity to those who need it I am astounded by just how easy it is to roll these things out. They're super hard and complex under the hood but they just feel right and fit right and all the pieces are starting to come together in just the right way and I'm astounded by the fact that when we roll them out community members are there to receive them and take them to the next level.
Thank you all for attending the product update at the end of the month. This was a real good one, just as good as the Shelley one and we are now in the Goguen era with the first HFC event coming in the end of November and we're going to keep pushing them out. Every single one of them will add more capabilities and I encourage everyone to check out the Marlowe playground start building with it. Today things are happening really fast when the mint comes online at the end of November. Start playing around with that, start talking about the multi-token standard. If you're interested in a project our commercial division divisions always' open and you're going to see more and more progress from all entities in this ecosystem and some potentially major announcements before you can think it. Thanks guys it was a good day and thanks to the entire team that made all this happen I'm real proud of all of you.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wADba8kCw

Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,
Please join me to welcome, “CHROMIA CEO & Co-founder, Henrik Hjelte” and “ CMO, Serge lubkin”
Oh, before we proceed, kindly introduce yourselves and tell us a bit about your roles at Chromia u/sergelubkin & u/henrik_hjelte.
Henrik Hjelte,
Ok, I’m Henrik, I’m CEO of ChromaWay that crated the Chromia project. My background is a bit mixed: developer for 30+ years (since 80: s), but I studied other things at university (economics, politics, social sciences philosophy). Life is more than computer you know… I worked with FInance/IT then started a web startup and got to know Alex Mizrahi who worked as a developer….
Web startup didn’t fly, but Alex showed me bitcoin. When I finally read the whitepaper I was blown away, and joined Alex colored-coins project, the first open source protocol to issue tokens. in 2013.
So, we started with open-source tokens (that kickstarted the blockchain industry. Then started company together 2014.
That is a long intro, I’ll shut up now… Thanks….
Serge,
I’m Serge, I’m assisting Henrik today and I work with Chromia marketing team as well as on some business development projects
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬, , Question No 1 :
Kindly describe the CHROMIA project and what it aims to achieve?
Henrik Hjelte,
Chromia is a new public blockchain based on the idea of integrating traditional databases, Relational databases with blockchain security. Chromia is a general purpose blockchain with full smart contract capabilities, just that it is a lot easier to code, even complex applications. You code with an easy to learn new programming language that combines the power of SQL and normal languages but makes it secure in a blockchain context. Up to 1/10 the code-lines vs other blockchains. There is a blog post about it, I’ll share later. On lines of code.
The aim of Chromia is to combine relational databases, which exist in every kind of organization, together using blockchains. We want to provide a platform for our users to develop totally decentralized apps securely. Our goal is for Chromia to be seen as the number one infrastructure for decentralized applications.
https://blog.chromia.com/reasons-for-rell-compactness/
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,Question No 2:
What inspired the CHROMIA Core team to pick interest in CHROMIA project? what breakthrough have you achieved so far? what are the present challenges you’re facing and how are you planning to overcome them?
Henrik Hjelte,
We started with public blockchains, tokens in 2012, the world’s first stable coin with a bank 2015 (LHV). When coding that solution, peer to peer payments of Euro-tokens, we discovered we need performance reasons to store all data in a database. We needed to quickly know the “balance” of a user, and can’t loop through a blockchain. And slowly the idea grew that we can make the database INTO a blockchain, integrate completely with the transaction mechanism of a database. So, we did it as a private blockchain first (Postchain), used it for some projects, then came up with the idea to make a Public Blockchain based on it.
The motivation is that we felt we needed a better programming model for blockchains. Our CTO Alex has always been thinking of optimal solutions for blockchain technology and has lots of experiences thinking about it. Also: make real-world useful things. For example, we support free-to-play models since users do not need to own “our” token to USE apps, the application itself (often the developer) pays for hosting. And of course, great performance. Also: more knowledge of who runs nodes and risk level. So, it is more suitable for enterprises.
In Chromia the application (at the start the developer) decides Who should be allowed to run its own blockchain (every dapp has its own blockchain). You can also say on a higher level that we want to provide technology to create “Public applications”, a tool
that enables us to create a fairer world.
https://blog.chromia.com/towards-publicly-hosted-applications/
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬, Question No 3 :
Why did you create your own blockchain instead of leveraging on existing and proven base layer protocol?
Henrik Hjelte,
None of the existing protocols are suitable to support large-scale, mainstream applications. We designed Chromia to give our users exactly what they want; fast support, useful features, with an affordable service cost. Other platforms do not have the ability to host data applications in a decentralized and secure way, as Chromia can. Chromia also has its own bespoke programming language that sets it apart from SQL-based platforms. It’s so easy to use, even non-developers can understand it!
The other big difference with Chromia concerns payments. Chromia gives its users freedom from having to pay for each transaction. With Chromia, you have the flexibility to decide how to set fees for your dapp
And when it comes to “proven base layer protocols”: they are just a few years at max. Chromia is built on top of Postgresql, that has been used in enterprises for decades, a really proven technology. And the Java virtual machine on top of that. This is proven tech, at core.
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬, Question No 4 :
What is Postchain?
Henrik Hjelte,
Postchain is an open-source product of ChromaWay for enterprise clients and it’s the core technology on which Chromia is built.
Postchain is a replicated blockchain and database that offers highly resilient distributed database management with distributed control.
Postchain is the only product on the market that combines the immutable consensus of a blockchain and the properties of a real database management system (You know, the tech that built SAP, Facebook, Banks…) …
Postchain allows you to share information between companies and/or individuals in a secure and transparent way.
That is the low-level base of Chromia you can say
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,
Can you please name some of your clients that are using this service already?
Serge,
You mean products built on Postchain? Also, Stockholm Green Digital Finance, Green Assets Wallet that’s now functioning on Chromia Bootstrap Mainnet.
Big financial institutions
It’s only a beginning of course, but very promising one. https://greenassetswallet.org/news/2019/12/12/launch-of-the-green-assets-wallet
Henrik Hjelte,
We got a lot of attention with the Swedish Land registry; we did a joint project between them and banks and a telco etc on postchain as base.
Then, right now we do a large project with the Inter-American Development bank also about land-registration (processes) in South America.
We had a client, Stockholm Green Digital Finance, that did a system for green bonds (tracking environmental impact. Yes, as Sege says, it was later moved to Chromia…
Which is cool. Also, another external development company did that phase of the project, proving that other can build on our tech,4irelabs from Ukraine is their name. Some companies using the GAW: Blackrock. SEB Bank etc…
Also, we have done more projects, in Australia, asia etc. Oh Daimler too (the Mercedes company) …
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,
Lots of enterprise clients you’ve got. No wonder I do see the meme “CHR=ETH KILLER”
Serge,
It’s a meme from our supporters. But we believe we can coexist:)
For some niche things eth is good :)
So, no killing :D
Henrik Hjelte,
We want to work with partners too for this, we can’t do all projects ourselves. Also, for Chromia projects, ChromaWay company can help do support maintenance etc. So, it is not competing, it adds value to the ecosystem.
Yeah ETH is good too, for some applications. We are friends with them from colored-coin times.
And colored-coins inspired ETH, and ETH inspires us.
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬, Question No 5 :
Lastly, CHROMIA is already doing very well in terms of business. You just got listed on BINANCE JEX, you are on-boarding new clients and dishing out new features. But what’s next? Is there anything to be excited about?
Henrik Hjelte,
Plans for 2020 are to both release a series of dapps to showcase how fantastic Chromia is, as well as continue to develop the platform. And when it is secure and good enough, we will release the mainnet.
Dapps are now being made by us as well as others. We do a decentralized social network framework called Chromunity, now released to TestNet. It is really cool, users can vote over moderators, and in the future users might even govern the complete application, how it can be updated. This is a great showcase for Chromia and why we use the slogan Power to the Public.
https://testnet.chromunity.com/
Games coming are:
Mines of Dalarnia (by Workinman Interactive). An action game in a mine with blockchain rental of plots and stuff. Already on TestNet and you can take a peek on it at https://www.minesofdalarnia.com
more coming…
Krystopia 2, novas journey. A puzzle game done by Antler Interactive. Could only find trailer though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G95-Dw3kI4
However, we have even larger ambitions with blockchain gaming…
We are doing A secret demo-project that we do together with Antler to showcase the technical potential of Chromia platform.
Another exciting relase is an indie game Chain of Alliance, done by two external developers. It is a strategy game with full-logic on blockchain. Public release on TestNet on May 22!
More coming in 2020: Other dapps from other companies, one in impact-tech.
That is a serious app, Chromia also works outside gaming and social media for enterprises and startups
And I hope some of you will do something, we want to support dapps on the platform so reach out to us…
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,
When can we be expecting the mainnet? Any approximate time? I’m sure the community will really excited to have that info
Serge,
It’s now in Bootstap phase, so it’s technically already functioning. MVP will be very soon
Stay tuned;)
Twitter questions Vs answers
Ellkayy,
What’s the unique thing in Chromia that no other blockchain has, that makes you the better option?
Henrik Hjelte,
Unique: Chromia is the only blockchain that also has a real, proper database built-in. And blockchain is about managing data in a shared context. How to best managed data was solved in computer science already. So far, it is the relational algebra model that is used in 100% of all enterprises, and has an 85% market share. Chromia is the only blockchain that use that model and that power.
Ellkayy,
Why Chromia use RELL and not SQL or JavaScript? Can developers with other language knowledge use Chromia?
Serge,
Rell is the only language on the blockchain side. You can combine with anything on client-side, although now client only exists for JS/TS, C# and Java/Kotlin. Rell is a language for relational blockchain programming. It combines the following features:
1 Relational data modeling and queries similar to SQL. People familiar with SQL should feel at home once they learn the new syntax.
2 Normal programming constructs: variables, loops, functions, collections, etc.
3 Constructs which specifically target application backends and, in particular, blockchain-style programming including request routing, authorization, etc.
Rell aims to make programming as convenient and simple as possible. It minimizes boilerplate and repetition. At the same time, as a static type system it can detect and prevent many kinds of defects prior to run-time.
Roshan DV,
I have been monitoring your project for a while but some concerns about it: Your project will build your own core network, so you have more visibility than Ethereum and NEO. These are projects that were born before and which also have a very large community. And what can assure you that your project will guarantee the functionalities that you have defined?
Henrik Hjelte,
What came first? I want to remind that Vitalik was in the colored-coins project, led by our CTO and we had blockchain in production before ETH and NEO etc existed. We are the old dogs…
Large community: We are part of the same community. When developers are fustrated and want to try new tech, they go to us from other blockchains.
Also, we have a large potential: SQL (close to Rell and our tech) is the world top 3 language. Bigger than Java. Bigger than PHP. Only beaten bny HTML and javascript. Soliditiy is not on top 20 list. THere are millions of developers that know SQL. That is potential for community… (source is Stackoverflow annual programming survey).
Paul (Via Manage),
What are the utilities of Chromia and what purpose does the Chromia coin serve?
Serge,
Chromia meta-token called Chroma (CHR). It is used in Chromia to compensate block-producing nodes by fees. In Chromia, fees are paid by dapps, which can in their turn collect fees from users. Chromia provides mechanisms which balance the interests of developers and users. Dapp tokens can be automatically backed with Chroma, providing liquidity and value which is independent of investment into the dapp. Dapp investors can be compensated in Chroma through a profit-sharing contract. For developers, Chromia offers the opportunity to derive income from dapps. This incentivises the creation and maintenance of high quality dapps because better dapps generate more income and create more demand for tokens owned by the developer. The Chromia model is designed to support sustainable circular economies and foster a mutually beneficial relationship between developers, users, and investors.
Idemudia Isaac,
Thank you very much u/henrik_hjelte u/sergelubkin
You stated your plans for 2020 is to release series of dApps. What kind of large scale, mainstream decentralized application and $Chromia products do you think is suitable for the Nigerian environment?
Henrik Hjelte,
Actually, this is why we want to work with partners. We cannot know everything, For African market we have seen of course payments/remittances (but it has fallen out of trend). We would love to do real-estate /land-registration but we understand we need a strong local partner (more than a single person, a real company or organization driving).
●CC● | Elrond 🇵🇭,
What plans do you have to building a vibrant global community around Rell? And how would you go about encouraging/incentivising such ‘Rellists’ around the world to build dApps on Chromia? u/henrik_hjelte u/sergelubkin
Henrik Hjelte,
For developers (I am one too, or used to be) you normally need to prove a few things:
\ That the tech is productive (can I do apps faster?)*
\ That it is better (less bugs, more maintainable?)*
Then the community will come. We see that all the time. Look at web development. React.js came, and developers flooded to it. Not because of marketing on Superbowl, but because it was BETTER. Fewer bugs and easier to do complex webapps.
So, at core: people will come when we showcase the productivity gains, and that is what we need to focus on.
●CC● | Elrond 🇵🇭,
Why do you choose to build Chromia token on ERC20 instead of other blockchain such as BEP2, TRC20…or your own chain while ERC20 platform is very slow and have a case of fee? u/henrik_hjelte u/sergelubkin
Serge,
So far Ethereum has the best infrastructure, it’s the oldest and most reliable network for tokens. It also became the industry standard which exchanges utilize. We will transfer 80% of all erc20 tokens to our Chromia blockchain when it’s ready for that.
Koh,
In your whitepaper it says in the upcoming version of ChromiaWallet that it will be able to function as a Dapp browser for public use. Q) Will it be similar to the Dapp browser on Trust Wallet?
Serge,
It’s live already try it http://vault-testnet.chromia.com/
It’s the wallet and a dapp browser
CHROMIA is SOLID,
Your metamorphosis is a laudable one,surviving different FUD, how have you been able to survive this longest bear market and continue building and developing cos many projects have died out in this time period!
Henrik Hjelte,
You need to know we started a company before ETH existed. There was 0 money in blockchain when we started. I did it becuase it was fun, exciting tech and MAYBE someone would be interested in the thing we made “Tokens”…
We were never in the crazy bull-market, manly observed the crazies from the side. We fundraised for CHR in a dip (they called it bear market). ChromaWay the company also make money from enterprises.
Алекс,
What is SSO?
What makes it important for chromias ecosystem?
Why should we users be attracted to it?’
Serge,
Chromia SSO is perhaps the most important UX improvement that Chromia offers the decentralized world. It revolutionizes the way users interact with dapps. Any dapp requires users to sign transactions, that means they need a private key. Control of the private key is control of any and all dapps or assets associated with it. This means that private keys have an especially stringent set of security requirements in a blockchain context — they control real value, and there is no recourse if they are compromised or lost. https://blog.chromia.com/chromia-sso-the-whys-and-the-whats/
Olufemi Joel,
How do you see the Chromia project developing in 3 to 5 years, both on the commercial level and on the evolution of the company? What are the plans for expansion in different regions? Are you going to outsource the team/skills or keep it centralized and set up offices?
Henrik Hjelte,
I take part of the question. On outsource: we were a distributed team from day one, with co-founders from 3 countries (still living there). We are distributed now, Ukraine, Sweden, Vietnam, Croatia, China are “hubs” then we have individuals too. No big plan, just where we found great developers…
Park Lee, u/henrik_hjelte
You claim CHOROMIA have fast support, useful features with an affordable service cost. That fast and the fees are cheap but can you guarantee stability?
What’s the Algorithms which are used by CHROMIA for that fast? And Can you explain it?
Serge,
We use PBFT protocol with some features of DPOS, this plus sidechains parallelism offers almost unlimited speed and scalability. We also use the feature called anchoring to secure all transactions in batches on Bitcoin blockchain.
Mario Boy,
What are you guys trying to achieve as an end goal? The next Ethereum? Or the next enterprise version of Ethereum? Or something different?
Henrik Hjelte,
The end goal… good question. When we started in 2014 there were no other blockchain companies, so we wanted to do the best blockchain technology in order to enable a decentralized world with more fair applications. And that is what we still do. Technology/software that can enable people to make a fairer world
Erven James Sato,
“STAKING” is one of the STRATEGIES to ATTRACT USERS and ACHIEVE MASS ADOPTION
Does your GREAT PROJECT have plan about Staking?
Serge,
Yes, we announced our staking plans couple of months ago https://blog.chromia.com/on-providers-and-stakes/
We are working with our current partners to make it accessible for general public.
Chizoba,
I often see Chromia and ChromaWay being used interchangeably, what is the relationship between the two?
Henrik Hjelte,
ChromaWay the company started Chromia from code done as postchain. This is normal in open-source development, a company that leads development. But Chromia will be a decentalized network, so ChromaWay will not make direct money out of it more than if we have a role as a Provider (and get payed for hosting). ChromaWay can indirectly make money from optional support and maintenance etc. Also, this, perfectly normal in open-source world.
And it also benefits Chromia that there is a market for support.
A market open for competition.
No special treatment for “ChromaWay”
Enajite,
How to start coding on Chromia?
Henrik Hjelte,
Go to https://rell.chromia.com and follow the tutorial. Enjoy the free time you get compared to other blockchain languages…
●CC● | Elrond 🇵🇭,
Chromia process 500 TPS, these is slow compare to other Blockchains, where we can see now 60K TPS if more capacity require, how can that be? u/henrik_hjelte u/sergelubkin
Serge,
Yes, if you need faster speed you can use parallelism by having multiple blockchains for your dapp. Also, by optimization and better architecture sky is the limit.
Delphino.eth ⟠,
Can we consider Chromia an hybrid? For its mixing of Blockchain and a Database?
Henrik Hjelte,
Yes and no. I want to stress that Chromia is a FULL blockchain. It is not only “inspired”. It is a blockchain AND a database.
I tend to think about Hybrid more in the usecases that you might have as a customer. For example, a bank might want to have some data/transactions private (as a private blockchain) and have another half of the application with public data (on Chromia). So that is a hybrid solution, and Chromia ROCKS in that segment since it is the only blockchain that is complete relational database (what the normal world uses anyway for 85% of all applications)
Example area: “open banking”
Steve bush,
How will Chromia I have any empower Investors, Companies, Developers, Platform Users to
deliver impactful solutions and bring value to people all over the world?
Henrik Hjelte,
In order to make blockchain go big, we need to have users. Users need to be able to use apps with ease. Chromia have features like single-sign on (ease of use), but importantly do not require owning tokens to USE apps.
Also, it needs to be easy to make applications. For example, if you are a student in US and came up with an idea, you want to make an application for your school. Let’s call it “thefacebook”. You code something in PHP and MySQL. DID YOU SEE THAT. SQL. SQL.SQL. It is the same tech that Chromia has but no one else in the blockchain business. SQL rules the world if you look outside the crypto bubble. Google the Oracle head-office… 100% of all enterprises use it… Because it is easy and powerful.
And we even improve on SQL with Rell….
So, compare that with a hacky virtual machine that have a few years…. 😊
August,
“Mines of Dalarnia” is a game that has caught my attention a lot, due to its simplicity and quality. But in the time that I have used it I have not been able to differentiate between the Chromia blockchain of this game and that of the competition? What other games do you have next to develop? I would like to give ideas in those games like a Gamers!
Henrik Hjelte,
We thought about in corona time sports club might want to engage more with their fans digitally. And of course, E-Sports is getting a real momentum as the young generation grows up. Now a bit sad that all games are centralized. My daughter will be sad when (at some day?) they will close down roblox… it happens to all centralized apps eventually… that is what we fix. Power to the Public to control apps and their future. I’ll repost again Alex post. Sorry I like it a lot… https://blog.chromia.com/towards-publicly-hosted-applications/
Bisolar,
Good day Chromia team from a Chromia fan
Can you tell us Chromia’s geographical focus at the moment and the proces it follows for it BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT?
What factors do you consider before identifying NEW MARKETS to enter?
Serge,
Chromia will initially focus on community building in China, Korea, US and Europe. The focus of community growth will gradually expand to other markets as the project gains popularity.
Current community growth strategies of Chromia include:
Chromia blockchain incubator creation to welcome more projects to the Chromia blockchain
Host blockchain gaming conferences, workshops, and meetups to engage with potential users.
Provide online and face-to-face tutorials to engage with dapps developers.
Attract blockchain developers through direct and indirect approach via specialized platforms and communities.
Develop our relations with existing and previous corporate clients, and their partnership networks to participate in their blockchain ventures
Launch Node program to encourage system providers to run nodes on the Chromia blockchain.
Staking program for Chroma (CHR) tokens
Active community engagement via social channels.
Future community growth strategies of Chromia after Mainnet launch include:
Partner with more gaming studios, startups and enterprises
Build local communities with Ambassador Programs.
Partner with external incubator and accelerators to provide blockchain expertise and introduce projects to Chromia ecosystem
Continue organizing hackathons around the world to attract more developers.
Emmanuel,
I want to know the current structure of your roadmap? What is the future roadmap of CHROMIA? Is there any key milestone coming???
Henrik Hjelte,
It is easy to do a roadmap; anyone can make a pape plan. But I think they are used in the wrong way. Software is hard, blockchain is even harder because it NEEDS TO BE SECURE. No MVP releases. We cannot even have roadmap deadlines and skimp on quality. Where we are now though is: Rell language finished so much that developers can write apps and see its magic. We have external devs doing dapps. We have the first phase of mainnet. We have a series of releases coming up. We will release mainnet when it is secure enough, and gradual roll out. I think quite soon, development is going great at the moment, a bit quicker than we though.
Ellkayy,
Why doesn’t Chromia transactions use gas? How do you power transactions then?
Serge,
Main feature of gas in Ethereum is to pay for transactions for miners get rewards. In our scenario Providers get rewards from dapp owners. So dapp owner pays for storing their dapp. It’s like Amazon Web Service model. Then dapp owner can monetize it in its own way.
Ellkayy,
Many developers don’t know RELL, just Solidity and SQL. Is this a barrier or threat to Chromia? Why RELL is better?
Henrik Hjelte,
Very few developers know Solidity. Do a search on github. I referred previously to stackoverflow programming language survey results. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology
If you know SQL, you learn Rell in a day.
SQL is the top 3 language here. I’d say there are millions that can easily jump to Rell.
Soldity or other blockchains, not on top 20 list even.
Rell is a hipper, nicer version of SQL that is also a “normal” programming language.
Developers like to learn new things, new languages. Otherwise we would be stuck with PHP, the DOMINANT language. Well, is it still? Seems javascript and react.js and node etc is taking over…
Moh (Binance Angel)🇳🇬,
This brings us to the end of the AMA. It’s been a pleasure being with all of you, THANK YOU. Special shout out to u/sergelubkin and u/henrik_hjelte for honouring us with their presence today❤️
Kindly follow CHROMIA on twitter and join the conversation with their community on Telegram
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chromia
Telegram: https://t.me/hellochromia
Official Chromia Nigeria Community Channel 🇳🇬 : https://t.me/ChromiaNigeria
Website: www.chromia.com

Kava "In The News" Media Tracker:
This is a thread to track noteworthy Kava mentions within the news!
This thread will not include "copy & paste" news - meaning, and article that was taken from somewhere else and republished.
(Kava does like when that happens, but this thread is meant to track original stories only!)

Featured Articles:

• https://cryptobriefing.com/kava-is-offering-users-millions-to-mint-its-stablecoin-with-bnb/
  • Published: 06/10/20
  • Content: CDP Mainnet Launch

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• https://thedailychain.com/first-ever-centrally-cleared-bitcoin-exchange-product-to-be-listed-on-deutsche-borse/
  • Published: 06/10/20
  • Content: CDP Mainnet Launch
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/cosmos-based-interoperable-defi-project-launches-on-mainnet-with-bnb-collateral
  • Published: 06/10/20
  • Content: CDP Mainnet Launch
• https://www.cryptovibes.com/blog/2020/06/10/bnb-to-feature-on-kavas-defi-platform-becoming-the-first-supported-asset/
  • Published: 06/10/20
  • Content: CDP Mainnet Launch
• https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/how-interoperability-brings-blockchain-back-to-its-roots/
  • Published: 05/02/20
  • Content: The Future of Interoperability w/ Mini Kava Featurette
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-defi-hack-what-decentralized-finance-should-and-shouldnt-be
  • Published: 05/02/20
  • Content: Kava Featurette + dForce Shenannigans
• https://www.cryptovibes.com/blog/2020/04/28/dforce-refunds-investors-after-recovering-25-million-from-hack/
  • Published: 4/28/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/dforce-refunds-users-after-recovering-assets-from-25-million-hack
  • Published: 4/28/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2020/04/26/defi-dforce-hack-interview-scott-stuart-kava
  • Published: 4/26/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://e-cryptonews.com/dforce-hackers-something-deepe
  • Published: 4/23/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/dforce-hacker-returns-stolen-money-as-criticism-of-the-project-continues
  • Published: 4/22/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://decrypt.co/26406/framework-investment-kava-defi
  • Published: 4/22/20
  • Content: Framework Ventures Partnership
• https://thedailychain.com/chinese-defi-protocol-dforce-loses-25m-of-its-total-locked-value/
  • Published: 4/21/20
  • Content: dForce Shenannigans
• https://www.coindesk.com/multi-chain-defi-protocol-raises-750k-in-token-sale-with-framework-ventures
  • Published: 4/21/20
  • Content: Framework Ventures Partnership
• https://defirate.com/kava-liquidity-incentives/
  • Published: 3/20/20
  • Content: Kava Liquidity Incentives
• https://cryptobriefing.com/kava-wants-challenge-makerdao-will-it-work/
  • Published: 3/20/20
  • Content: Kava vs MakerDao
• https://cryptogems.com/kava-review-the-cross-chain-defi-dapp-backed-by-crypto-elites/
  • Published: 3/09/20
  • Content: Kava Investors

[News Mentions by month/quarter!]

July (2020)

• https://www.coinedict.com/news/these-5-defi-projects-are-potential-investment-multipliers/
  
• https://read.cash/@johnwege/top-coins-im-focused-on-during-this-bull-market-e953f897
  
• https://cryptoadventure.org/five-incredible-altcoins-to-watch-out-for-in-2020-and-2021/
  
• https://www.mbs.news/en/2020/07/four-altcoins-with-the-finest-development-potential.html
  
• https://cryptonewsyes.com/4-crypto-newcomers-may-outrun-bitcoin-btc-and-ethereum-eth-to-become-best-investments-of-2020/
  
• https://www.publish0x.com/johnwege/kava-is-on-fire-defi-xwnrpdy
  
• https://www.somagnews.com/4-altcoins-with-the-best-growth-potential/
  
• https://newsaffinity.com/defi-crosses-the-rubicon-of-2-billion-in-collective-value-with-compound-taking-the-leadership-stance/
  
• https://coinpedia.org/news/kava-ampl-qnt-enjoy-bull-ride/
  
• https://dailyhodl.com/2020/07/18/four-crypto-newcomers-may-outrun-bitcoin-and-ethereum-to-become-best-investments-of-2020-according-to-lark-davis/
  
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/binance-launchpad-project-of-the-year-award-bagged-by-kava/
  
• https://kryptomoney.com/altseason-rave-cosmos-atom-sets-fresh-highs-gaining-68-within-10-days-a-reason-to-be-on-the-lookout/
  
• https://coingape.com/will-kava-give-fresh-impetus-to-the-defi-bubble/
  
• https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/kraken-adds-3-defi-tokens-comp-kava-knc-2020-07-14
  
• https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2020/07/18/kava-cryptocurrency-bnb-collateral/
  
• https://treasuryxl.com/blog/blockchain-and-interoperability-key-to-mass-adoption/
  
• https://sludgefeed.com/kraken-lists-compound-kava-and-knc/
  
• https://blog.kraken.com/post/5632/comp-kava-knc-and-storj-4-new-crypto-assets-start-trading-july-15/
  
• https://fintechzoom.com/fintech-news-bitcoin-news/7-crypto-assets-making-huge-moves-as-bitcoin-btc-and-ethereum-eth-prepare-for-breakout-says-analyst-nicholas-merten/
  
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/finance-and-funding/best-cryptocurrencies-that-are-ready-to-move/
  
• https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-adds-3-defi-tokens-comp-kava-knc
  
• https://hackernoon.com/crypto-is-very-much-an-attention-economy-brien-kerr-5r243yax
  
• https://www.coinspeaker.com/defi-potential-compound-make
  
• https://dailyhodl.com/2020/07/14/7-crypto-assets-making-huge-moves-as-bitcoin-btc-and-ethereum-eth-prepare-for-breakout-says-analyst-nicholas-merten/
  
• https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2020/07/this-summers-crypto-contests
  
• https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18972/blockchain-and-interoperability-key-to-mass-adoption
  
• https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/352009
  
• https://dailyhodl.com/2020/07/04/top-bitcoin-btc-analyst-says-altcoin-breakout-imminent-predicts-ethereum-xrp-litecoin-and-six-crypto-assets-set-for-major-rallies/
  
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/usdx-minting-rewards-for-bnb-holders/
  

Mentions

• https://www.bitdeal.net/defi-tokens-2020-2021
  
• https://regardnews.com/4-altcoins-that-can-surpass-ethereum-and-bitcoin/
  
• https://cryptothenews.com/lark-davis-four-crypto-newcomers-may-outperform-bitcoin-and-ethereum-in-2020/
  
• https://coingape.com/will-kava-give-fresh-impetus-to-the-defi-bubble/
  
• https://www.bitcoininsider.org/article/90570/bitcoin-dominance-records-5-month-low-btc-begins-another-week-place
  
• https://newslogical.com/four-binance-crypto-projects-see-massive-price-growth/
  
• https://cryptopotato.com/market-watch-binance-coin-surging-following-bnb-burn-and-ieo-rumors-bitcoin-celebrates-in-place/
  
• https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-dominance-records-5-month-low-btc-begins-another-week-in-place/
  
• https://cryptopotato.com/binance-ieos-skyrocket-20-as-bitcoin-escaped-9200-price-watch/
  
• https://www.digitalmarketnews.com/the-encrypted-messaging-dilemma-balancing-censorship-and-freedom/
  
• https://beincrypto.com/dubious-bzx-token-sale-sparks-defi-fairness-debate/
  
• https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/07/14/kraken-launches-compound-trading-as-it-nears-2-billion-in-assets-under-management-plus-kava-knc-and-storj
  
• https://coincodex.com/article/8910/kraken-announces-comp-knc-kava-and-storj-listing/
  
• https://crypto-economy.com/kraken-exchange-added-support-for-4-new-cryptocurrencies-comp-kava-knc-and-storj/
  

June (2020)

• https://www.publish0x.com/cryptopress/kava-crypto-1-dollar-analysis-of-the-cosmos-makerdao-atom-xmdjkeg
  
• https://www.tradersmagazine.com/departments/commentary/its-a-small-cap-life/
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/proposing-an-uber-like-growth-model-for-blockchain-incentives
  
• https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/kava-technical-analysis-kava-usd-touches-193-reaching-for-new-highs-202006251325
  
• https://www.publish0x.com/cryptonators-airdrop-hunt/kava-is-about-to-break-open-the-world-of-multi-chain-decentr-xgdvljk
  
• https://cryptobuyingtips.com/guides/how-to-buy-kava-kava
  
• https://azcoinnews.com/what-is-kava.html
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/bubbling-over-the-top-defi-sector-heats-up-in-june-raising-concerns
  
• https://3commas.io/blog/non-ethereum-defi-projects
  
• https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/162669-kava-labs-defi-lending-platform-goes-live-with-binance-coin-bnb-collateral-support-usdx-stablecoin-loans/
  
• https://thedailychain.com/first-ever-centrally-cleared-bitcoin-exchange-product-to-be-listed-on-deutsche-borse/
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-steem-witness-i-received-direct-threats-from-a-hive-user
  
• https://cryptonews.com/news/brave-apologizes-crypto-scammers-get-smarter-more-news-6784.htm
  
• https://cryptobriefing.com/kava-is-offering-users-millions-to-mint-its-stablecoin-with-bnb/
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/cosmos-based-interoperable-defi-project-launches-on-mainnet-with-bnb-collateral
  
• https://btcpeers.com/kava-is-set-to-introduce-defi-lending-to-binance-bnb-holders/
  
• https://www.cryptovibes.com/blog/2020/06/10/bnb-to-feature-on-kavas-defi-platform-becoming-the-first-supported-asset/
  
• https://cryptonomist.ch/2020/06/09/kava-piattaforma-defi-bnb-collaterale/
  
• https://www.cryptopolitan.com/binance-and-cosmos-launch-kava-defi-protocol/
  
• https://mooncatchermeme.com/cosmos-based-interoperable-defi-project-launches-on-mainnet-with-bnb-collateral/
  
• https://www.namecoinnews.com/binance-exchange-to-support-the-kava-kava-mainnet-upgrade/
  
• https://www.dcforecasts.com/binance-coin-news/kava-defi-lending-platform-offers-minting-with-bnb-report/
  
• https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/162195-kava-labs-ceo-brian-kerr-explains-why-they-chose-cosmos-sdk-while-claiming-its-very-difficult-to-build-on-ethereum/
  
• https://hackernoon.com/binance-and-kava-bring-defi-lending-to-bnb-holders-7t4730d7
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900650/Five-Recent-BNB-Use-Cases-Stake-Spend-Trade-and-More
  
• https://thebitcoinstreetjournal.com/the-future-is-defi
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360044028312
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360044544151
  
• https://ethereumworldnews.com/why-staking-crypto-such-as-trx-kava-and-more-is-gathering-steam/
  
• https://www.namecoinnews.com/irisnet-partners-with-kava-labs-to-enable-better-defi-services/
  
• https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/162398-blockchain-interoperability-kava-labs-and-irisnet-to-further-promote-decentralized-finance-app-development-using-cosmos-sdk/
  
• https://coincodex.com/article/8435/top-3-coins-to-watch-jun-8-jun-14-2020/
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/c2f23ba57f9e4ff38ab25a8c6aba25bf
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900650/Five-Recent-BNB-Use-Cases-Stake-Spend-Trade-and-More
  
• https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/c2f23ba57f9e4ff38ab25a8c6aba25bf
  
• https://decrypt.co/31585/binance-to-give-away-tesla-cybertruck-again-and-28000
  
• https://coincodex.com/article/8474/binance-is-giving-away-a-tesla-cybertruck-and-27800-worth-of-kava-tokens/
  
• https://bitboycrypto.com/binance-to-give-away-tesla-cybertruck-and-cash-prize-up-to-28000-usd/
  
• https://coincodex.com/article/8457/top-5-coins-to-watch-in-june/
  
• https://www.publish0x.com/my-crypto-knowledge-2020/top-8-defi-altcoin-ready-to-explode-xvrydvw
  
• https://heraldsheets.com/binance-giveaway-tesla-cybertruck-27800-kava-token-listing/
  

Mentions

• https://cryptomode.com/weekly-coingecko-trend-searches-its-all-about-defi/
  
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/ethereum-iota-cosmos-price-analysis-27-june/
  
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/cardano-tron-cosmos-price-analysis-20-june/
  
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/xrp-cosmos-dogecoin-price-analysis-june-15/
  
• https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/cryptocurrency-news-update-bitcoin-stalled-after-recovery-attempt-altcoins-move-ahead-202007220724
  
• https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/exchange/ftx-lists-compound-governance-token-futures/
  
• https://cryptobriefing.com/stacking-sats-here-are-nine-ways-earn-bitcoin-2020/
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/3-big-blockchain-companies-teamed-up-on-a-defi-product-that-pays-passive-income
  
• https://thedailychain.com/binance-gearing-up-to-set-foot-in-the-uk-this-yea
  
• https://academy.ivanontech.com/blog/why-the-defi-space-could-see-huge-growth-over-the-coming-years
  
• https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/investors-now-chasing-other-defi-tokens-after-compounds-explosive-success/
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/bubbling-over-the-top-defi-sector-heats-up-in-june-raising-concerns
  
• https://dappradar.com/blog/ethereum-vs-binance-the-looming-battle-in-defi
  
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/nearly-6-of-kybers-token-supply-staked-in-one-day
  

May (2020)

• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/ethereum-defi-how-dforce-allegedly-copied-other-projects-codes/
• http://magent.org/performance-of-binances-last-5-launchpad-projects-future-news-blockchain/
• https://www.tuoluocaijing.cn/article/detail-10005435.html
• https://www.chainnews.com/articles/645406735192.htm
• https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/how-interoperability-brings-blockchain-back-to-its-roots/
• https://www.crypto-rating.com/forecasts/kava-kava-a-young-coin-with-good-trading-potential/
• https://crypto-economy.com/pos-alliance-engages-the-sec-on-advancing-proof-of-stake-network-standards/
• https://0xzx.com/202005132127634349.html
• https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/deal-flow-april-2020
• https://www.thebulletintime.com/news/what-decentralized-finance-should-and-shouldnt-be/

April (2020)

• https://dailyhodl.com/2020/04/07/new-jerseys-computer-system-chokes-struggles-to-handle-skyrocketing-unemployment-claims/
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blockchain-bites-ripple-sues-youtube-182554277.html
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/band-protocol-march-2020-overview/
• https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-bites-ripple-sues-youtube-monero-hits-the-box-office-and-draper-wants-crypto-everywhere
• https://theweeklycoin.substack.com/p/kava-a-makerdao-killer
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/partnerships/celsius-network-partners-with-chainlink/
• https://cryptobriefing.com/dont-bail-out-makerdao/

March (2020)

• https://blog.napbots.com/2020/03/20/kava-desires-to-problem-makerdao-but-will-it-function/
• https://cryptoadventure.org/the-kava-platform-review-a-comprehensive-defi-for-crypto-cross-chain-platform/
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/partnerships/cosmostation-band-protocol-tie-up/
• https://cryptogems.com/kava-review-the-cross-chain-defi-dapp-backed-by-crypto-elites/

February (2020)

• https://techbullion.com/biki-com-signs-strategic-partnership-with-cosmos-ecosystem-app-kava-and-lists-its-cross-chain-platform-token/
• https://community.hackernoon.com/t/kava-labs-launches-decentralized-and-self-governed-community-on-commun/31614

January (2020)

• https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2020/01/31/cross-chain-defi-platform-kavas-first-cdp-test-network-to-be-launched-on-february-5th/
• https://newslogical.com/one-of-worlds-oldest-humanitarian-aid-org-adopts-xrp/
• https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2020/01/17/cross-chain-cdp-platform-kava-allocates-1-1m-for-q1-grants-program/
• https://dailyhodl.com/2020/01/08/ripple-effect-the-biggest-companies-that-began-supporting-xrp-in-2019/
• https://coil.com/p/Ferdi/DeFi-according-to-Kava-Labs/qeADE4w_6
• https://blockmanity.com/news/feature/its-2020-and-the-staking-wars-are-here/
• https://smartereum.com/186482/ripple-news-today-top-headline-for-ripple-xrp-january-10th-2020/
• https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2020/01/31/cross-chain-defi-platform-kavas-first-cdp-test-network-to-be-launched-on-february-5th/

December (2019)

• https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2020/01/08/9-highlights-of-the-defi-system-which-you-should-know/
• https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/defi-saw-massive-growth-in-2019-will-it-continue-through-2020/
• https://news.bitcoin.com/venture-capitalists-have-invested-over-200m-in-stablecoins/
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/binance-reveals-estimated-annual-yields-for-staking-assets/
• https://decrypt.co/14954/why-bitcoin-is-having-an-un-merry-christmas
• https://newslogical.com/binance-to-add-support-for-kava-staking-with-30000-kava-initial-staking-reward-airdrop/
• https://mastersofnodes.com/kava-staking-support-introduction-on-binance-with-a-30000-kava-initial-staking-reward-airdrop/
• https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/interview/kava-labs-ceo-on-the-evolution-future-of-defi/
• https://www.coinbureau.com/review/kava-defi/
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/ripples-yearly-report-from-dumping-xrp-fud-to-being-valued-at-10-billion/

November (2019)

• https://cryptobriefing.com/are-cdps-the-new-cdos/
• https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/kava-labs-to-complete-1-5-million-buyback-of-kava-tokens-done-via-binance-launchpad/
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/binance-launchpads-kava-tokens-worth-1-5m-to-be-bought-back-by-kava-labs/
• https://btcmanager.com/kava-labs-kava-token-buyback/?q=/kava-labs-kava-token-buyback/&
• https://webitcoin.com.bo-que-e-kava-saiba-mais-sobre-essa-criptomoeda-16-nov/
• https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/11/153945-brian-kerr-kava-labs-ceo-explains-how-the-rise-of-fintech-has-enabled-decentralized-finance/
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/kava-mainnet-postponed-again-to-tackle-potential-security-vulnerability/
• https://www.cryptonewsz.com/kava-faces-mainnet-launch-failure-on-november-5-plans-to-retry-on-november-12/
• https://sludgefeed.com/kava-delays-its-mainnet-launch/
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-incubators-an-ultimate-solution-or-just-a-tool-for-startups
• https://decrypt.co/11102/defi-platform-kava-labs-launches-on-the-cosmos-network
• https://captainaltcoin.com/new-binance-hype-train-is-in-town-kava-coin/
• https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2019/11/05/kava-mainnet-showcases-first-defi-app-on-cosmos-network/
• https://cryptopotato.com/ieos-are-not-dead-kava-reached-180-roi-on-binance-early-trading/
• https://coincodex.com/article/5800/top-3-coins-to-watch-november-4-november-10-2019/
• https://www.dcforecasts.com/cosmos-news/defi-platform-kava-labs-launched-on-the-cosmos-network/
• http://www.fintech-insight.com/brian-kerr-kava-labs-ceo-explains-how-the-rise-of-fintech-has-enabled-decentralized-finance/
• https://cryptobriefing.com/are-cdps-the-new-cdos/
• https://cryptoworld.club/binance-launchpads-kava-tokens-worth-1-5m-to-be-bought-back-by-kava-labs/

October (2019)

• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/china-is-even-closer-to-launching-its-own-cryptocurrency/
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/kava-labs-defi-dreams-big-on-binance-launchpad/
• [https://www.coinspeaker.com/defi-kava-binance-launchpad/)
• https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-kava-kava-token-sale-on-binance-launchpad/
• https://eng.ambcrypto.com/binance-launchpad-welcomes-kava-token-to-its-list-of-high-roi-tokens/
• https://coincodex.com/article/5549/how-to-invest-in-the-kava-ieo-on-binance/
• https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/binance-us-now-insures-usd-deposits/
• https://coincodex.com/article/5548/the-next-binance-launchpad-ieo-is-kava-labs/
• https://usethebitcoin.com/startup-kava-ready-to-raise-3-million-through-ieo-on-binance/
• https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/43452/defi-project-kava-looking-to-raise-3m-via-ieo-on-binance-launchpad
• https://sludgefeed.com/kava-revealed-as-ninth-binance-launchpad-sale/
• https://cryptonation.in/ama-recap-kava-labs-x-cryptonation/
• https://crypto-economy.com/kava-labs-to-sell-tokens-on-popular-ieo-platform-binance-launchpad-next-week/
• https://thebitcoin.pub/t/defi-project-kava-looking-to-raise-3m-via-ieo-on-binance-launchpad/59207
• https://cryptoast.fbinance-launchpad-revele-prochaine-ieo-kava-labs/
• https://blog.chorus.one/kava-token-design/
• https://newslogical.com/kava-labs-is-developing-ripples-xrp-collaterised-stablecoin/
• https://cryptokiemtien.com/kava-token-sale-details-on-binance-launchpad-how-to-join-and-buy-kava-token/
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/defi-project-kava-looking-raise-111135519.html
• https://coincodex.com/article/5682/how-to-buy-kava-kava-on-binance/
• https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tag/kava-labs
• https://cryptoindia.io/kava-ama-recap/
• https://coin360.com/news/defi-project-kava-labs-launches-3m-ieo-on-binance-launchpad
• https://elevenews.com/2019/10/16/binance-launchpad-welcomes-kava-token-to-its-list-of-high-roi-tokens/
• https://cryptobriefing.com/cosmos-crypto-research/