Introduction
Proton Blockchain is a layer one public blockchain and smart contract platform designed
for both consumer and enterprise, built on delegated proof-of-stake forked from EOSIO. It
is a highly resource-efficient chain that allows for scaling into thousands of transactions
per second while providing extremely low latency.
Mission and Vision
Proton Blockchain was created to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and
decentralized finance (DeFi), creating a way for blockchains to communicate directly with
the fiat payment messaging layer. Furthermore, Proton Blockchain was designed in such a
way that banks and fintechs can pay for resource fees (versus their customers), while
simultaneously having the capability to apply for resource grants from the Proton
Consortium through the Worker Proposal System (WPS) for resources grants for wallet
services.
Commitment to helping developers and businesses build on Proton Blockchain
The main language to build on Proton is C++; with over 6 million developers around the
world, it's in the top five most popular languages and is a perfect choice for a growing
blockchain environment. Proton additionally introduces WASM through AssemblyScript,
an extension of TypeScript to integrate with the existing web ecosystem. To encourage
the continued progress of the Proton blockchain, and support developers who are
actively building with Proton, we have released our Open SDK along with documentation.
Our Open SDK consists of the Proton Web SDK, ProtonSwift (iOS), ProtonKotlin (Android)
and the Proton API. Additionally, we created demo dApps, running on the Proton
blockchain with source code.
Proton Blockchain Overview
In the section below we cover specifics about the Proton Blockchain, how blocks are
produced, how Block Producers operate, the scalability of the chain, and a deeper look at
the consensus mechanism, delegated proof-of-stake (dPoS).
Decentralized Network
The Proton Blockchain is fully decentralized. The potential for adversarial attacks such as
double spends, chain splits, and 51% attacks are mitigated through the use of the
Delegated Proof of Stake (dPoS) consensus mechanism, which relies on Block Producers
(BPs) and stakers to uphold the network constitution. The Proton Blockchain is
permissionless and supportive of the FOSS movement. Our open-source documentation
can be found on GitHub .
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