New trends in the blockchain industry! Arweave's latest AO protocol achieves ultra-high performance computing on the storage public chain, and even achieves a quasi-Web2 experience, which is undoubtedly eye-catching! 😮 AO is named after the abbreviation of Actor Oriented, a programming paradigm in the concurrent computing model Actor Model. Its overall design idea is derived from the extension of Smart Weave, and also follows the concept of Actor Model with message passing as the core. In simple terms, we can understand AO as a "super-parallel computer" running on the Arweave network through a modular architecture.

The concept of AO seems to be similar to the "Core Time" segmentation and recombination proposed by Gavin Wood at the Polkadot Decoded conference last year. Both are achieved through the scheduling and coordination of computing resources to achieve the so-called "high-performance world computer". But there are actually some differences between the two in essence. In theory, AO can provide nearly unlimited computing power (in actual cases, it should depend on the level of network incentives) and higher degrees of freedom through the horizontal expansion of nodes.

AO's architecture design, operating logic, what has changed, and comparison with ICP are all topics worth exploring in depth. Here, we can not only see the new development of blockchain technology, but also its impact on the market. 👀

So, what do you think of the AO protocol? Welcome to share your views in the comment area, let's explore the new dynamics of the blockchain industry together! 👇