Company
RChain
3 interviews on Crypto Coin Show
RChain is a layer 1 blockchain platform built around the rho-calculus and the Rholang smart contract language.
It was developed by the RChain Cooperative, which was incorporated in Washington State in January 2017 and based in Seattle. The platform is designed for concurrent execution, so that adding hardware increases throughput. Its storage and execution layer is called RSpace. The testnet launched in September 2018 and the mainnet went live in February 2020 with 10 cooperative validator nodes.
Proof-of-stake staking began in March 2020. RChain's applications included RVote, a community voting tool used for the cooperative's own governance.
21:32Latest interview · Jul 29, 2020RChain releases mainnet as cooperative blockchain projectAshton Addison interviews Steve Ross-Talbot, a Board Member of the Rchain Cooperative project. Rchain is a scalable Blockchain solution and transaction networks for global use. Rchain is one of the unique Blockchain projects run by a co-op with more democratic principles. Rchain recently released their…Watch the episode →People we’ve interviewed
VZAbout RChain
- Type
- Blockchain platform operated as a cooperative
- Structure
- Protocol
- Status
- Cooperative listed as dissolved
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington, United States
Funding and backers
As stated in Crypto Coin Show interviews and coverage. This is not a complete funding history.
What RChain told us
4 moments · 3 interviewsIn their own words on Crypto Coin Show. Tap Watch to jump to that exact moment.
“Our chain is an open source advanced blockchain project and its aspirations are to have a scalable globally secure trusted and safe blockchain that can operate right across the globe.”
SRSteve Ross-TalbotBoard Member · Jul 2020▶Watch at 0:46- SRSteve Ross-Talbot · RChain releases mainnet as cooperative blockchain project
“Imagine the next election in the USA coming up in November being on a blockchain. A traditional blockchain right now could not deal with that. You need to be able to scale to ensure that within a 24 hour period every single person in the United States could hit the same blockchain.”
▶Watch at 9:52 
GMGreg Meredith · Greg Meredith on RChain scalability and mathematics- RChain uses correct-by-construction technology including Rholang smart contracting language and CBC Casper proof-of-stake protocol for enhanced security.
- RChain operates as a cooperative with one-member-one-vote governance model, differentiating it from traditional blockchain projects.
- GMGreg Meredith, Vlad Zamfir · Greg Meredith and Vlad Zamfir on RChain's plan for high transaction capacity
“Early testing of our chain has proven it is capable of more than 40,000 transactions per second much higher than Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains are currently capable of.”
▶Watch at 1:58“Greg designed our chain aiming to solve the social political and economic problems on a platform capable of coordinating human activity at a high scalable level.”
▶Watch at 0:49
Products
- RholangSmart contracting language for RChain
- REVNative token of RChain blockchain
- CBC CasperProof-of-stake consensus protocol
- Rho VMVirtual machine for RChain
Timeline
- REV token listed on MXC cryptocurrency exchange CCS interview, May 2020
- RChain node software version 0.1 released CCS interview, Jan 2018
- First interview on Crypto Coin Show Watch
- RChain founded
Interviews with RChain
15:41Greg Meredith on RChain scalability and mathematicsMay 21, 2020 · Greg Meredith, RChain
5:42Greg Meredith and Vlad Zamfir on RChain's plan for high transaction capacityJan 10, 2018 · Greg Meredith, RChainRelated interviews
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