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Introducing Chialisp

We just launched our first version of the Chialisp language and on-chain programming environment, which introduces a new and much better approach to building smart transactions. This post will give an overview of what the new innovations are and how they’re better. The two general approaches to

November 27, 2019

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Introducing The Alpha Release Of The Chia Blockchain

The Chia blockchain and consensus algorithm aims to provide a more environmentally friendly, decentralized, and secure alternative to proof of work or proof of stake, while maintaining some of the key properties that make Nakamoto consensus desirable. The full description of the algorithm can be rev

November 26, 2019

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Chia VDF Competition Round 2 Results and Announcements

Congratulations to Sundersoft for winning both tracks of the second Chia VDF competition and earning $100,000! We had four entries that all made large improvements in the speed of the VDF algorithm in both contest tracks compared to our in house reference implementation. Note that these timings are

July 18, 2019

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This Week in Tech interviews Bram Cohen about Chia, and Libra

Following the release of our green paper and the launch of our Proof of Space competition Chia has received lots of positive attention from media outlets including Venture Beat and Yahoo Finance and the community at large. Decrypt Media, an independent website dedicated to cryptocurrency news,

July 17, 2019

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Chia Network Announces Proof of Space Competition with $100k in Total Prize Money

We’re excited to announce Chia’s Proof of Space competition. In Chia’s Proof of Space, rewards are given to farmers that can prove that they are allocating a portion of their disk space to farming Chia. In order to be used as a consensus method, Proof of Space is tied to Proof of Time. An open

July 7, 2019

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Chia Network Announces 2nd VDF Competition with $100,000 in Total Prize Money

A few months ago we wrapped up our initial VDF implementation competition and were amazed by the excellent quality of the submissions. The top three contenders each came in at under one minute (the reference implementation was 169 seconds). Five other teams also submitted implementations which were

April 4, 2019

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Building a Sustainable Blockchain, With Your Help

Decentralized, digital currencies will soon evolve from being a futuristic concept to a mainstream reality. They’ll offer liquidity to those who live in countries with poorly run or corrupt central banks, and offer a universal currency for streamlined financial transfers. Currency not tied to the

March 25, 2019

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Chia VDF Competition Round 1 Results and Announcements

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first round of Chia Network’s Verifiable Delay Function (VDF) competition. The round concluded on January 3rd, 2019 with many excellent submissions from the participants. The quality of the entries exceeded our expectations, and we’re happy that the

January 17, 2019

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