Category: Chia.net

How much does it cost to make a plot? What should be an easy calculation has a bit of nuance. I started creating a model with a three-year total cost of ownership for the plotting hardware, but the tricky part was how to treat the hardware utilization and depreciation. The higher the utilization of the plotter, the…

Cryptocurrencies and underlying blockchain technologies are going through a phase of euphoria – awareness is high and adoption is growing, but current use cases are often dubious. There’s confusion around the types of problems and applications that secure and sustainable public blockchains can and should solve… We believe there are six primary areas where blockchains…

Version 1.5.1 of the Chia reference client is now available to download. This release includes some fun new features, which we’ll go through in this post. Business White Paper NFT Improvements NFT-for-CAT offers Version 1.4 introduced NFTs to Chia’s ecosystem. Chia NFTs are typically bought and sold using Offers, which enable the peer-to-peer exchange of assets, with…

What if we could increase access and create real global inclusion in the carbon markets? What if we could establish clear standards and transparent pricing for a previously illiquid and obfuscated asset? What if we could establish “one”¹ price of carbon? We could increase funding for the high-quality, nature-based projects seeking to regenerate nature, while creating…

Today, we are launching the Chia Beta Program, a new way for one of the largest and most decentralized communities in blockchain to help us test and refine the products we’re building at an unprecedented scale. The Beta Program represents an opportunity for the community to be involved in the development process and offer direct feedback…

Chia is releasing new plotting software called Bladebit Disk, utilizing the high-performance code from the in-memory plotter Bladebit, with a new architecture optimized for mainstream storage devices (solid state drives, and hard disk drives). Major new features include DRAM caching to reduce writes and improve performance and brand new architecture for disk io that improves…

Part of our commitment to the security of the Chia blockchain and community is providing transparency around security and the lessons learned when a security incident is discovered. In this spirit, we will have a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE) and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) of the recent CAT1 vulnerability published Soon™. In the meantime, we will provide technical…

Updated July 27, 2022 at 17:00 UTC ‎ Reissuance is Underway. Following the end of life (EOL) of CAT1 at block height 2,311,760 (at approximately July 26, 2022 at 9:00am PDT), we’re providing an update on the reissuance process and information on next steps for asset holders and asset issuers. Asset Holders If you have any…

Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the next milestone of our journey: The Chia NFT1 standard on mainnet. Our NFT0 testnet release in May outlined our vision for the future of NFTs – We are seeking to leverage Chia’s sustainable, inclusive, and compliant blockchain to enable and drive real-world applications of digital ownership through true marketplace…

☀️ A “crypto summer” school thesis I started learning about blockchain, crypto and web3 in January, after a surge of 2021 media activity that shouted, “Hey, start paying attention to this.” After months figuring out how to “speak crypto,” I realized that there are lots of low-quality projects that lack substance, resemble scams, or proliferate “bro culture”—none…