Category: Chia.net

In the not too distant past, a pack of the uninformed chanted “Blockchain not Bitcoin!” This was “proof of no IQ,” as a secure decentralized database, a blockchain, requires an incentive to compensate farmers/miners to validate transactions for third parties. Blockchains need cryptocurrency and cryptocurrencies need blockchain. Cryptocurrencies do have a value, and they can…

In October 2021, Chia began exploring the NFT space and the role that we can play in it. We believe the Chia blockchain provides differentiated value through true digital ownership and Chia Offer Files that enable true decentralized trading. Coming from the video gaming industry, I innately understood the appeal of digital ownership, but I wasn’t familiar…

We’ve done some remodeling on the GUI, so you’ll find that things have moved around. We’ve provided some notes and context (and GIFs!) for you to become familiar with the new GUI, which has incorporated community feedback and is structured to better support future features. Please take a look below to understand what has changed….

Today, I’m excited to announce the public release of our Chia Dashboards. The site currently has 3 dashboards providing a glimpse into the blockchain and peer network. We’re building this network together – the primary goal of these dashboards is to provide an accurate and third-party verifiable accounting of the blockchain and its state. A secondary…

In celebration of Chia Mainnet’s first year, we share some thoughts and a nifty infographic below.‎ ‎ As we look back on the first year of Chia’s blockchain, we have a lot to celebrate; from the launch of Mainnet and rapid network growth to the developer ecosystem and engaged community, from theory, testing, and simulation to hundreds of thousands…

Those applying traditional financial industry modes of interpretation around market sizes and incumbency are doomed to fail at predicting which blockchain technologies will get mass adoption. Let’s discuss why. Marc Andressen famously coined the phrase, “software is eating the world.” Now software has turned its attention to the rails of the global financial infrastructure. The…

Chia version 1.3 (coming Soon®) will have many new features and some significant upgrades. One change we’ve talked about a bit less is the upcoming soft fork to disallow negative division. This post will cover what you need to know about this change. Hard fork vs soft fork Blockchains have two basic methods of changing their consensus:…

The Event: Over the course of February 3rd and 4th, we held a Developer Challenge in partnership with our friends at Clovyr. Focusing on the amazing chialisp development environment provided by Clovyr, we wanted to see what kind of smart-coin focused project intrepid developers could create over a 24 hour window. With 74 participants signed up, the…

Here is a picture of robots building a giant hard drive generated by AI, for no good reason – by Seth Jenks Special thanks to Western Digital for sending me the drives to test and being available to answer many of my technical questions! What is SMR? The Chia farmer community has figured out that…

A flow chart for CHIPs not to be confused with CHiPS Have you ever read through Chia’s source code or protocols and thought, I have an idea to improve that? Well, now’s your chance! A CHia Improvement Proposal (CHIP) is a formal document for improving Chia’s protocols, procedures, tooling, design decisions, or really anything related to Chia. CHIPs come in…