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AIRDROPS + ALPHAJan 8, 2020
Coins
Ethereum, Tron, EOS racked up $23 billion in dapp volume in 2019: report
Decentralized applications had a breakout year in 2019, with dapps on the Ethereum, Tron, and EOS blockchains raking in some $23 billion in transaction volume, according to a new report from DappReview. The data analytics site reports that the three leading smart-contract platforms accounted for more than 98 percent of the total on-chain dapp activity throughout the blockchain industry: Ethereum alone came in at $12.8 billion for the year, while EOS recorded $6 billion in transactions, and Tron...
Nov 28, 2019
The Coins
What is IOST?
If blockchains want to be able to host mainstream applications that hundreds of millions of people use on a regular basis, they will have to be able to handle millions of transactions quickly and securely. This is where the Internet of Services Token (IOST) blockchain comes in. The team is creating a blockchain that can handle real usage and real volume. Learn why IOST is contending to be the prime destination for the future world of dapps. What is IOST? IOST is its own fully-fledged blockchain...
Apr 27, 2019
Technology
IOST is set to release its mass adoption “secret weapon”
It’s a question crypto philosophers have pondered since the dawn of Bitcoin: how do we get the masses to actually use the damn thing? IOST, a new public blockchain network based in Singapore, wants to solve that riddle once and for all. Quickly climbing up the usage ranks among public chains, even overtaking Ethereum in daily transactions last week, IOST is now poised to unleash its most ambitious project to date: a way for ordinary Internet users to earn and use crypto—without the madness of pr...