I’ve been thinking a lot about the scalability trilemma lately, and wanted to write this blog post because after grappling with it for several days it seems pretty clear to me that the idea is at least a little bit…
Key institutional investors excited to back new blockchain capable of processing terabytes of data every day Note: this is a cross-post from our announcement on Medium. Saito is a generational shift in blockchain technology. At its heart is a simple yet…
Last week was Berlin blockchain week. I attended some great events including the Zero Knowledge Summit and Dezentral put together by 1kx. Notes on the Berlin Blockchain Community My immediate impressions of the Berlin Blockchain Community it is tech first, then down to business, speculation last…
Imagine we want to scale Ethereum without plasma chains or chains-of-chains. Here is one strategy: Start by creating a Saito module that selects nodes through some algorithm. All nodes running this module listen on the Saito network for transactions that…
I attended the Ethereum Industry Summit in Hong Kong yesterday. Left the event with mixed feelings and a few new friends, but three random thoughts to start: The calibre of discussion was high compared to other public crypto events and…
In various discussions over the last two months, we’ve noticed that some people have trouble wrapping their head around Saito’s consensus mechanism. Although our whitepaper tries to outline the solution as simply as possible (and in only four pages!), since…
Just as a quick update on what is happening here behind the scenes, about two weeks ago our technical team (David, Stephen and Richard) began a review and refactor of the core Saito code. Our goals are threefold: 1. Fix…
In the spirit of an update: Technical Development: In the last few weeks we have upgraded from operating a single-server demo to a multi-server network with dedicated machines handling independent services like DNS, dReddit and more. We have fixed core…
It feels like only last year we were at Genesis Block on opening day, rehashing the Bitcoin scaling debate while Vincent struggled to get his Bitcoin ATMs working. In the very few months since, Genesis Block has become a bone…