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Sharding

By | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

Sharding is a scaling approach that enables splitting of blockchain states into partitions containing states and transaction history, so that each shard can be processed in parallel.

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Dutch Auction

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Public tasks available for anyone for a reward

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Cryptographic proof for 2 parties to verify a value without revealing what the value is.

IPO

Initial Public Offering (IPO) refers to the process where a public company offers newly issued shares to the public and as a result raise capital from public investors.