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by ezekg 3083 days ago
Blockchain is so 2017--block lattice is the future.
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JohnStudio 3083 days ago
Actually that's the FIRST time I've ever heard of lattice. Is that a real deal? Not trying to feed into the hype here, but from a math perspective I get fascinated by concurrency
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ezekg 3083 days ago
Yeah, a cryptocurrency called Rai currently uses it (maybe IOTA too?). Essentially, each account gets its own blockchain and they're connected together using a DAG data structure.
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ChristianBundy 3083 days ago
Yeah, RaiBlocks is currently the only one doing it, although you could make the case for Stellar as well.
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stephenr 3083 days ago
I read this as block lettuce the first time around.
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