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Polygon is the blockchain platform which runs Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market. [15] In July 2022, Polygon participated in Disney's 2022 acceleration program to expand into augmented reality, NFTs, and AI. [16] [17] In October 2022, the Indian Police in Firozabad started using Polygon for reporting crimes. [17]
DRW Holdings, LLC, typically referred to as DRW, is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. The firm was founded in 1992 by Don Wilson, an options trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and was named after his initials: DRW. [1]
Polkadot is a decentralized, nominated proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT. It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange messages and perform transactions with each other without a trusted third-party.
Stellar, or Stellar Lumens (XLM) is a cryptocurrency protocol which allows transactions between any pair of currencies.. The Stellar protocol is supported by the nonprofit Stellar Development Foundation (though this organization does not have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status) [2] [3] which was founded in 2014.
Blockchain as a service (BaaS) is an enterprise-level software service [1] that allows businesses to use cloud-based solutions to build, host and use their own blockchain apps, smart contracts and functions on the blockchain infrastructure developed by a vendor.
Ledger state Notes Refs. Bitcoin: January 3, 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto: BTC. PoW with Nakamoto Consensus Yes (scripts) No No Probabilistic UTXO: First and most well-known blockchain of all; BTC is the most valuable token in terms of market share. [1] [2] Litecoin: Oct 8, 2011 Charlie Lee LTC PoW: Yes (scripts) Yes [1] [3] Peercoin: Aug 19, 2012 PPC ...
Chainlink's decentralized oracle network is an open-source technology infrastructure that allows any blockchain to securely connect to off-chain data and computation resources. The network nodes fetch, validate, and deliver data from multiple sources onto blockchains to execute smart contracts.
Braintree was founded by Bryan Johnson in 2007. [2] By 2011, the company ranked 47th on Inc. magazine's annual list of the 500 fastest-growing companies.. In that year, Bill Ready joined the company as CEO. [3]