Announcing the Blocknet Explorer!


http://block.blockexplorer.cc/chain/Blocknet

- correct coin supply
- API for other data sources like coinmarketcap

Thanks for the invitation. I'd be interested in joining, though as far as I'm aware the SuperNET folks don't seem very positively disposed toward me for some reason. Do you think they'd actually welcome me?

I agree that there's some irony in calling blockchain-based tech centralised, though in this context - which is the networking of chains - the distinctions do apply, and without ambiguity.

(That said, I also agree that there's a lack of marketing-friendly terminology to talk about this stuff. With so many layers, each of which can be centralised or decentralised, it's a complex landscape. Once we move from developing the core components onto marketing it to customers, we will need a good set of ways to present the differences. For the time being, I'm just using technical though confusing language.)

You're entirely correct. I have only referred to Multigateway and not to all the other SuperNET components.

On the other hand, I selected Multigateway carefully. InstantDEX is p2p but runs on the NXT Asset Exchange and thus is on the NXT blockchain. Therefore it is not inter-chain – which is the context of the discussion.

To give another example of something related to InstantDEX that is cloudy rather than foggy, ATOMIC is a blockchain that records transactions of other chains. Thus it centralises inter-chain networking.

(Correct me if I'm mistaken, of course. I'm no expert on this tech and I'm happy to stand corrected if I'm mistaken.)

Multigateway, which facilitates the exchange of currencies between nodes on different blockchains, involves groups of servers mediating the exchange.

As such, exchange between buyer and seller is not conducted on a peer-to-peer basis. There is a third party involved (albeit not a traditional monolithic third party, but groups of servers utilising m-of-3 multisig). This third party mediates the transaction, and must be trusted to do so.

The above is what it means to perform a cloud service. Processing occurs at (well, near) the centre of the network, rather than being pushed to the network's edges (i.e. the peers), which is what defines fog computing.

Therefore, Multigateway is a cloud service bus for blockchain-based nodes.

In contrast, the Blocknet's decentralised exchange is being developed on a radically p2p model, making it a fog computing service.

@cassius: if no, then why?

Note that this is from a demand chain and supply chain perspective.

No.

Can someone in the know explain the difference between Blocknet and SuperNet?

It is very encouraging to see BitNation selecting BlockNet as a partner over SuperNet, but it would be great to understand why.

Thanks,

G.

Regardless of SuperNET's choices (of which I'm completely unaware), Bitnation considered a very wide range of technologies (and the people developing them) before choosing the Blocknet and Horizon. Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof is especially well connected.

Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof is a conflict zone entrepreneur who has assisted with building and overthrowing governments across the world. Most recently, Ms Tarkowski Tempelhof set up the research and communication firm SHABAKAT Corporation on the ground in Benghazi, Libya during the civil war. She then expanded the company to Egypt and oversaw operations in Ghana and Yemen. Prior to this, Ms. Tarkowski Tempelhof set up Wise Strategic Communication (WSC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, acquiring contracts for a value of more than 7.4 million USD within the first two years of operations. She recruited, trained, and managed more than 300 personnel and eventually sold the company to IDS International. Based in Afghanistan from early 2006, Ms. Tarkowski Tempelhof worked with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Psychological Operations (PSYOP) programs, covering the areas of counterterrorism, elections, and rule of law, as well as campaigns to strengthen the Afghan government, police force and military.

Ms. Tarkowski Tempelhof is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), an associate of European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and provides political commentary and analysis for U.S. and Swedish media. She has been featured in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Huffington Post, and is a regular speaker at U.S. military, NATO, TEDx, and corporate communication conferences around the world.

Can someone in the know explain the difference between Blocknet and SuperNet?

It is very encouraging to see BitNation selecting BlockNet as a partner over SuperNet, but it would be great to understand why.

Thanks,

G.