Two individual blockchains have been successfully linked, as Blocknet announced last night that Xbridge technology had for the first time allowed communications between nodes on two separate blockchains through their Xhub protocol.
Aiming to construct “the internet of blockchains,” the new protocol is designed to allow separate blockchains to inter-operate.
With no clear leader so far in this world of expanding blockchain implementation, every announcement of further development from one of the several groups in competition, edges them closer to a public launch and perhaps winning market-share. By announcing “the successful sending of a message between nodes on different blockchains” in a press release issued yesterday, Blocknet will be hoping to increase developer interest in the open source peer-to-peer protocol they have placed on Github.
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http://cointelegraph.com/news/113186/blockchain-20-arms-race-blocknet-declares-first-shots-fired-between-nodes-on-separate-blockchains