We’re joined by Greg Meredith and Nash Foster of the RChain Cooperative. A fundamentally new kind of blockchain platform, RChain is rooted in a formal model of concurrent and decentralized computation. Powered by the Rho Virtual Machine, and secured by Casper proof-of-stake, RCain is partitioned, or shareded by default, forming a network of coordinated and parallel blockchains. The project, which is formed as a coop, leverages correct-by-construction software development to produce a concurrent, compositional, and massively scalable blockchain.

Topics covered in this episode:

How Rchain spun out of the Synereo project

The primary objectives RChain seeks to establish

The fundamental principles of RChain and RLang

The concepts of concurrency and parallelism in simple terms

How building concurrent systems implies scalability

The unique features of Casper consensus in the context of RChain

The importance of namespaces in RChain

Why this project was started as a cooperative

The current status of the project and roapmap

Episode links:

RChain Website

RChain Rholang SDK (v0.1) Released

A Visualization for the Future of Blockchain Consensus

Introducing Rholang! at Devcon 2

This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/221