A new RSK Ginger release has been published in our Github repo. This release focuses on performance and sync improvements, and fixes some bugs we’ve found since last release. This is a summary of the changes included in this version: Total difficulty was not being properly loaded when resuming from an existent local blockchain (#124). […]

A new RSK Ginger release has been published in our Github repo. This release focuses on performance and stability improvements, faster sync and the possibility of starting node using an existent blockchain database. This is a summary of the changes included in this version: It is now possible to resume node preserving the state of […]

Most smart contracts perform computations based on information coming from the outside world. This data must be transferred to the platform through the transaction layer. The cost of such transfers is generally significant, because the platform must price several factors into transfers. Every byte transferred: consumes bandwidth. delays block propagation (because it increases the inter-node […]

At #Consensus2017, RSK presented Ginger, the public release of the open source Testnet. This platform adds more functionalities to the Bitcoin network such as smart contracts, greater scalability and a new revenue stream for miners. The RSK platform is powered by Bitcoin, the most secure distributed network in the world. With Ginger, users will be […]

We’re excited to announce we are open sourcing the RSK platform client today. We’re very happy to share all the work we’ve done so far and the challenges we face in a more open way. This release, codenamed Ginger, is the first step to bring smart contracts into the Bitcoin ecosystem, based on three main […]

This is the first of a series of articles I will be posting during 2017. I want developers and users to understand the benefits and the uniqueness of RSK platform design. The topics I plan to cover in this and subsequent posts relate to improvements to full node technologies: consensus, security, privacy, scalabilty, auditability, and […]

Smart contracts platform RSK and mobile learning service Funzi are announcing their cooperation to bring RSK University, a platform to study Blockchain and smart contracts technology, to mobile using the Funzi service. Both RSK and Funzi are participants in the Dubai Future Accelerators, a unique government-supported accelerator with the mission to imagine, design, and create […]

Several of the most influential Bitcoin companies worldwide have expressed their support to promote Smart Contracts over the Bitcoin network by participating in the RSK Federation. August 3rd, 2016 — Buenos Aires The RSK network is the first turing-complete platform to run Smart Contracts secured by the Bitcoin Network. In addition to the security provided […]

By Sergio D. Lerner @sdlerner One of our goals at RSK has been to focus on real-world applications of the smart-contract technology. Although we are excited to see radical new approaches to very old trust problems such as DAOs, we think that Bitcoin, the blockchain, smart-wallets and crypto-assets hold enough disruption potential so that just […]

What is a 2WP A 2-way peg (2WP) allows the transfer of bitcoins from the Bitcoin blockchain to a Secondary blockchain and vice-versa. The “transfer” is in fact an illusion: bitcoins are not transferred, but temporarily locked on the Bitcoin blockchain while the same amount of equivalent tokens are unlocked in a secondary blockchain. The […]