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We’re joined by Monica Quaintance, Head of Engineering and Adoption at Kadena. While most companies providing enterprise solutions focus primarily on permissioned systems, Kadena is building both a public network protocol and private blockchain infrastructure. Their Chainweb protocol will soon launch as a public network and smart contract platform. The company claims their novel approach to proof of work offers enormous gains on transaction throughput, even at scale, while benefiting from the same security as Bitcoin. Alongside Chainwebs, Kadena is building a permissioned protocol more suited for enterprise applications in insurance and finance.
Topics covered in this episode:
Monica’s background at the SECThe genesis of Kadena and why the founders left JP MorganKadena’s unique approach to building both public and permissioned protocolsThe Chainweb protocol and it’s approach to proof of workThe incentive mechanisms in ChainwebHow Chainweb protects itself against common attack vectorsThe PACT smart contract languageKadena’s enterprise blockchain offeringThe company’s go-to-market strategy and business model Episode links:
Kadena Website Chainweb Whitepaper ChainWeb Protocol Security Calculations White Paper Kadena White Paper Confidentiality in Private Blockchain White Paper The Pact Smart-Contract Language White Paper This episode was hosted by Meher Roy & Sébastien Couture, and is availble on YouTube, SoundCloud, and our website.
