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1. Chainweb, Kadena’s (layer 1) public blockchain protocol

Chainweb is a braided, parallelized proof-of-work consensus mechanism that improves throughput and scalability while maintaining the security and integrity found in Bitcoin.

In 2020, Kadena's public blockchain performed a live network expansion from 10 chains to 20 chains. This doubled throughput, proving the network's ability to scale in production to meet ever-higher demand.

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2. Pact, Kadena’s smart contract language

Pact is a human readable and Turing Incomplete smart contract language purpose-built for blockchains with powerful security features including full Formal Verification of user code, error messages, contract upgradability, support for interoperability, and strong permission and access control.

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4. Kadena's layer 1 + 2

With 20 chains, the Kadena blockchain platform achieves an industry-leading 480,000 transactions per second.

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How to scale a Proof of Work Blockchain
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Pact Smart Contract Language
Pact GitHub
Pact Language Reference
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Kadena's layer 2 blockchain 101
Kuro layer 2
Private chain deployment
Kadena completes blockchain scaling to 480,000 TPS on 20 Chains
Kadena's layer 2 blockchain 101
Kuro layer 2
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