Overview

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.

Informational Resources

• Article: Kadena’s Public Blockchain 101

• Whitepapers: Chainweb layer 1

• Article: How to scale a Proof of Work Blockchain

Note

Resources for interacting with Kadena’s public blockchain are available here.

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.

Informational Resources

• Article: Safer, Smarter Contracts with Pact

• Whitepaper: Pact Smart Contract Language

• Documentation: Pact GitHub

• Documentation: Pact Language Reference

Note

Resources for using Pact are available at the Public chain interaction page.

3. Kuro, Kadena’s layer 2 blockchain

Kuro has been proven to support up to 8,000 transactions per second across 500 nodes, and is available for evaluation on AWS and Azure.

Informational Resources

• Article: Kadena's layer 2 blockchain 101

• Whitepaper: Kuro layer 2

Note

Resources for deploying Kuro are available at the Private chain deployment page.

4. Kadena's layer 1 + 2

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

Informational Resources

• Article: Kadena completes blockchain scaling to 480,000 TPS on 20 Chains

• Article: Kadena's layer 2 blockchain 101

• Whitepaper: Kuro layer 2

Note

Resources for deploying Kuro are available at the Kuro layer 2 deployment page.