Byteball is a nonprofit blockchain and software development organization headquartered in Moscow, Russia released on December 25, 2016 by Tony Churyumoff. During the release of ByteBall the company offered Bitcoin users the ability to claim the equivalent of their Bitcoin of the ByteBall (GBYTE coin) cryptocurrency.
The company offers a decentralized database based on Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) technology designed to makes it simple for users to create and maintain smart contracts. Key features include atomic exchange, regulated assets, multi signature, on-chain oracles, immutable storage, and settlement finality.
Funding
The ByteBall platform did not hold an initial coin offering (ICO), and instead chose to distribute 99% of the networks two native cryptocurrencies, bytes and blackbytes, for free.
Timeline
Launch of ByteBall
Byteball is a nonprofit blockchain and software development organization headquartered in Moscow, Russia released on December 25, 2016 by Tony Churyumoff.
People
Artem Nagorny
Developer
Casper Niebe
User Acquisition Manager
Chen Weijun
Area Representative, China
Elena Tairova
Head of Public Relations and Communications
Evgeniy Stulnikov
Developer
Luke Angell
Events and Partnerships Manager
Mikhail Pustovalov
Developer
Milan Horvath
Community Manager
Paul Murray
Head of Digital Content
Steve Safronoff
Partner and Head of Business Development
Tony Churyumoff
Founder & Lead Developer
Valerius Coppens
Head of Strategy
Further reading
Byteball -- What's happening? -- April 2018 - Suirelav - Medium
Suirelav
Web
Byteball: A Decentralized System for Storage and Transfer of Value
Anton Churyumov
Academic
Introduction to Byteball -- Part 1: Why? - Suirelav - Medium
Suirelav
Web
Introduction to Byteball -- Part 2: The DAG - Suirelav - Medium
Suirelav
Web
Introduction to Byteball -- Part 3: Smart Contracts - Suirelav - Medium
Suirelav
Web
Introduction to Byteball -- Part 4: Adoption - Suirelav - Medium
Suirelav
Web
The Future of Cryptos: Byteball and IOTA vs Bitcoin and Ethereum | BTCMANAGER
Guest Post
Web
What is Byteball - An Ultimate Guide on GBYTE crypto
Coinswitch
Web
What is Byteball? (GBYTE) | Beginner's Guide - CoinCentral
Johnny Sessa
Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Byteball | Smart Payments Made Simple - part 1 of 4 - Why?
December 27, 2017
Byteball | Smart payments made simple - Part 2 of 4 - The DAG
December 27, 2017
Byteball | Smart payments made simple - Part 3 of 4 - Smart Contracts
December 27, 2017
Byteball | Smart payments made simple - Part 4 of 4 - Adoption
December 27, 2017
Byteball founder Tony Churyumoff talks about his DAG-based ledger 'Byteball'
February 24, 2018
Companies
References
ByteBall
Decentralized File Storage
Privacy
Privacy cryptocurrency
Smart contract (blockchain)
MoscowCategories
Related Topics
BlockchainA blockchain is an append-only digital ledger storing a set of time-ordered transactions grouped in blocks that are linked together using cryptographic hashes.
CryptocurrencyA cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. Cryptocurrencies are a subset of alternative currencies, or specifically of digital currencies.
Directed acyclic graphA graph data structure that uses topological ordering, meaning that the graph flows in only one direction and it's impossible to traverse the entire graph by starting at an edge.
BitcoinBitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a digital payment system invented by an unknown programmer, or a group of programmers, under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It was released as open-source software in 2009.
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