The success of Bitcoin and Ethereum, but also their limitations, has
spurred the development of a significant amount of research and
development on cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology, that
explores both applications and alternative protocol designs and
enhancements that seek to address these limitations.
In this assignment, you are asked to conduct an investigation of one
specific project, and to write a paper of up to 5,000 words (in 12
point font and in pdf format), that discusses the current status
of the project. Your paper should
– explain the main technical innovations of the project,
– comparatively relate these innovations to the corresponding approach
in Bitcoin and Ethereum,
– discuss the specific application areas that the platform aims to
support, and explain how the technical aspects of the platform are
advantageous for these applications, and
– describe the history and present status of the project, indicating
both the degree to which the platform has been implemented and the
extent to which applications have been built on the platform.
Select one of the following projects as the focus of your paper. The
links provided are starting points – you should investigate other
sources, such as academic publications, cryptocurrency news sources
and online discussion boards to learn about the history of the project
and issues with the project discussed in the blockchain technology and
applications community.
Cardano
https://cardano.org
HashGraph
https://hedera.com
Ripple
https://ripple.com/
Stellar
https://stellar.org
Hyperledger
https://www.hyperledger.org
R3 Corda
Avalanche
https://www.avax.network
Algorand
https://www.algorand.foundation
Aptos
https://aptosfoundation.org
XX.Network
https://xx.network
Oasis Labs
https://www.oasislabs.com
Secret
Zcash
https://z.cash
Monero
https://www.getmonero.org
