Complexity vs functionality Have you tried creating a digital asset on another platform before and failed? Do you think developing your own smart contracts is too risky, but you might give it a try if it was simple enough and affordable? Do you have an idea for a use case that requires zero…

Hathor combines blockchain and DAG technology to scale. In this post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about how the network does this without taking hits to its security and decentralization levels and how this architecture speeds up transaction finality time as traffic increases. Let’s begin with the tl;dr:

What is the sync protocol? In a decentralized blockchain like Hathor, each full node connected to the peer-to-peer network keeps a local copy of the blockchain database. This copy must be in sync with all other network peers. And that is precisely what the synchronization protocol does: It detects changes in the blockchain (e.g., …

Here’s a primer on web3. A bit unstructured but hopefully it can help if you have a basic understanding of blockchain and crypto but are somewhat confused about the web3 term. Views are my own. PS: I don’t have any strong feelings about the web3 term other than I think…

What are Atomic Swaps? Atomic Swaps let you exchange different tokens on Hathor in the same transaction and have been supported natively in the Hathor protocol since the early days. All Hathor assets are supported, so you can swap both HTR, custom tokens, and NFTs. If you’re a developer and want to dive right…

We have just added multisig support in the latest version of our Hathor Headless Wallet. This article gives a general introduction to multisig and what you can do with it. …

Please follow the below security recommendations for the Hathor Wallet at all times. Not following these best practices increases the risk of losing access to your funds. Always ensure you have the latest version of the Hathor Wallet installed. Go here to download the latest releases. If you are using…

PS: This piece was written before I started working at Hathor Labs. If you’re new to Hathor and looking for an introduction, you might want to read my previous articles in chronological order first: Hathor — bringing blockchain to the masses? The bullish case for Hathor (and HTRFDT) Hathor —…

PS: This piece was written before I started working at Hathor Labs. “Blockchain made easy” is Hathor Network’s bold tagline. Yan, Hathor’s CEO, was quoted in a recent Cointelegraph article, saying (Google translate from Portuguese): “Our ultimate goal is to bring the greatest number of use cases, the greatest number…