{"id":2300,"date":"2017-04-24T12:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2020-11-22T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T16:00:10","slug":"decred-new-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/decred-new-updates.html","title":{"rendered":"Decred 1.0. claims to have a decentralized governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decred<\/strong>, a creation of Bitcoin developers, rolls out decentralized governance<\/strong>, claiming a first in blockchain technology.<\/p>\n

Decred is a cryptocurrency project and platform built from the ground up to leverage the will of its constituents to drive change<\/strong>. This approach eliminates the conflicts that arise when powerful entities attempt to assert control over a cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, April 25, 2017 marks the release of Decred v1.0<\/strong>. This historic release puts Decred stakeholders in charge of shaping the future of Decred through direct community consensus voting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For the first time in the history of cryptocurrencies, governing control moves away from centralized authorities, such as developers and miners, and is given to the community of stakeholders. Decentralization struggles without decentralized governance<\/strong>; this is especially true when it comes to a rapidly growing global currency.<\/p>\n

Most cryptocurrencies distinguish themselves by how they secure the transactions on their network.<\/p>\n

For example, Bitcoin is famous for using a proof-of-work algorithm that rewards miners for finding solutions to a cryptographic hash puzzle. Other cryptocurrency projects rely on proof-of-stake algorithms that reward users who hold the currency in a “staking” wallet with interest on the balances they carry.<\/p>\n

Both approaches have strengths and limitations; Decred takes advantage of the best of both worlds with a hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus system<\/strong>. This allows the platform to strike a balance between benefits to both miners and stakeholders, giving rise to a more robust notion of consensus.<\/p>\n

The 1.0 release of Decred will include the first community vote on two important issues.<\/p>\n

After 75% or more of miners and stakeholders have updated to 1.0, Decred stakeholders will be able to vote on one consensus change and one signaling vote. Due to the rapidly growing popularity of Decred, the number of stakeholders buying vote tickets has increased dramatically, leading to large oscillations in the ticket price.<\/p>\n

This is a good example of an unanticipated condition which needs to be resolved though community consensus. A new ticket price algorithm will aim to ease the large oscillations in ticket price and lead to better ticket price discovery while still maintaining the target ticket pool size.<\/p>\n

A consensus change of this magnitude is very difficult to achieve in more traditional cryptocurrencies and requires the voluntary acceptance of the code by miners that may or may not have their own agendas. If it passes, the new ticket price algorithm<\/strong> will activate seamlessly for everyone with no further intervention. The second vote will allow stakeholders to signal support for Lightning Network<\/a> development.<\/p>\n

The Lightning Network<\/strong> is a payment layer that makes it economical and fast to process payments, especially small payments, like buying a cup of coffee without having to pay a large transaction fee to process the transaction. If this signaling vote passes, the developers will begin work on integrating Lightning Network on the Decred blockchain. Once development is complete and tested, a future consensus vote can be taken to automatically activate the Lightning Network code.<\/p>\n

The recent 2017 roadmap highlights some of the other massive innovations<\/strong> that the team hopes to put up for a vote throughout the year. In addition, a new improvement proposal system will be put in place soon to allow for the community to contribute directly to the agenda.<\/p>\n

The release of Decred 1.0<\/strong> is a watershed moment in the cryptocurrency movement. This digital currency finally does what has never been done before, putting the power of change in the hands of the very people that care about it most. Decred is celebrating version 1.0.0 release with a puzzle challenge.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Autonomy Puzzle\u2019 challenge features an initial prize of 500 decred (DCR) to the first solver, equivalent to approximately USD 7,500 at the time of this release. However, players will be working against the clock, as the prize will be reduced every 24 hours. The puzzle difficulty level has been rated \u2018easy to medium\u2019, as Decred is aiming to include participants of all skill levels.<\/p>\n

Decred Wallet<\/h2>\n

We recently added Decred<\/strong> among the available digital currencies you can store on the HolyTransaction<\/a> multicurrency wallet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We define it as “multicurrency” because you can store more than 10 different cryptocurrencies within the same account and login details.<\/p>\n

Open your Decred\u00a0Wallet<\/a> here<\/a> and store it right next to your own Bitcoin, Ethereum and more.<\/p>\n

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Open your free digital wallet here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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