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# Silk, a silky smooth implementation of the Loom specification
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# Silk, a silky smooth implementation of the Loom specification
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Loom is a new achitecture for a high performance blockchain. Its whitepaper boasts a theoretical
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Loom is a new achitecture for a high performance blockchain. Its whitepaper boasts a theoretical
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throughput of 710k transactions per second on a 1 gbps network. The first implementation of the
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throughput of 710k transactions per second on a 1 gbps network. The specification is implemented
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whitepaper is happening in the 'loomprotocol/loom' repository. That repo is aggressively moving
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in two git repositories. Reserach is performed in the loom repository. That work drives the
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forward, looking to de-risk technical claims as quickly as possible. This repo is quite a bit
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Loom specification forward. This repository, on the other hand, aims to implement the specification
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different philosophically. Here we assume the Loom architecture is sound and worthy of building
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as-is. We care a great deal about quality, clarity and short learning curve. We avoid the use
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a community around. We care a great deal about quality, clarity and short learning curve. We
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of `unsafe` Rust and an write tests for *everything*. Optimizations are only added when
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avoid the use of `unsafe` Rust and an write tests for *everything*. Optimizations are only
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corresponding benchmarks are also added that demonstrate real performance boots. We expect the
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added when corresponding benchmarks are also added that demonstrate real performance boots. We
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feature set here will always be a ways behind the loom repo, but that this is an implementation
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expect the feature set here will always be a long ways behind the loom repo, but that this is
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you can take to the bank, literally.
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an implementation you can take to the bank, literally.
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# Developing
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# Developing
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