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Child Chains and Side Chains

Child Chains and Side Chains

15 April 2017

What are the Ardor Child Chains, and how are they different from the so called Side Chains proposed by other blockchain platforms? This comparison table presents the key differences.

Forging vs Bundling

Forging vs Bundling

18 March 2017

Forgers in Ardor are the accounts that create new blocks, already familiar from the Nxt blockchain. Their role is similar to that of the miners in bitcoin. But what are Bundlers? This is a role unique to Ardor, no other blockchain platform has such concept as far as we know. Here is what each of them does:

Forgers Bundlers
  • Create Ardor chain blocks consisting of Ardor transactions.
  • Collect fees from bundlers and from Ardor transaction senders, all in ARDR.

Blockchain Comparison

Blockchain Comparison

18 March 2017

This table presents a detailed comparison of Nxt and Ardor with several other leading blockchain platforms.