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In 2013, the decentralized exchange Bitshares was built, and in 2014 Bitshares was launched. Created by [[Dan Larimer]], it used delegated proof-of-stake giving 3 second confirmation times with very predictable, reliable block production. The first version of Bitshares was built off of some of the same ideas as Bitcoin and shared some technology, but still didn't meet the performance requirements of an exchange.  
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In 2013, the decentralized exchange BitShares was built, and in 2014 BitShares was launched. Created by [[Dan Larimer]], it used delegated proof-of-stake giving 3 second confirmation times with very predictable, reliable block production. The first version of Bitshares was built off of some of the same ideas as Bitcoin and shared some technology, but still didn't meet the performance requirements of an exchange.  
  
In April 2016 a [https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/whats-keeping-cryptocurrencies-from-mass-adoption/ TechCrunch] article written by Neil Haran classified that Bitshares used a setup and switch method to attract mass adoption. Similar to the central app strategy, this method establishes a user base first, and then introduces the currency. Bitshares and its array of associated startups is a good example of this. Several networks with varying currencies - [[Steemit]] and their [[STEEM Tokens]], Peerplays and their tokens, for instance — slowly built their user base and value exchange system, and now they plan to adopt a central currency with Bitshares. This allows them to create a stable base first before pooling their resources.
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[[Dan Larimer]] explains: “At its most inner layer, BitShares is software. To be more specific, BitShares is a distributed multi-user database with update permissions managed by a defined set of rules and public key cryptography. At this level it isn’t very interesting to most people, but is still very important. Software is [[Open Source|open source]], easily copied and modified, and most importantly protected by free speech. This means that almost nothing can stop BitShares at this layer short of a global event that destroys almost all digital data. Governments once attempted to regulate cryptographic software as a weapon and impose export controls. Governments lost that battle long ago and no longer attempt to regulate or control the spread of free software. In the case of BitShares the software is in the [[Public Domain]]”.<ref>[http://bytemaster.github.io/update/2014/12/18/What-is-BitShares/ What is Bitshares?] Written by '''[[Dan Larimer]]''' and published in Bytemaster's Blog in December 12th, 2014</ref>
  
In June 2016 [[Dan Larimer]] in his [[Steemit]] biog told that over the past three years he have worked with the BitShares community to implement the worlds first [[Decentralized Autonomous Organization]] based upon many of the same principles as Ethereum's The DAO. Money was raised, tokens were allocated, and token holders were given the ability to vote on how to spend community money and set blockchain parameters.
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In April 2016 a TechCrunch article written by Neil Haran classified that Bitshares used a setup and switch method to attract mass adoption. Similar to the central app strategy, this method establishes a user base first, and then introduces the currency. Bitshares and its array of associated startups is a good example of this. Several networks with varying currencies - [[Steemit]] and their [[STEEM Tokens]], Peerplays and their tokens, for instance — slowly built their user base and value exchange system, and now they plan to adopt a central currency with Bitshares. This allows them to create a stable base first before pooling their resources.<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/whats-keeping-cryptocurrencies-from-mass-adoption/ What’s keeping cryptocurrencies from mass adoption?] Written by '''Neil Haran''', published in TechCrunch in 4/20/2017</ref>
  
== Graphene ==
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In June 2016 [[Dan Larimer]] in his [[Steemit]] blog told that over the past three years he have worked with the BitShares community to implement the worlds first [[Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)]] based upon many of the same principles as Ethereum's The DAO. Money was raised, tokens were allocated, and token holders were given the ability to vote on how to spend community money and set blockchain parameters.<ref>[https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@dan/is-the-dao-going-to-be-doa Is The DAO going to be DOA?] Written by '''[[Dan Larimer]]''' (@dan) in [[Steemit]] in June 2016</ref>
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=== The beggining ===
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In June 2nd, 2013, [[Dan Larimer]] published the first idea of Bit-USD in [[Bitcoin]] Forum – Creating a Fiat/Bitcoin Exchange without Fiat Deposits (see [[BitShares:Proposal post]]) – including a BitShares white Paper. Over the next five weeks, Dan engaged in a series of vigorous forum discussions defending and refining the concept. There he met Charles Hoskinson who helped to vet the idea and develop a business plan. Charles presented the plan to Li Xiaolai in China who agreed to fund the development. On American Independence Day, the Fourth of July 2013, Invictus Innovations was incorporated in the state of Virginia. Invictus introduced the BitShares Vision to the world via presentations by Hoskinson and Larimer at the Atlanta Bitcoin Conference in October 2013. It is here that the plans for Keyhotee were first introduced – an integrated multi-wallet, communication, and [[Decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC)]] interface application intended to defend privacy and help spread knowledge of BitShares technologies outside the crypto-currency community.<ref>[http://docs.bitshares.org/bitshares/history.html The History of BitShares] '''Bitshares.org''', retrieved in 7/25/2017</ref>
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=== Graphene ===  
  
 
In 2015 [[Graphene]] was created, and Bitshares was completely rewritten. This was able to achieve 100,000 transaction per second on a single machine, and decentralized global stress testing achieved 18,000 transactions per second on a distributed network. Account names were also introduced with Bitshares (advanced hierarchical dynamic threshold multisig), which separated accounts from keys, allowing organizations to be structured and permissions to be delegated to other users.  
 
In 2015 [[Graphene]] was created, and Bitshares was completely rewritten. This was able to achieve 100,000 transaction per second on a single machine, and decentralized global stress testing achieved 18,000 transactions per second on a distributed network. Account names were also introduced with Bitshares (advanced hierarchical dynamic threshold multisig), which separated accounts from keys, allowing organizations to be structured and permissions to be delegated to other users.  
  
== From Bitshare to Steem ==
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=== From BitShares to Steem ===
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In 2016 [[Steem]] was launched which had new conceptual issues. Social media users don't want to have to pay for every vote, they need account recovery options, etc... Steem also took the block rewards which are wasted in mining and redistributes them to people who are posting on the [[blockchain]], enabling thousands of people to become active participants through massive decentralization allocation of funds. Steem went from concept in January to working blockchain in March to working website in July. At this point, Steem and Bitshares have more real world transactions occurring every day than the rest of the major blockchains combined. Steem also has a higher female-to-male ratio of users than any other blockchain. However, both Steem and Bitshares are application-specific blockchains. If you want to run multiple apps on the same blockchain, there are significant scalability issues that need to be solved.<ref> [https://steemit.com/eos/@trogdor/introduction-to-eos-the-epic-blockchain-operating-system Introduction to EOS: the Epic (blockchain) Operating System], Written by '''@trogdor''' in May 29th, 2017</ref>
  
In 2016 [[Steem]] was launched which had new conceptual issues. Social media users don't want to have to pay for every vote, they need account recovery options, etc... Steem also took the block rewards which are wasted in mining and redistributes them to people who are posting on the [[blockchain]], enabling thousands of people to become active participants through massive decentralization allocation of funds. Steem went from concept in January to working blockchain in March to working website in July. At this point, Steem and Bitshares have more real world transactions occurring every day than the rest of the major blockchains combined. Steem also has a higher female-to-male ratio of users than any other blockchain. However, both Steem and Bitshares are application-specific blockchains. If you want to run multiple apps on the same blockchain, there are significant scalability issues that need to be solved.
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===  BitShares Blockchain Foundation ===
  
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The (Stichting) BitShares Blockchain Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in Deventer, Netherlands. It is operational since June 2016 and has been preparing industries behind the scenes ever since. In July 11th. 2017, after the block production incidente explained below, the website was lauched: http://www.bitshares.foundation The Foundation’s mission is to promote, advocate and grow the BitShares ecosystem to its full potential.<ref>http://www.bitshares.foundation '''BitShares Blockchain Foundation''' website, retrieved in July 19th, 2017</ref> In October 18th, 2017, they announced being elected as official spokesperson for BitShares [[Decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC)]].<ref>[https://steemit.com/bitshares/@bitshares.fdn/bitshares-blockchain-foundation-elected-as-official-spokesperson-for-its-decentralized-autonomous-company BitShares Blockchain Foundation elected as official Spokesperson for its Decentralized Autonomous Company] Written by unsigned on '''@bitshares.fdn''' in October 18th, 2017</ref>
  
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=== Block Production Incident ===
  
* '''Bitshares.org''' : https://bitshares.org/
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On Monday, July 10th 2017 at 9:00am UTC, an incident occurred on the BitShares network that caused an unplanned interruption of block production. All block producers have been affected by a memory corruption that was caused by an automatic resize of a flat_index container that resulted in an unrecoverable stale state. This has happened for the first time in over two years of blockchain operations. This halting of the network was a first for Bitshares 2.0. The witness team came together and even [[Dan Larimer]] showed up to write a patch, in order to pull together and recover from this issue.<ref>[https://steemit.com/bitshares/@robrigo/giveaway-bitshares-polo-and-t-shirt-up-for-grabs-to-celebrate-smashing-bugs GIVEAWAY - Bitshares polo and t-shirt up for grabs to celebrate smashing bugs] Written by '''@robrigo''' in July 11th, 2017</ref> After several core developers debugging the code, the cause was identified and a patch was quickly delivered to the block producers. Shortly after that, the blockchain recovered and new blocks have been generated. All transaction that made it into the blockchain prior to this incident are unaltered.<ref>[https://steemit.com/bitshares/@xeroc/bitshares-block-production-incident-report BitShares Block Production Incident Report] Wriitten by '''@xeroc''' in July 11th, 2017</ref>
* '''Twitter''' : https://twitter.com/bitshares
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==References==
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* '''BitShares.org''' : https://bitshares.org
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* '''[[Twitter]]''' : https://twitter.com/bitshares
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* '''[[YouTube]]''' :  https://www.youtube.com/user/bitshares
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* '''BitShares Blockchain Foundation''' : http://www.bitshares.foundation
 
* '''Bitsharestalk Forum''' : https://bitsharestalk.org
 
* '''Bitsharestalk Forum''' : https://bitsharestalk.org
* '''Bytemaster's Blog''' : [http://bytemaster.github.io/update/2014/12/18/What-is-BitShares/ what is Bitshares?] Written by [[Dan Larimer]] and published December 12th, 2014.
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* '''@stan''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@stan/the-origin-of-bitshares-rides-again The Origin of BitShares Rides Again] ''July 29, 2016''
* '''@dan''' : [https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@dan/is-the-dao-going-to-be-doa Is The DAO going to be DOA?] June 2016
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* '''@ash''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@ash/current-bitshares-testnet-stress-test-highlight-3300tx-14000ops Current BitShares Testnet Stress-test Highlight: 3300TXs 14000OPs] ''March 2017''
* '''@ash''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@ash/current-bitshares-testnet-stress-test-highlight-3300tx-14000ops Current BitShares Testnet Stress-test Highlight: 3300TXs 14000OPs] March 2017
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* '''@whatsup''' : [https://steemit.com/debate/@whatsup/looking-for-information-is-steemit-without-the-bloggers-bitshares-why-or-why-not Looking for Information - Is SteemIt without the Bloggers = to Bitshares. Why or why not?] ''March, 2017''
* '''@whatsup''' : [https://steemit.com/debate/@whatsup/looking-for-information-is-steemit-without-the-bloggers-bitshares-why-or-why-not Looking for Information - Is SteemIt without the Bloggers = to Bitshares. Why or why not?] March, 2017
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* '''@oaldamster''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@oaldamster/bitshares-is-superior-to-any-other-crypto-and-therefore-so-is-steem Bitshares is superior to any other crypto and therefore so is Steem] ''March 2017''
* '''@oaldamster''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@oaldamster/bitshares-is-superior-to-any-other-crypto-and-therefore-so-is-steem Bitshares is superior to any other crypto and therefore so is Steem] March 2017
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* '''@cryptoctopus''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@cryptoctopus/after-almost-2-years-of-losing-faith-in-bitshares-i-m-back I've quit Bitshares for 2 years...why am I back?] ''March 2017''
* '''@cryptoctopus''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@cryptoctopus/after-almost-2-years-of-losing-faith-in-bitshares-i-m-back I've quit Bitshares for 2 years...why am I back?] March 2017
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* '''@steempower''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@steempower/bitshares-state-of-the-network-14th-march-2017 Bitshares - State of the Network - 14th March 2017] ''March 14, 2017''
* '''@steempower''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@steempower/bitshares-state-of-the-network-14th-march-2017 Bitshares - State of the Network - 14th March 2017] March 14th, 2017
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* '''@bloggersclub''' : [https://steemit.com/blockchain/@bloggersclub/openledger-and-bitshares-your-security-in-mind OpenLedger and BitShares: Your Security in Mind] ''April 2017''
* '''@trogdor''' : [https://steemit.com/eos/@trogdor/introduction-to-eos-the-epic-blockchain-operating-system Introduction to EOS: the Epic (blockchain) Operating System] May 29th, 2017
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* '''@stan''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@stan/bitshares-to-change-its-own-history BitShares to Change its Own History] ''May 2017''
* '''@stan''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@stan/bitshares-to-change-its-own-history BitShares to Change its Own History] May, 2017
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* '''@rok-sivante''' : [https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@rok-sivante/bitshares-and-steem-the-upside-valuation-potential-in-context Bitshares & Steem: The Upside Valuation Potential In Context...] ''May 25, 2017''
* '''@rok-sivante''' : [https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@rok-sivante/bitshares-and-steem-the-upside-valuation-potential-in-context Bitshares & Steem: The Upside Valuation Potential In Context...] May 25th, 2017
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* '''@karnal''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@karnal/bitshares-at-the-crossroads Bitshares: At the crossroads] May 30, 2017
* '''@karnal''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@karnal/bitshares-at-the-crossroads Bitshares: At the crossroads] May 30th, 2017
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* '''@kingscrown''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@kingscrown/bitshares-the-older-brother-of-steem-at-all-time-high-vote-for-new-exchange-to-add-it Bitshares the older brother of STEEM at All TIme High (Vote for New Exchange to Add it!)] ''June 2017''
* '''@officialfuzzy''' : [https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/bitshares-hangout-23-w-chris4210-and-officialfuzzy-2017-06-02 BitShares Hangout #23 w/ @chris4210 & @officialfuzzy! - 2017-06-02] June 2nd, 2017
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* '''@stan''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@stan/using-bitshares-to-underwrite-risky-asset-backed-currencies Using BitShares to Underwrite Risky Asset Backed Currencies] ''June 2017''
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* '''@officialfuzzy''' : [https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/bitshares-hangout-23-w-chris4210-and-officialfuzzy-2017-06-02 BitShares Hangout #23 w/ @chris4210 & @officialfuzzy! - 2017-06-02] ''June 2, 2017''
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* '''@testlump''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@testlump/coffee-on-the-blockchain-a-step-by-step-guide-to-bitshares-and-smartcoins-for-absolute-beginners Coffee on the Blockchain - A Step by Step Guide to Bitshares and SmartCoins for Absolute Beginners] ''July 3, 2017''
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* '''@lovejoy''' : [https://steemit.com/interview/@lovejoy/interview-dan-larimer-a-prescient-retrospective-part-1-of-3 (Interview) Dan Larimer - A Prescient Retrospective - Part 1 of 3] ''July 9, 2017''
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* '''@xeroc''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@xeroc/bitshares-blockchain-foundation BitShares Blockchain Foundation] ''July 11, 2017''
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* '''@steemitguide''' : [https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitguide/steem-s-secure-and-free-market-using-bitshares-2-0-decentralized-exchange Steem's secure & free market using Bitshares 2.0 Decentralized Exchange] ''July 13, 2017''
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* '''@kingscrown''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@kingscrown/from-now-you-can-use-bitshares-and-40-other-cryptocurrencies-to-shop-on-overstock-directly-steem-hopefully-soon From now you can use Bitshares and 40 other cryptocurrencies to shop on Overstock directly (STEEM hopefully soon)] ''August 8, 2017''
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* '''@alpha-cash''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@alpha-cash/bitshares-what-is-it-crypt-or-currency-exchange BitShares. What is it? Crypt or Currency Exchange?] ''August 11, 2017''
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* '''@tsugimoto''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@tsugimoto/bitshares-technical-documentation-table-of-contents-list-updated-with-links BitShares Technical Documentation - Table of Contents List (Updated with links)] ''August 15, 2017''
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* '''@stan''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@stan/bitshares-surges-30-on-chinese-clean-listing BitShares Surges 30% on Chinese "Clean Listing"] ''September 6, 2017''
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* '''@apasia.tech''' : [https://steemit.com/blog/@apasia.tech/graphene-bitshares-infographic Infographic –Bitshares (Graphene) blockchain eco-system] ''September 8, 2017''
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* '''@kingscrown''' : [https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@kingscrown/coins-to-be-deleted-from-bittrex-soon-and-their-charts Coins to be Deleted from Bittrex Soon and Their Charts] ''October 3, 2017''
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* '''@xeroc''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@xeroc/bitshares-clarification-on-recent-fears-uncertainty-and-doubt BitShares: Clarification on recent fears, uncertainty and doubt] ''October 7, 2017''
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* '''@heymattsokol''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@heymattsokol/investigating-the-top-50-cryptocurrencies-part-1-50-bitshares Investigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 1/50: BitShares] ''October 11, 2017''
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* '''@sc-steemit''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@sc-steemit/bitshares-on-the-rise-how-to-enjoy-the-ride-and-still-cash-out-if-you-need BitShares on the rise; How to enjoy the ride and still cash out if you need] ''November 20, 2017''
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* '''@inoue''' : [https://steemit.com/cryptobridge/@inoue/cryptobridge-has-became-first-bitshares-dex-supporting-japanese-language CryptoBridge has become a FIRST BitShares DEX supporting Japanese language!!] ''November 23, 2017''
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* '''@apasia.tech''' : [https://steemit.com/bitshares/@apasia.tech/revisiting-the-laws-and-rules-of-the-bitshares-dac Revisiting the Laws and Rules of the BitShares DAC] ''March 11, 2018''
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* '''@papotus''' : [https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@papotus/bitshares-as-a-dex Bitshares as a dex] ''April 11, 2018''
  
==Related articles:==
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==Related articles==
  
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* [[BitShares:Proposal post]]
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* [[BitUSD]]
 
* [[Dan Larimer]]
 
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* [[STEEM_Tokens|Steem Tokens]]
 
* [[STEEM_Tokens|Steem Tokens]]
  
==References:==
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==External links==
  
* '''Richtopia''' : [https://richtopia.com/top-lists/top-100-blockchainBitShares Top 100 Blockchain Organisations: From CoinDesk to BitPay, These Are the Most Influential Organisations in the Distributed Ledger Space] ''Written by Darin Cag, retrieved in 6/28/2017 when Bitshares was on position 33''
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* '''[[Reddit]] /r/BitShares''' : [https://www.reddit.com/r/BitShares/comments/71hbk0/pay_with_bts_at_stores_that_use_coingate/ Pay with BTS at stores that use CoinGate ] ''Written by CoinGate and published in 9/21/2017''
* '''TechCrunch''' : [https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/whats-keeping-cryptocurrencies-from-mass-adoption/ What’s keeping cryptocurrencies from mass adoption?] ''Written by Neil Haran, published in 4/20/2017''
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* '''Bitspark Blog''' : [https://blog.bitspark.io/bitspark-switching-to-bitshares-for-remittances/ Bitspark Switching to Bitshares for Remittances] ''Written by Bitsparkt Team and published in 8/10/2017''
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* '''Brian D. Colwell Blog''' : [https://briandcolwell.com/2017/08/bitshares-now-you-can-be-hired-by-the-blockchain/.html BitShares: “Now you can be hired by the Blockchain”] ''Written by Brian Colwell and published in 8/10/2017''
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* '''The Cointelegraph''' : [https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-brief-history-of-bubbles The Brief History of Bubbles] ''Written by unsigned, published in 7/15/2017''
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* '''The Cointelegraph''' : [https://cointelegraph.com/news/top-10-crypto-reshuffle-starring-bitshares-stratis-monero-waves Top 10 Crypto Reshuffle Starring BitShares, Stratis, Monero, Waves] ''Written by Frisco d'Anconia, published in 7/13/2017''
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* '''Richtopia''' : [https://richtopia.com/top-lists/top-100-blockchain BitShares Top 100 Blockchain Organisations: From CoinDesk to BitPay, These Are the Most Influential Organisations in the Distributed Ledger Space] ''Written by Darin Cag, retrieved in 6/28/2017 when BitShares was on position 33''
 
* '''The Cointelegraph''' : [https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitshares-101-basics-of-the-worlds-4th-most-popular-cryptocurrency BitShares 101: Basics of the World's 4th Most Popular Cryptocurrency] ''Written by Amanda B. Johnson, published in 4/21/2015''
 
* '''The Cointelegraph''' : [https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitshares-101-basics-of-the-worlds-4th-most-popular-cryptocurrency BitShares 101: Basics of the World's 4th Most Popular Cryptocurrency] ''Written by Amanda B. Johnson, published in 4/21/2015''
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* '''Bitsharestalk.org''' : [https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182299.html#msg182299 The Origin of BitShares] ''Written by Stan Larimer, published in 2/4/2015''
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* '''CryptoCurrency Convention [[YouTube]] Channel''' : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwmlJICyRA BitShares @ CryptoCurrency Convention NYC 4/9/14 - Dan Larimer] ''Video published in 4/18/2014''
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==In other languages==
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* [[日本語]] (Japanese) : [[Bitshares (jp)]]
  
 
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Revision as of 19:36, 13 April 2018

In 2013, the decentralized exchange BitShares was built, and in 2014 BitShares was launched. Created by Dan Larimer, it used delegated proof-of-stake giving 3 second confirmation times with very predictable, reliable block production. The first version of Bitshares was built off of some of the same ideas as Bitcoin and shared some technology, but still didn't meet the performance requirements of an exchange.

Dan Larimer explains: “At its most inner layer, BitShares is software. To be more specific, BitShares is a distributed multi-user database with update permissions managed by a defined set of rules and public key cryptography. At this level it isn’t very interesting to most people, but is still very important. Software is open source, easily copied and modified, and most importantly protected by free speech. This means that almost nothing can stop BitShares at this layer short of a global event that destroys almost all digital data. Governments once attempted to regulate cryptographic software as a weapon and impose export controls. Governments lost that battle long ago and no longer attempt to regulate or control the spread of free software. In the case of BitShares the software is in the Public Domain”.[1]

In April 2016 a TechCrunch article written by Neil Haran classified that Bitshares used a setup and switch method to attract mass adoption. Similar to the central app strategy, this method establishes a user base first, and then introduces the currency. Bitshares and its array of associated startups is a good example of this. Several networks with varying currencies - Steemit and their STEEM Tokens, Peerplays and their tokens, for instance — slowly built their user base and value exchange system, and now they plan to adopt a central currency with Bitshares. This allows them to create a stable base first before pooling their resources.[2]

In June 2016 Dan Larimer in his Steemit blog told that over the past three years he have worked with the BitShares community to implement the worlds first Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) based upon many of the same principles as Ethereum's The DAO. Money was raised, tokens were allocated, and token holders were given the ability to vote on how to spend community money and set blockchain parameters.[3]

The beggining

In June 2nd, 2013, Dan Larimer published the first idea of Bit-USD in Bitcoin Forum – Creating a Fiat/Bitcoin Exchange without Fiat Deposits (see BitShares:Proposal post) – including a BitShares white Paper. Over the next five weeks, Dan engaged in a series of vigorous forum discussions defending and refining the concept. There he met Charles Hoskinson who helped to vet the idea and develop a business plan. Charles presented the plan to Li Xiaolai in China who agreed to fund the development. On American Independence Day, the Fourth of July 2013, Invictus Innovations was incorporated in the state of Virginia. Invictus introduced the BitShares Vision to the world via presentations by Hoskinson and Larimer at the Atlanta Bitcoin Conference in October 2013. It is here that the plans for Keyhotee were first introduced – an integrated multi-wallet, communication, and Decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC) interface application intended to defend privacy and help spread knowledge of BitShares technologies outside the crypto-currency community.[4]

Graphene

In 2015 Graphene was created, and Bitshares was completely rewritten. This was able to achieve 100,000 transaction per second on a single machine, and decentralized global stress testing achieved 18,000 transactions per second on a distributed network. Account names were also introduced with Bitshares (advanced hierarchical dynamic threshold multisig), which separated accounts from keys, allowing organizations to be structured and permissions to be delegated to other users.

From BitShares to Steem

In 2016 Steem was launched which had new conceptual issues. Social media users don't want to have to pay for every vote, they need account recovery options, etc... Steem also took the block rewards which are wasted in mining and redistributes them to people who are posting on the blockchain, enabling thousands of people to become active participants through massive decentralization allocation of funds. Steem went from concept in January to working blockchain in March to working website in July. At this point, Steem and Bitshares have more real world transactions occurring every day than the rest of the major blockchains combined. Steem also has a higher female-to-male ratio of users than any other blockchain. However, both Steem and Bitshares are application-specific blockchains. If you want to run multiple apps on the same blockchain, there are significant scalability issues that need to be solved.[5]

BitShares Blockchain Foundation

The (Stichting) BitShares Blockchain Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in Deventer, Netherlands. It is operational since June 2016 and has been preparing industries behind the scenes ever since. In July 11th. 2017, after the block production incidente explained below, the website was lauched: http://www.bitshares.foundation The Foundation’s mission is to promote, advocate and grow the BitShares ecosystem to its full potential.[6] In October 18th, 2017, they announced being elected as official spokesperson for BitShares Decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC).[7]

Block Production Incident

On Monday, July 10th 2017 at 9:00am UTC, an incident occurred on the BitShares network that caused an unplanned interruption of block production. All block producers have been affected by a memory corruption that was caused by an automatic resize of a flat_index container that resulted in an unrecoverable stale state. This has happened for the first time in over two years of blockchain operations. This halting of the network was a first for Bitshares 2.0. The witness team came together and even Dan Larimer showed up to write a patch, in order to pull together and recover from this issue.[8] After several core developers debugging the code, the cause was identified and a patch was quickly delivered to the block producers. Shortly after that, the blockchain recovered and new blocks have been generated. All transaction that made it into the blockchain prior to this incident are unaltered.[9]


References

  1. What is Bitshares? Written by Dan Larimer and published in Bytemaster's Blog in December 12th, 2014
  2. What’s keeping cryptocurrencies from mass adoption? Written by Neil Haran, published in TechCrunch in 4/20/2017
  3. Is The DAO going to be DOA? Written by Dan Larimer (@dan) in Steemit in June 2016
  4. The History of BitShares Bitshares.org, retrieved in 7/25/2017
  5. Introduction to EOS: the Epic (blockchain) Operating System, Written by @trogdor in May 29th, 2017
  6. http://www.bitshares.foundation BitShares Blockchain Foundation website, retrieved in July 19th, 2017
  7. BitShares Blockchain Foundation elected as official Spokesperson for its Decentralized Autonomous Company Written by unsigned on @bitshares.fdn in October 18th, 2017
  8. GIVEAWAY - Bitshares polo and t-shirt up for grabs to celebrate smashing bugs Written by @robrigo in July 11th, 2017
  9. BitShares Block Production Incident Report Wriitten by @xeroc in July 11th, 2017

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