From 8f58d23a99e39984986ab86bd6710d10a31ef27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aleksandr Bezobchuk Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:05:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Implement into documentation --- docs/intro/README.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/intro/README.md diff --git a/docs/intro/README.md b/docs/intro/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0fac0cee --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/intro/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Introduction + +## Preliminary + +### Tendermint Core & the Application Blockchain Interface (ABCI) + +Tendermint consists of two chief technical components: a blockchain consensus +engine and a generic application interface. The consensus engine, called +Tendermint Core, ensures that the same transactions are recorded on every machine +in the same order. The application interface, called the Application Blockchain +Interface (ABCI), enables the transactions to be processed in any programming +language. + +Tendermint has evolved to be a general purpose blockchain consensus engine that +can host arbitrary application states. Since Tendermint can replicate arbitrary +applications, it can be used as a plug-and-play replacement for the consensus +engines of other blockchains. Ethermint is such an example of an ABCI application +replacing Ethereum's PoW via Tendermint's consensus engine. + +Another example of a cryptocurrency application built on Tendermint is the Cosmos +network. Tendermint is able to decompose the blockchain design by offering a very +simple API (ie. the ABCI) between the application process and consensus process. + +## What is Ethermint + +Ethermint is a high throughput PoS blockchain that is fully compatible and +interoperable with Ethereum. In other words, it allows for running vanilla Ethereum +on top of [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint) consensus via +the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/). This allows developers +to have all the desired features of Ethereum, while at the same time benefit +from Tendermint’s PoS implementation. + +Here’s a glance at some of the key features of Ethermint: + +* Web3 compatibility +* High throughput +* Horizontal scalability +* Transaction finality + +Ethermint achieves these key features by implementing Tendermint's ABCI application +interface, leveraging modules and mechanisms implemented by the Cosmos SDK, utilizing +[Geth](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) as a library by implementing all +necessary interfaces, and finally by exposing a fully compatible Web3 RPC layer +allowing developers to leverage existing Ethereum ecosystem tooling and software +to seamlessly deploy smart contracts and interact with the rest of the Cosmos +ecosystem!