With the increasing adoption of bitcoin by more and more users and entities, automation is a mandatory step for the blockchain. That is why, in recent years have been born technologies such as Lighting Network, which allows rapid confirmation of transactions through the implementation of micro payments that streamline the process.



On the other hand, Teechan, as it was baptized by its creators, has become known as a hardware protocol that allows the scalability of the network, without leaving the security aside, since this only runs in reliable environments, allowing so this technology can accelerate transactions without the need to change base protocols. Currently Teechan is a functional prototype, offering speeds of up to 2420 transactions per second (tps) per channel, compared to the 7 tps offered by the bitcoin network.



This protocol may be one more of the bunch, but it has necessary features that make it very attractive when it comes to speeding up transactions with respect to other proposals. And what sets Teechan apart from the rest? First we have it is a protocol that runs (for now) on the latest range of Intel processors with SGX technology, which allow the internal encryption of memory runs. In this way they prevent fraudulent entities from corrupting their integrity. This makes processors considered reliable environments.



On the other hand, we find that with the implementation of the Teechan protocol does not require any restructuring of the base code of the blockchain network, since this is executed externally and parallel to this. Such a feature an advantage for the network, because it can remain intact, but in turn be automated externally.



Teechan not only offers safety and speed, but also efficiency. Using only two transactions, it allows, after they are confirmed, to be immediately included in the blockchain, and thus avoid the use of extra blocks that are unnecessary for the operation and only complicate it.



Teechan is in the prototype phase, which is why developers recommend that only be run on Intel SGX processors to avoid the loss of currency, and to get the most out of this technology. There is only to wait and see that such is the adoption of the bitcoin community with this protocol. For now it is a rather private project, but the team has announced that they want to place their open source code to the public, and it is possible to contact the creators and collaborate with this project which promises a good solution for bitcoin scalability.

