Progress is Going Well

Dear aelf community,

As of September 2018, the aelf side chain development has been completed.

After the launch of our testnet, we have been implementing iterative updates to the functions according to our road-map. As of today, the side chain development has been completed, and the functional delivery of the three-month phase of our roadmap has been finalized. Before our main net launch, we will also implement cross-chain interaction and complete the network economic system and peripheral tools.

What is the aelf side chain?

aelf has always focused on defining and delivering the most basic and critical system components. In view of the existing technical pain points of blockchain projects in general, aelf adopts a main chain + side chain expansion structure, and multiple side chains can be mounted on the main chain. Side chains are independent from each other, and one side chain supports one DApp/contract. Side chains have total data integration with the main chain.

The main chain + side chain architecture adopted by aelf mainly solves the problem of resource segregation; that is, different applications have different requirements on resources and performance. As such, their operation in separate spaces is the optimal asset allocation of system resources.

The completion of the development of the aelf side chain marks that aelf’s technology development has entered a new stage, which is also an important update node for the transition to the main network.