Interview with Orbis CEO, Jason Chao

Let’s start with some basic information first, what is Orbis and what does it aim to do? Taken directly from the whitepaper, the Orbis platform aims to establish a platform for both consumer and commercial developments in Bluetooth mesh by establishing pre-existing infrastructure and network for developers to deploy onto. The Orbis Token (OBT) will also be used initially to reward developers for successful releases as well as consumers for simply participating.

Orbis’ proposed infrastructure, source: whitepaper

Alright, cool, but why NEO? Why NEO over say ETH? Well, 15 vs 10k transactions per second, commitment to government compliance, stability against hardforks, and the superb community make a fair argument for me. Of course the next step for NEO is further decentralization — but perhaps Orbis can be a part of that and run a node. Aside from their technology, just the NEO team’s foundational goal of a smart economy aligns quite well with mesh n…