Having completed internal testing of Z-DAG in late 2018, the Syscoin developers saw evidence that Syscoin 4.0 would deliver a very high transactions-per-second rate in comparison to existing blockchain platforms. The theoretical numbers were so good that they decided to seek verification from Whiteblock, a well-respected and independent blockchain testing company.

Over a period of six months, Whiteblock conducted thorough testing of Syscoin’s Z-DAG performance under isolated network conditions. Z-DAG is the proprietary technology that enables high throughput asset transfers in Syscoin 4.0. Various real-world performance inhibitors were simulated by Whiteblock, including network latency, different types of assets, and number of network nodes. In these realistic, restricted scenarios, the transaction speeds continued to show values generally in the top end of a range between 8676 and 60158.