æternity is a public, open-source blockchain protocol that enables a platform for next-generation decentralized applications with high scalability. Its core components are written in the functional programming language Erlang and its smart contract language - Sophia - is also functional. æternity has a stellar team of developers including Robert Virding - co-creator of Erlang, John Hughes - co-designer of Haskell, and Ulf Norell - co-designer of the Agda programming language for formal verification. Unlike other blockchain platforms, the æternity protocol itself incorporates a number of essential technological features. State channels for off-chain scaling, oracles for real-world information, and a naming system for increased user-friendliness are all implemented on Layer 1. æternity also features SDKs in Javascript, GO, Phyton, Java, as well as a middleware and a development suite that streamline smart contract development. æternity incorporates the Bitcoin-NG consensus algorithm developed by academics from Cornell University and uses the Cuckoo Cycle mining algorithm for Sybil attack protection. AE tokens, the native cryptocurrency of the æternity platform, is used for both - an economic unit of account and as ballots in the community-driven on-chain governance votes.
The Force Protocol is committed to creating an open source open source platform for distributed crypto-finance, providing solutions based on cross-chain technology to developers of crypto-financial services applications. Specifically, The Force Protocol will be based on the current mainstream public chain and t The Force Protocol public chain in the future, through the abstraction and encapsulation of the universal module of the crypto-financial business, providing services in the form of SDK and API. On this basis, application services only need to be oriented to interface programming, focusing on the implementation of business logic, without the cost of implementing and maintaining the underlying technology of the blockchain.