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Name | Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH, Bitpanda GmbH |
Relevant legal entity identifier | 9845005X9B7N610K0093, 5493007WZ7IFULIL8G21 |
Name of the crypto-asset | Radix |
Consensus Mechanism | Radix employs a Delegated Proof-of-Stake Algorithm called Cerberus Consensus, a unique approach designed to achieve high scalability and fast finality without compromising security or decentralization. This mechanism is specifically tailored for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, offering seamless scaling for complex workloads. Core Components: Sharded Ledger Architecture: Radix divides its ledger into multiple shards, allowing different transactions to be processed simultaneously across various shards. This architecture significantly enhances throughput and ensures that the network can scale linearly as more nodes are added. Atomic Composability: Cerberus enables atomic composability across shards, ensuring that smart contracts and transactions spanning multiple shards execute reliably and consistently without compromising performance. Eventual Linear Scalability: The consensus mechanism supports unlimited scalability by dynamically increasing the number of shards in response to network demand, ensuring smooth operation even under heavy transaction loads. Instant Finality: Transactions achieve instant finality, meaning they are confirmed and cannot be reversed as soon as they are processed, providing a secure and user-friendly experience. Leaderless BFT Consensus: Cerberus employs a leaderless Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) protocol, eliminating the need for a single leader in the consensus process. This ensures decentralization and reduces vulnerability to attacks targeting a centralized authority. |
Incentive Mechanisms and Applicable Fees | Radix incentivizes network participants through staking rewards and transaction fees, creating a robust economic model that supports security, scalability, and user accessibility. Incentive Mechanisms: Staking Rewards: Radix operates on a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) system where XRD token holders can delegate their tokens to validators. Validators secure the network by processing transactions and maintaining ledger integrity. Delegators and validators earn staking rewards in XRD tokens, distributed proportionally based on the amount staked, encouraging active participation in the network. Validator Rewards: Validators receive a portion of the staking rewards and transaction fees, incentivizing them to maintain high performance, reliability, and security. Ecosystem Growth Rewards: Radix allocates a percentage of newly minted XRD tokens to support ecosystem growth, including development initiatives, partnerships, and adoption programs. Applicable Fees: Transaction Fees: Users pay transaction fees in XRD tokens for all operations on the Radix network, including token transfers and smart contract executions. Fees are designed to be low and predictable, ensuring accessibility for both small and large-scale DeFi use cases. Dynamic Fee Structure: The fee structure dynamically adjusts based on network activity to maintain affordability while preventing spam and overloading the network. |
Beginning of the period | 2024-09-13 |
End of the period | 2025-09-13 |
Energy consumption | 52560.00000 (kWh/a) |