Fantom

What is Fantom?

• Fantom platform provides decentralized finance (DeFi) services to developers using its own bespoke consensus algorithm by a directed acyclic graph (DAG) smart contract.
• It aims to solve smart-contract platform problems, especially transaction speed, which Fantom claims it has reduced to less than two seconds.
• A new scratch-built consensus mechanism was introduced by Fantom in order to facilitate DeFi and related services on behalf of smart contracts.
• With Lachesis mechanism, Fantom promises much higher capacity and two-second transaction finalization, along with improvements to security over traditional proof-of-stake (PoS) algorithm-based platforms.
• Being permissionless, decentralized, and open-source, Fantom is designed to overcome the limitations of previous generation blockchain platforms.

Key Metrics

Ticker	FTM
Token Name	Fantom
Token Type/Protocol	FTM protocol
Total Token Supply	3.175 billion
Current Circulating Supply	See Coinmarketcap
Market Capitalisation	See Coinmarketcap
Token Creation Date	December 2019
Can it be mined?	No

Who is behind Fantom?

Fantom was founded by Dr. Ahn Byung Ik, South Korean computer scientist, but it is currently run by the CEO, Michael Kong. Moreover, the rest of the team consists of extensively experienced specialist engineers, scientists, researchers, designers and entrepreneurs from around the world.

What is the purpose of Fantom?

Fantom’s purpose is to design a smart contract platform which privileges scalability, decentralization and security in order to overcome the limitations of previous generation blockchain platforms.

Insights

• Fantom’s high-speed consensus mechanism, Lachesis, is the important tool for Fantom to tackle the main problems since it allows digital assets to operate at unprecedented speed and delivers dramatic improvements over the current systems securely.
• A leaderless Proof-of-Stake, an exceptionally high level of security protocol  is used to secure the network.
• Fantom uses modularity to make it extremely flexible. It is powered by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) which is compatible with Ethereum.
• Each network built on Fantom is independent from one another which means it cannot be affected by traffic or congestion.
• Fantom gives permission that anyone can run a node. A virtually unlimited number of validator nodes can participate in securing the network, as long as they keep a minimum of 1,000,000 FTM at stake. However, if you own lower amounts of the token or you’re not an expert in running distributed systems, you can still participate in securing the network.

Risks

• FTM coin cannot be staked with other exchanges as it can only be staked on Fantom platform which might not be convenient for users who stake various currencies.

News and Updates

• Chainlink Price Feeds are now live on the Fantom Opera mainnet as DeFi smart contracts on the Fantom mainnet can incorporate these Chainlink-powered decentralized oracle networks for high-quality, tamper-proof, and low latency financial market data feeds. 
• Curve Finance has released an identical version of its decentralized exchange on Fantom up to 3 pools. With the proper incentivization mechanisms, the protocol should drive significant liquidity to Fantom.
• Fantom reported 70% increase in new users month over month resulting in  low transaction fees and high speeds which mean that the network has attracted a lot of new users since its debut. 

Community & Whitepaper Links

• Official Website: https://fantom.foundation/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_zsY2.xwRoo42vXIeEymUnhWUz71g21h7gylPk5BhZu0-1629487666-0-gqNtZGzNAdCjcnBszQs9
• White Paper: https://fantom.foundation/research/wp_fantom_v1.6.pdf

Disclaimer:
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