There has never before been a more exciting time to be in Banking, or Blockchain. Two massively influential industries are finally reaching the mutual understanding that is critical in unlocking symbiotic partnerships and development of practical and viable solutions to the macro and micro-economic challenges of our day – with the shared objective of an […]
XAR Network Staking Explained
July 24, 20 - 7:57 AM
Current prevalent problems with staking solutions are; Inflationary More tokens are minted as reward for validators providing security to a network. This only works if you measure your rewards in the inflationary token, however server costs are measured in fiat, for sake of simplicity, USD. When a token’s supply inflates, it normally suffers a direct […]
The Case for Bank Stable Coins
July 24, 20 - 7:56 AM
Commercial Banks worldwide play a most difficult game of pushing innovation to stay competitive, while trying to predict regulatory policy – and stable coins are no exception to this scenario. Why are Commercial Banks considering Stable Coins? The benefit for stable coins are multi-layered, and often deceptive – starting at the practical objective of increasing […]
Blockchain for Islamic Banking
July 24, 20 - 7:56 AM
Islamic banking presents a unique approach often in conflict with the pre-sets of western banking systems. The difference inn approach has several benefits – but require careful structuring if a bank wishes to offer its market Sharia compliant investment and credit products that are comparable to those in the west. Blockchain technology is decentralised, which […]
Central Bank Digital Currency
July 24, 20 - 7:52 AM
The recent emergence of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC for short) is no longer a fringe discussion point, but drives a number of serious questions in the mainstream with central banks globally. Will a CBDC put the central bank into competition with licensed commercial banks in serving citizens? Could a CBDC provide better digital and […]
Working with XAR Network
July 24, 20 - 7:52 AM
We’ve launched The XAR Network public chain as an innovation sandbox for cutting edge DeFi (Decentralized Finance) product offerings. Built in collaboration with the Fantom Foundation on Fantom’s consensus via Lachesis and the TxFlow protocol, the network delivers fast responsiveness and high transactional throughput. This base layer of the stack is all built on XAR […]
Announcing technical collaboration of OpenMarket and XAR Network
July 24, 20 - 7:51 AM
OpenMarket, a decentralized marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT) trading over inter-blockchain communication protocol (IBC) in Cosmos ecosystem and XAR network, Cosmos-based IBC-supporting DeFi platform for collateralized stablecoins, announce collaboration to make non-fungible assets on XAR and Fantom tradeable over IBC. XAR has CSDTs – Collateralized Stable Debt Tokens. CSDT is a non-fungible asset that has […]
Joining the Xar Mainnet
July 24, 20 - 7:50 AM
1. Installing build tools To install XAR you will need golang version 13 or higher and make. Update your environment. sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get -y upgrade Install build-essential to install make apt-get -y build-essential Install golang wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.3.linux-amd64.tar.gzsudo tar -xvf go1.13.3.linux-amd64.tar.gzsudo mv go /usr/local Setup golang environment variables export GOROOT=/usr/local/goexport GOPATH=$HOME/goexport PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH 2. Installing Xar mkdir -p $HOME/go/src/github.com/xar-networkcd […]
Xar dora_hub_2 Changelog 03/12/2019
July 24, 20 - 7:49 AM
Xar Network is ready to upgrade to dora_hub_2. It contains several updates, removals, and bugfixes. Updates dora_hub_2 includes the following feature upgrades: New token life cycle management via /x/denominations Denominations are managed via parameters controlled by governance Nominee modules added to /x/csdt, /x/denominations, /x/markets, /x/oracle for management All configs moved to parameters that can be […]
Xar Step by Step
July 24, 20 - 7:48 AM
Interested in getting your hands dirty with Xar Network? The links and resources included in this article will help you get started. It’s meant for anyone that wants to build on the Xar Network. Host your own node Check out our Hub Documentation for guidance on how to host your own node. Our documentation will […]
XAR Network FAQ’s
July 24, 20 - 7:48 AM
Please note that none of the content of XAR’s website, blogs, social media posts, or any digital or written content constitutes investment advice. Please do your own research. What is the XAR Network? Xar Network is the framework for Cosmos and Fantom based decentralized finance (DeFi). To understand how to protect your staking rewards, we […]