50  Blockchain

Table 2.1 (Continued)  Blockchain product matrix

Blockchain

technology

name

Consensus

algorithm

Type of network

Licence type

Adoption type

Project website

Monero

PoW

(RandomX)

Private

(confidential

and

untraceable)

Open-source

Cryptocurrency asset symbol – XMR

https://www.getmonero.

org

EOS

dPoS

(Delegated

PoS)

Public

permissioned

Open-source

Decentralised operating system that enables

the development, hosting, and execution of

commercial-scale decentralised applications

(dApps) on its platform

https://eos.io

Cardano

PoS and

Ouroboros

Public

Open-source

Cardano is being built to accommodate a

broad range of use cases, solving problems

across multiple industry verticals.

The Most Environmentally Sustainable

Blockchain Protocol

https://cardano.org

Chainlink

PoS

Public

Open-source

Chainlink’s decentralised oracle network

provides reliable, tamper-proof inputs and

outputs for complex smart contracts on

any blockchain

https://chain.link

Openchain

Partitioned

consensus

Private

Open-source

Organisations wishing to issue and manage

digital assets in a robust, secure and scalable

way

Multichain

Round robin

validation

scheme

Permissioned

Open-source and

licensed

https://blockchain.oodles.io/blog/

overview-multichain-blockchain-use-cases/

https://www.multichain.

com

Blocknet

Pluggable

XRouter,

XBridge

Open-source

Blocknet is a decentralised network that

connects blockchains, similar to how the

internet connects computers

https://blocknet.co