The core feature of the Horizen blockchain is privacy. Since its launch as ZenCash, the network has used zero-knowledge proofs to make its ZEN currency untraceable and unwatchable between its privacy-conscious users. It also believes any interaction between users should be private. So the company is building privacy solutions for smart contracts–with the intent of being a decentralized platform for private messaging, publishing, and decentralized application (dapp) development
In May 2017, co-founders Robert Viglione and Rolf Versluis launched ZenCash as a fork of ZClassic–itself a fork of Zcash. In August 2018, ZenCash rebranded itself to Horizen.
What’s so special about it? ความพิเศษของ Horizon (ZEN) คืออะไร?
It’s not an easy task to be a leader in the crypto world. Bitcoin has the highest market cap. Ethereum leads in active developers. Others claim to be the fastest. Horizen, however is the king of the node count. Its massive network of over 40,000 active nodes eclipses both Bitcoin and Ethereum–their closest rivals in node count
Regular full nodes are like those on Etherem or Bitcoin–they have a full copy of blockchain
network transactions and data. Secure Nodes are regular full nodes with special encryption, which secures communication between nodes and prevents snooping when nodes talk to each other. Finally, there are Super Nodes, which are powerful Secure Nodes that host Horizen sidechains.
คำแปล
ปกติแล้ว full nodes ก็เหมือนกับบน Etherem หรือ Bitcoin - พวกเขามีบล็อกเชนเต็มรูปแบบ
ธุรกรรมเครือข่ายและข้อมูล Secure Nodes เป็น full nodes ที่มีการเข้ารหัสพิเศษซึ่งจะรักษาความปลอดภัยในการสื่อสารระหว่างโหนดและป้องกันการสอดแนมเมื่อโหนดสนทนากัน ในที่สุดก็มี Super Nodes ซึ่งเป็น Secure Nodes ที่ทรงพลังซึ่งคือโฮสต์ ของ Horizen sidechains
The Future การพัฒนาในอนาคต
With the Horizen's Sidechain (Zendoo) Beta released in mid-2020, the next big plan for Horizen is the full release of their sidechain network on the mainnet. This is scheduled for 2021.
Once their sidechain technology is fully launched, Horizen plans to add another promising scaling technology to their ecosystem called Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG). With sidechains and DAG technology added to their stack, will Horizen claim the scalability crown next?