Research corpus ConsensusBLC-STUDY-0023

Chainweb: A Proof-of-Work Parallel-Chain Architecture for Massive Throughput

Kadena's public parallel-chain design. Many proof-of-work chains advance together, and each block commits to peer-chain headers, so a confirmation is a braid rather than a single chain. This is not the 2016 private-chain note already in the historic library.

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Authors: Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy
Date: 2018
Publisher: Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0023
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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What changed

The historic library already includes Kadena's 2016 private-chain consensus note. Chainweb is the later public design.

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Canonical readingKadena study
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Related paperPolkadot

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Author–date

Martino, W., Quaintance, M., & Popejoy, S. (2018). Chainweb: A Proof-of-Work Parallel-Chain Architecture for Massive Throughput. Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy. https://kadena.io/whitepapers

BibTeX

@techreport{chainweb2018,
  title = {Chainweb: A Proof-of-Work Parallel-Chain Architecture for Massive Throughput},
  author = {Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy},
  url = {https://kadena.io/whitepapers},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/chainweb}
}

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PY  - 2018
PB  - Will Martino, Monica Quaintance, Stuart Popejoy
UR  - https://kadena.io/whitepapers
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
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