Libra

A digital currency created by Facebook. whitepaper

Tech

Rust, Go, Protobuf

Validator Node

All transactions are done through the Validator nodes. There are a pool of Validator nodes that talk to eachother via a shared memory mechanism. Life of a request

Move

Move bytecode is a new programming langauge that is sent to the Validator node VM. Documentation

Notes

• It’s possible to rotate the signing key without changing your address in case the signing key gets compromised
• A single user can have multiple accounts and accounts are not associated with each other
• Before being able to transition
  • Need to solve proof of stake
  • Need to solve scaling the validators