Tech

Scrypto is Radix's smart contract programming language. Built on Rust, it implements asset-oriented programming where tokens and NFTs are native primi…

Shard groups [ /ʃɑrd grups/ ] or Validator Sets on Radix are groups of validators responsible for storing and validating the ledger state on subsets o…

Sharding [ /ˈʃɑːdɪŋ/ ] is a method of partitioning a database horizontally across separate servers to improve scalability, performance and data availa…

On Radix, every account is a smart account – a programmable component on the ledger with configurable access rules , deposit preferences, and recovery…

A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value, most commonly by targeting a fixed exchange rate – a peg – against a reference a…

Staking is a crucial mechanism in many cryptocurrency systems, particularly those using Proof of Stake (PoS) or Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consen…

Stokenet is the persistent public test network for Radix. Launched in July 2021, Stokenet serves as a sandboxed environment for Radix users and projec…

Pre-authorizations – the user-facing name for subintents – allow "a partial transaction to be authorized by one actor such that it can then become a p…

The Substate Model is Radix's approach to storing and managing on-ledger state. Rather than using a global account-based model ( Ethereum ) or UTXOs (…

The system layer implements the engine's high-level abstractions – objects, blueprints, packages, modules (Metadata, Royalty, Role Assignment), and th…