The blockchain market in Latin America has grown considerably in recent years thanks to the initiatives and dissemination measures that have been led by the countries of the region. In this way, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have become important references in the ecosystem of cryptographic currencies and distributed accounting technology.
Among the many Latin American blockchain companies, the Argentine group RSK (formerly Rootstock ), which has been dedicated since 2013 to bring intelligent contracts to the Bitcoin network for the first time in order to provide greater functionality and To this platform.
The RSK network is a platform that works with bidirectional side chains over the Bitcoin blockchain, allowing users of these two networks to work any type of operation through intelligent contracts and in a system that is considerably faster and less complex than Bitcoin .
The Argentine company has had a successful development in the market and this 2017 is giving its best fruits. For example, the RSK network has enabled all Indian miners to use their combined mining process : merge-mining that allows miners to work with smart contracts and faster confirmation times.
They have successfully launched their public-use platform called Ginger , have partnered with Microsoft and the multi-titokens Jaxx portfolio and have won the Citi Tech for Integrity Challenge award to combat corruption and generate greater financial inclusion in the unbanked population .
In an exclusive interview with CriptoNoticias , Henry Sraigman, director of business development at RSK, commented on the next objectives of the platform, its scope in the market and the participation of Latin America in the world of distributed technologies.
GINGER: INCLUSION PLATFORM
The Ginger network was launched by RSK at the large conference Consensus 2017, presenting a platform that makes possible the union of smart contracts and the blockcock of Bitcoin. In this way, Ginger allows users to send any type of information or digital asset through this blockchain in real time , as well as to program smart contracts.
Henry Sraigman emphasizes that the launch and commissioning of Ginger is "a milestone in the development of RSK", since it allows the company to meet its goals of financial inclusion through the operation of smart contracts for a more secure network and stable.
This RSK platform has recently received funding of $ 3.5 million , in which entrepreneurs such as Anthony Di Lorio, from the Jaxx portfolio, and Bitcoin ecosystem companies such as Bitfury and Bitmain contributed to enhance the operation of this solution and Mature their functions for large-scale application.
In turn, the company is also focused on investing this capital to continue working on the Internet of Value thanks to a "more robust and powerful mining system Bitcoin" that will help contribute to the scalability of this network that is saturated by Massive international adoption.