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Cryptocurrency and sidechain platform for individuals
About Horizen
Horizen is powered by the most robust and secure public infrastructure enhanced with multiple security layers. Horizen’s distributed node system ensures the scalability, reliability, security and speed of its network. Horizen is also secured by an improved consensus with enhanced protection against 51% attacks. Horizen’s cross-chain protocol, Zendoo, is designed for developers to build blockchains and applications that solve today’s real-world problems with the flexibility to capture tomorrow’s opportunities. Powered by the Horizen blockchain to leverage the security of a robust PoW public blockchain with the largest distributed node network ensuring maximum reliability and resilience. Zero-knowledge enabled cross-chain protocol allowing auditable and privacy-preserving blockchains - bridging a major gap for real-world adoption.
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Founded: 2017
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