Platform comparison

Question 1

Ethereum Discription

Answer 1

The most popular project in the world for the creation of public blockchain applications. It is a global network for creating the solutions, that are available worldwide.

Question 2

Masterchain Discription

Answer 2

Closed platform based on Ethereum protocol modification, with modifications to work under the laws of Russian Federation.

Question 3

Hyper ledger Discription

Answer 3

Open platform for global developers for organization of commercial interactions with strictly regulated list of participants.

Question 4

Exonum Discription

Answer 4

Open framework for development of applications with usage of distributed database.

Question 5

corda Discription

Answer 5

Platform for an exchange of B2B messages/notifications for technical and legal fixation of the facts in decentralized system. Legal fixation is backed up by automatic creation of text agreement and its signature by legally significant electronic signatures of the participants.

Question 6

Ethereum Target audience

Answer 6

Creation of public solutions with open data.

Question 7

Master chain target audience

Answer 7

Platform for financial sector and commercial organizations, comply with Legislation of Russian Federation.

Question 8

Hyperledger target audience

Answer 8

Commercial sector.

Maintaining trusted distributed databases.

Question 9

Exonum target audience

Answer 9

For the purposes of development public and private blockchains, with the possibility of modification according to every customer needs.

Question 10

Corda target audience

Answer 10

Participants of financial sector, operations with asset accounting, financial deals in a closed channel.

Question 11

Developers of Ethereum

Answer 11

Ethereum Foundation + big open community

Question 12

Developers of Master chain

Answer 12

Fintech Association.

Question 13

Developers of Hyperledger

Answer 13

Hyperledger consortium.

Question 14

Developers of Exonum

Answer 14

Bitfury Group

Question 15

Developers of Corda

Answer 15

R3 consortium:

Consultants: Barclays, Bank of America, HSBC, Citi, Royal bank of Canada etc.

Question 16

Features of Ethereum

Answer 16

The largest community of developers with high competence of knowing the platform.
Simplicity of the platform.
Smart-contracts are part of unaltered network.

Question 17

Features of Master chain

Answer 17

GOST signature and encryption (attestation in 2018).

Prepared and in-demand FinTech products based on As A Service model. Mining is limited to several participants.

Question 18

Featueres of Hyperledger

Answer 18

Possibility of installation several blockchain-networks by one client. Easy update of logics of smart-contracts by the owner of smart-contracts. Easy administration of the list of participants by issue and revocation of certificates.

Question 19

Features of Exonum

Answer 19

Flexibility in the work with external sources of data. Allows to create public and private solutions. Control of participants by voting. Smart-contracts are embodied separately on each node, in network registered description of smart-contract, condition for successful accomplishment of smart-contract - identical realization by majority validators.
No mining.

Question 20

Network model in Ethereum

Answer 20

Peer-to-peer network, where all participants are equal to each other.

Question 21

Network model in Master chain

Answer 21

Peer-to-peer network with controlled access.

Question 22

Network model in Hyperledger

Answer 22

Multi-role:
Users of the network, administrator of the network; nodes-validators of operations of their zone of responsibility (concrete smart-contracts, concrete operations in database (shares, bonds, money transactions); Service for the load reduction for simple participants.

Question 23

Network model in Exonum

Answer 23

Multi-role:

Question 24

Connecting participants in Ethereum

Answer 24

Everyone can become the participant of the network.

Question 25

Connecting participants in Master chain

Answer 25

By the administrator of the network.

Question 26

Connecting participants in Hyperledger

Answer 26

By issuing certificates from verifying centre.

Question 27

Connecting participants in Exonum

Answer 27

By voting among privileged participants of the network.

Question 28

Connecting participants in Corda

Answer 28

By issuing certificates from verifying centre

Question 29

Risks in Ethereum

Answer 29

Risk of obtaining the control over the whole network by an intruder if he has enough power.
There is no control of the list of participants. Mandatory mining.
The limit on maximal complexity on the logics of smart-contracts.

Question 30

Risks in Master chain

Answer 30

Possible version lags due to necessity of receiving updates from Ethereum project, including security updates.
Closed development of the platform.
Mandatory mining. The limit on maximal complexity on the logics of smart-contracts

Question 31

Risks in Hyperledger

Answer 31

Low competence of specialists in Russian Federation and small size of community.

Question 32

Risks in Exonum

Answer 32

Risk of desynchronization of versions of a client.

Question 33

Risks of Corda

Answer 33

Narrow focus of the platform: financial commercial sector

Question 34

Projects of Corda

Answer 34

About 50 projects

1. MarcoPolo for optimization of trade financing;
2. HQLAQ - exchange of tokenization of assets with high liquidity.