Reddit has announced that it is now using scaling solution Arbitrum to scale its Ethereum-based community points—tokens called Moons and Bricks.
“We are scaling Reddit’s Community Points with Arbitrum! Today we are deploying a new Layer-2 rollup using Arbitrum technology. We will be testing this scaling network on top of Rinkeby, before migrating to the Ethereum mainnet,” Reddit administrators revealed yesterday.
Arbitrum is one of the several “rollups” that are currently being developed for Ethereum. In essence, they aim to take some of the load off Ethereum’s main network by executing transactions off-chain. The name was chosen because such solutions literally roll up multiple transactions to fit them in a single block.
The popular discussion board tied up with the Ethereum Foundation in January to explore different ways Reddit could leverage cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The primary focus has always been on the discussion board’s community points, which
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