We're joined by Greg Meredith and Nash Foster of the RChain Cooperative. A fundamentally kind of new blockchain platform, RChain is rooted in a formal model of concurrent and decentralized computation. Powered by the Rho Virtual Machine, and secured by Casper proof-of-stake, RCain is partitioned, or shareded by default, forming a network of coordinated and parallel blockchains. The project, which is formed as a coop, leverages correct-by-construction software development to produce a concurrent, compositional, and massively scalable blockchain.Topics discussed in this episode:How Rchain spun out of the Synereo projectThe primary objectives RChain seeks to establishThe fundamental principles of RChain and RLangThe concepts of concurrency and parallelism in simple termsHow building concurrent systems implies scallabilityThe unique features of Casper consensus in the context of RChainThe importance of namespaces in RChainWhy this project was started as a cooperativeThe current status of the project and roapmapLinks mentioned in this episode: RChain WebsiteRChain Rholang SDK (v0.1) ReleasedA Visualization for the Future of Blockchain ConsensusIntroducing Rholang! at Devcon 2Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg (https://epicenter.tv/tipbtc)BCC: 1M4dvWxjL5N9WniNtatKtxW7RcGV73TQTd (http://epicenter.tv/tipbch)ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 (https://epicenter.tv/tipeth)This episode is also available on :Epicenter.tvYouTubeSouncloudWatch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts.Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, S?ƒbastien Couture & Meher Roy.