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Kai Chain Documentation

Welcome to the Kai Chain documentation site!

Please note that both the Kai Chain software and this documentation site will improve over time and is still a work-in-progress.
Be sure to engage with our community channels to stay updated.

Have fun trading and see you on chain!

What is Kai Chain?

Kai Chain is an innovative solution to bring programmability and interoperability to Kai Chain. Kai Chain relies on a system of PoA consensus that can support short block time and lower fees. The most bonded validator candidates of staking will become validators and produce blocks. The double-sign detection and other slashing logic guarantee security, stability, and chain finality.

Please read the FAQ to get started.

What can I do with Kai Chain?

The purpose of the new blockchain and DEX is to create an alternative marketplace for issuing and exchanging digital assets in a decentralized manner.

You can:

  • Send and receive KEC
  • Issue new tokens to digitalize assets, and use Kai Chain as underlying exchange/transfer network for the assets

For developers, you can also:

Kai Chain, KEC boasts smart contract functionality and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The design goal here was to leave the high throughput of Kai Chain intact while introducing smart contracts into its ecosystem.

Because KEC is EVM-compatible, it launched with support for the rich universe of Ethereum tools and DApps. In theory, this makes it easy for developers to port their projects over from Ethereum. For users, it means that applications like MetaMask can be easily configured to work with TC. Seriously – it’s just a matter of tweaking a couple of settings. Check out Use MetaMask for Kai Chain to get started.

You can:

  • Send and receive KEC
  • Explore the transaction history and blocks on the chain, via KEC SCAN, API and node RPC interfaces.

Developers can also:

  • Issue new tokens to digitalize assets
  • Run a full node to listen to and broadcast live updates on transactions, blocks, and consensus activities
  • Develop wallets and tools to help users use Dapps

Get Started

Want to try it Kai Chain? Just give a peek at the first few of pages of the getting started guide.
You could also have a read through the FAQ.

Want to develop on Kai Chain? First, read through the FAQ and learn about tokens here.

Asset Management

KRC20 Asset

A token protocol on KEC which is compatible with KRC20. It extends KRC20 and contains more interfaces, such as getOwner and decimals. Read the full proposal here: https://github.com/kaichain

KEC (and Other Coins) MainNet Switch

KEC Coin (KEC) was an KRC20 token on the Ethereum network.
After the launch of Kai Chain, KEC Coin (KEC) is being converted into native KEC tokens on the main network via the exchange platform at explorer.kaichain.net, a pragmatic and efficient way to perform the initial token swap.

Kai Chain is ready for other projects to migrate their tokens to take advantage of performant transactions with more liquidity options and native marketplace features.
More information about how projects can set themselves up for this (via kaichain.net or partners) will come soon.

Technology Details

Continue reading below if you are interested in what is happening under the hood!

Acknowledgement

Thanks to the community, our partners and supporters.