Californian Fintech Firm Releases Easy-To-Use Blockchain Platform
Manifold Technology has made its patented blockchain platform available to allow non-technical developers to build enterprise-ready, blockchain-enabled applications. Users do not have to be blockchain experts to build and deploy applications. The platform has already been used to transform the Royal Bank of Canada’s rewards program, and to enable R3CEV consortium member banks to demonstrate instant trading of fixed income assets. Expanded Transaction Handling. Where bitcoin’s throughput is limited to seven transactions per second, Manifold’s platform can handle more than 10,000....
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