By
Wanguba Muriuki
June 26th, 2020
As highlighted in the shared press release, the Photon cross-chain has gone through a testing phase in preparation for its mainnet release, revealing it to be the quickest cross-chain messenger in the Web3 ecosystem thus far.
Omnichain blockchain infrastructure, Entangle recently unveiled its Photon cross-chain messaging tool, establishing a unique standard for multichain communication in the digital currency world.
What Photon Messaging Represents
The primary idea behind the “Transmitter Agents” sets the Photon messaging tool apart from the majority of the existing cross-chain communication systems around. These agents, together with optimizations in block time minimization and transaction composition, have resulted in record-breaking cross-chain communications speeds.
Entangle’s concept for Photon originates from the idea that the true value of smart contracts is their ability to connect effortlessly across diverse blockchain ecosystems. Entangle’s Photon attempts to break down the walls between multiple blockchain networks, allowing Decentralized Applications (dApps) to communicate quickly across any blockchain, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compliant or not.
Photon allows developers to establish specific consensus thresholds, which optimizes translation validation while allowing the consensus mechanism to handle complicated operations and diversified functionality.
Furthermore, Entangle directly addresses cross-chain relay issues such as race situations, scalability limits, and transaction reordering/censorship vulnerabilities, ensuring that information is transferred safely, reliably, and scalable.
The present number of chains served exceeds 15, and Entangle intends to maintain this rapid development of service to provide maximum reach and connectivity between Web3 platforms. The Entangle mainnet is scheduled to be online in mid-April, and dry run testing was undertaken to validate performance metrics for the Photon messaging tool.
The dry run testing yielded impressive results, demonstrating fast event processing and low latency across multiple blockchains. This outcome represents a major improvement in communications speed and operational efficiency within the Web3 landscape.
While commenting on the trial conducted thus far, Faisal Mehrban, founder of Entangle, stated:
“Entangle is pleased with the results of our dry run testnet results which are a 1:1 replication of mainnet performance. Our speeds have matched our expected results as being the fastest solution on the market.”
Anticipation of Entangle’s Mainnet Launch
With the Entangle protocol set to go live next month, prospective adopters will gain access to appreciate how fast the Photon Messaging system.
Entangle was designed to shorten block time, allowing Transmitter Agents to reach consensus on proposed activities more quickly. This allows them to complete outgoing and incoming cross-chain messages while maintaining the block time sequence of the chains they serve.
The move by Entangle to bolster Web3 communication is a major need in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem. While there are multiple EVM protocols with innovation offerings, interactions between these applications is at a low ebb, a gap that Entangle hopes to fill with its Photon engine.
