A new take on Proof of Work — Core Blockchain (XCB), a dark horse for 2024

CryptoSlate launched a weekly Core Corner column with a profile of Core Blockchain (XCB) — framing the chain's Proof-of-Distributed-Efficiency consensus, its CorePass ID and Ping Exchange launches, and the deliberate choice to build for nine years without VCs, token sales, or influencer campaigns. The author's read: a layer-1 that went under the radar precisely because it refused the usual growth playbook.

After nine years of development, Core XCB is a nascent layer-1 blockchain that I believe has the potential to emerge from the next bull run as a leader in Web3, similar to the eventual winners after the dot-com bubble popped.

Worth reading for an outside-in take on Core's "public stealth" positioning and why a low-energy PoW variant optimised for IoT sits apart from the proof-of-stake field.