Valutara

At first Elrond's idea of eGLD that came with the launch of their mainnet might seem intractable. Yet, the more one ponders the team's proposition, the more its genius comes to light. Together with the new and user-friendly Maiar dapp and the team's pioneering breakthroughs in DLT, the original promise of blockchain may finally come to fruition in e-Gold, or as we've been calling it, "Electronic Gold".

For something as imperative as privacy, a native implementation is likely the wiser solution in the long run to counter the risk inherent in 3rd party collaboration, but it is still a reassuring move by Elrond to bring Suterusu on board at this early stage.

Towards the end of 2019 we surmised that, from a value proposition and technological perspective, there are three companies that will usher in the future of currency and decentralised finance. Today we are more certain than ever that our analysis were on the mark: Cardano, Algorand and Elrond.

While somewhat dated, this high-level review remains a good introduction that sheds light on some of the notable edges that Elrond has over competing technologies.

The nascent Bitcoin Confidential may become a viable alternative.