As the Fat Protocol thesis posits, value in blockchains would mostly accumulate at the base protocol layer rather than the application layer. For a while, this seemed to be true.

With this as background, let’s start examining the application-layer protocols used to stream video, starting with the granddaddy of them all, HTTP. As you probably know, HTTP stands for Hypertext ...

2017 was the year crypto boomed. In 2018 it crashed. 2019 will be a year of recovery, where mid-layer protocols define new value.

The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being ...

We’ve called Map Protocol the “blockchain freeway for assets,” and that’s not a description we take lightly. Admittedly, it is an ambitious goal — making all blockchains interact with ...

The CANopen application layer and communication profile supports direct access to device parameters and transmission of time-critical process data. The CANopen network management services simplify ...

Range Protocol, a unified liquidity provisioning platform, today announced the launch of Skate, the universal application layer that empowers apps to run on thousands of chains with one state.

Internet Protocol The IP protocol is so adaptable that it has become a common denominator in many communication environments. Physical layer interfaces pass their messages to upper layers that end up ...