EOS Community Launches Antelope Blockchain Project

EOS Network Foundation (ENF), Telos, Wax and UX Network have pooled resources into the Antelope blockchain coalition with a shared codebase.

Antelope is an open framework for building
next-generation Web3 products and services.

Its community-run codebase is behind some
of the fastest, most secure, and user-friendly
blockchains.$EOS 🤝 $TLOS 🤝 $WAX 🤝 $UTX

Leap Ahead with Antelope! pic.twitter.com/tal8bCcO0k

— Antelope (@AntelopeIO) August 17, 2022

“The Antelope coalition consists of four high-performance first-level blockchains, each with its own history, characteristics, serving unique markets and connected by a common structure,” the statement said.

The Antelope protocol is a fork of the early EOS network, with the addition of a number of new features. The first implementation, Leap v3.1, includes:

• subject-based billing;
• automatic transaction replay;
• the ability to evaluate resources for a transaction without including it in a block;
• reduced storage requirements by shrinking block logs and data delivery.

For the new network, a set of developer tools is also provided:

• CDT — for deploying smart contracts on Antelope blockchains;
• DUNE — for performing node management functions, composing smart contracts, running tests and other common tasks.

ENF noted that in mid-2021 the EOS-launching Block.one ceased supporting the network. The organisation has taken steps to sustain the project. One initiative was a common Mandel fork codebase, created with the involvement of Dan Larimer and Fractally.

Engineers at ENF continued work on the project. In March the coalition welcomed teams from Telos, Wax and UX Network.

The launch of Antelope was the result of joint development efforts and Mandel’s rebranding.

“Relying on the synergies of pooled network resources, the Antelope release marks a meaningful step toward self-determination for EOS, the coalition, and the project’s ecosystem as a whole,” ENF said.

Earlier, the organisation sought to recover $4.1 billion from Block.one through the courts. In 2018 the company raised $4.2 billion through ICO EOS.

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