{"id":82599,"date":"2023-08-03T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82599"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:03:04","slug":"whitebit-launches-wb-network-mainnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/whitebit-launches-wb-network-mainnet\/","title":{"rendered":"WhiteBIT launches WB Network mainnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitebit.com\/uk\/meet-our-own-blockchain-wb-network\/\">announced<\/a> the launch of the WB Network mainnet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_-1024x781.png\" alt=\"Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_\" class=\"wp-image-212903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opera-Snimok_2023-08-03_175459_twitter.com_.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteBIT_ua\/status\/1687044168474923008\">X<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At its core, the mainnet uses a Proof-of-Authority consensus mechanism. The network is <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.whitebit.com\/wbt\/whitepaper-en.pdf?&#038;utm_source=media&#038;utm_medium=article&#038;utm_campaign=WB_blockchain_launch&#038;utm_content=Incrypted\">based on the Geth client<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The native token is WhiteBIT Coin (WBT). Before the WB Network launch, it underwent an audit by Hacken.<\/p>\n<p>The mainnet will offer lower fees and faster transaction processing.<\/p>\n<p>With the launch of the mainnet, users also gained access to the WB Soul ecosystem. It enables anonymous creation of a digital identity using attributes and soulbound tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of such accounts will be able to participate in the SoulDrop program, under which WBT holders are rewarded through a redistribution of commissions.<\/p>\n<p>WhiteBIT unveiled the WB Network roadmap in 2022. In April 2023, the platform launched a blockchain testnet.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ukraine-to-offer-free-cryptocurrency-literacy-courses\">blockchain courses<\/a> in partnership with WhiteBIT, the Filecoin Foundation and the social metaverse Atlantis World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WhiteBIT cryptocurrency exchange announced the launch of the WB Network mainnet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,16,1579],"class_list":["post-82599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-ukraine","tag-whitebit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"80","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82601,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82599\/revisions\/82601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}