I suggest that you might be potentially interested in Moonbeam and Moonriver projects, since you found this article :) I will try to provide you with a brief insight to the topic in the manner, which let me understand it some time ago.
MOONBEAM
According to the official website, at least 3 (three) key clauses may be delineated:
- Moonbeam is a developer-oriented blockchain that strives to provide compatibility with the existing Ethereum developer toolchain and network.
- It does this by providing a Web3-compatible API, and bridges that connect Moonbeam to existing Ethereum networks.
- Moonbeam will also be a parachain on the Polkadot network.
To sum it up, Moonbeam is a parachain on the Polkadot network that provides compatibility with the existing Ethereum network. And that’s it for now.
MOONRIVER
According to the already mentioned official website, Moonriver is a companion network to Moonbeam and provides a permanently incentivized canary network. New code ships to Moonriver first, where it can be tested and verified under real economic conditions. Once proven, the same code ships to Moonbeam on Polkadot.
SO WHAT NOW?..
What does that mean in plain English? Let’s do it this way:
- There is a Moonbeam network.
- It has a companion network — Moonriver, where new code can be tested and verified under real economic conditions.
- Once proven, the same code ships to Moonbeam on Polkadot.
That’s the level I got it to some extent. There definitely is a bunch of nuances and miscellaneous particularities to dive into, so I will try my best to do this in the future.
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