mainnet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of main +‎ net.

Noun[edit]

mainnet (plural mainnets)

  1. (cryptocurrencies) A large and established network of servers able to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions.
    • 2020 October 27, Seong-Kyu Kim, Jun-Ho Huh, “Autochain platform: expert automatic algorithm Blockchain technology for house rental dApp image application model”, in EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, volume 47, Berlin, Heidelberg: SpringerOpen, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
      Although 1G ~ 3G Blockchain technologies are all composed of independent mainnets, certain problems remain unresolved. For example, at present, information or data generated by each Blockchain cannot be exchanged with another Blockchain as mentioned earlier, and some immediate problems should be addressed to ensure a safer and more efficient exchange of data between the Blockchain platforms.

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