Question 1

What is Radix?

Accepted Answer

Radix is an open-source payment network like Bitcoin but with the ability to host and run applications. Because of Radix’s integrated payments, these apps tend to be financial services, but they can also include games, web pages, and other software programs.

Question 2

What makes Radix special?

Accepted Answer

Radix is the only network with the performance and scalability to serve the $400tn financial system. Written in Rust, the Radix Engine employs finite state machines that natively understand on-ledger assets and eliminate the majority of edge-case considerations inherent in Solidity.

Question 3

What is Radix's smart contract language?

Accepted Answer

Radix uses Scrypto, which exists as a set of libraries and compiler extensions that add features, syntax and data types to the Rust programming language, allowing for an ‘asset-oriented’ style of programming that treats tokens, NFTs and other ‘resources’ as native objects.

Question 4

Is Scrypto difficult to learn?

Accepted Answer

Not at all. Compared to Solidity, Scrypto is more intuitive and easier to reason about due to its asset-oriented model. The finite state machine for assets also provides stronger security guarantees around token behavior. As an illustration, trove.tools was built with only ~300 lines of Scrypto!

Question 5

Where can I find more information?

Accepted Answer

Check out the hackathon page on the wiki ( https://radix.wiki/contents/resources/radix-global-hackathon), which will be kept constantly updated.

Question 6

Do I have to attend in person?

Accepted Answer

No, although you will have access to more assistance if you can attend.

Question 7

Do I have to be a developer to participate?

Accepted Answer

Not at all! Teams need designers, researchers, project managers, and more. Find a team that needs your skill set and join the fun!

Question 8

Will I own the IP of any product I build?

Accepted Answer

Yes.

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