eCash creator and pioneering cryptographer David Chaum unveiled his Elixxir cryptocurrency September 19 following two years of behind-the-scenes development.

TARGETING CONSUMER SCALE
Speaking at the Consensus Singapore conference, Chaum said his latest project addressed the shortcomings in speed which currently prevent bonafide blockchain-based assets such as Bitcoin scaling quickly.

“It is widely recognized that some fundamental solutions are needed in order for blockchain technology to make the critical leap from store-of-value to consumer-scale payment and messaging,” he continued in an accompanying press release.

We wanted to have the engineering done and software up and running before announcing our solution to those problems.

Elixxir makes several fundamental changes to the way in which blockchain processes transactions compared to extant cryptocurrencies. All aimed at increasing efficiency, its network can reportedly process thousands of transactions per second.

ELIXXIR OR LIGHTNING?
Chaum is keen to illustrate the impact of his new ideas.

“These breakthroughs I’ve made change the whole game,” the Wall Street Journal quotes him as saying.

We can actually meet the requirements to go to consumer scale.

The release coincides with the run-up to Bitcoin’s tenth birthday, at a time when its own developers continue to work on improvements to cater to a potential influx of demand in the coming years