Team may stand behind but it doesnt change the fact that Hedera Hashgraph algo u stole from Zilliqua wont cut it. It wont make it unique. It is the year 2020 when more than algo is required to rear a coin into a high-usage grown network. I guarantee that in a month the team will be bent backwards to me as I set up conditions of my involvement into Dumbgion project.
Patents differentiate between one another regarding claims, and the commercial product application.
You cannot patent science and mathematical protocols. You can patent a method that uses the science or the mathematical protocol in the product (see Hedera).
The claim can be for example a method for a distributed database to reach consensus based on an implementation of the Hashgraph mathematical proof and a proof of stake system. A distributed database reaching consensus with proof of stake built into the method.
It is the method for reaching consensus in the database, the database system, which is patented and not the mathematical proof, which we have implemented in our own context (Tagion), with our own gossip mechanism, virtual voting, a trust layer, and our own database system. The DART (database system) is patented in our case.
We have an open system, not permissioned, and a different governance mechanism, based on Trust and Community and not proof of stake. Our governance is not coupled directly to the method for reaching consensus in the database.
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