Oasis Foundation

Oasis Network (ROSE) is a privacy-focused layer 1 blockchain built for open finance and a responsible data economy using the Cosmos SDK. That will allow Oasis to interact with the ecosystem of the Cosmos (ATOM)-enabled blockchain when its Inter Blockchain Communication Protocol launches. Oasis prioritizes use cases that promote data privacy and user confidentiality and aims to power private, scalable DeFi and expand it beyond traders to the mass market. Oasis achieves high throughput and boasts a secure architecture by separating the contract settlement and consensus layers. This separation of layers allows the blockchain to support multiple, customizable runtimes (ParaTimes). It is similar in its architecture to the structure of Avalanche or Polkadot, connecting several different blockchains within one ecosystem.

Key features of the Oasis network

Oasis Network (ROSE) is built to support a high level of scalability, low gas fees and token monetization. It also aims to advance privacy features in order to facilitate the use of sensitive data within DeFi. It achieves scalability by the separation of consensus and execution, thereby allowing multiple ParaTimes to process transactions in parallel and preventing simpler transactions from slowing down more complex ones. As a result, there are no gas wars on Oasis. Since the ParaTime layer (the execution layer) is entirely decentralized, anyone can develop and build their own ParaTime, which can be open or closed, depending on the developer's needs. Oasis claims this sophisticated solution to be more efficient than sharding and parachains, since it requires a smaller replication factor for the same level of security.

Furthermore, the network has broad support for confidential computing technology. The Oasis Eth/WASI Runtime is an open source example of a confidential ParaTime that uses secure enclaves to keep data private while it is being processed. The network already has several interesting use cases. For instance, Binance is building a CryptoSafe Alliance, allowing exchanges to share threat intelligence data. Thanks to Oasis’ confidential computing technology, exchange data is kept confidential even while it’s being compared. BMW is testing applications of differential privacy in their internal systems and storing the accesses on an Oasis-operated ledger.