diff --git a/ch12.asciidoc b/ch12.asciidoc index 910f51a9..28f2e28f 100644 --- a/ch12.asciidoc +++ b/ch12.asciidoc @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Payment Channels:: ((("payment (state) channels", "building blocks (primitives) ((("extrinsic asset management")))Colored coins refers to a set of similar technologies that use bitcoin transactions to record the creation, ownership, and transfer of extrinsic assets other than bitcoin. By "extrinsic" we mean assets that are not stored directly on the bitcoin blockchain, as opposed to bitcoin itself, which is an asset intrinsic to the blockchain. -((("digital asset managment")))Colored coins are used to track digital assets as well as physical assets held by third parties and traded through colored coins certificates of ownership. Digital asset colored coins can represent intangible assets such as a stock certificate, license, virtual property (game items), or most any form of licensed intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights, etc). Tangible asset colored coins can represent certificates of ownership of commodities (gold, silver, oil), land title, automobiles, boats, aircraft, etc. +((("digital asset management")))Colored coins are used to track digital assets as well as physical assets held by third parties and traded through colored coins certificates of ownership. Digital asset colored coins can represent intangible assets such as a stock certificate, license, virtual property (game items), or most any form of licensed intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights, etc). Tangible asset colored coins can represent certificates of ownership of commodities (gold, silver, oil), land title, automobiles, boats, aircraft, etc. ((("Enhanced Padded-Order-Based Coloring (EPOBC)")))The term derives from the idea of "coloring" or marking a nominal amount of bitcoin, for example a single satoshi, to represent something other than the bitcoin value itself. As an analogy, consider stamping a $1 note with a message saying "This is a stock certificate of ACME" or "This note can be redeemed for 1 oz of silver" and then trading the $1 note as a certificate of ownership of this other asset. The first implementation of colored coins, named _Enhanced Padded-Order-Based Coloring_ or _EPOBC_ assigned extrinsic assets to a 1-satoshi output. In this way, it was a true "colored coin," as each asset was added as an attribute (color) of a single satoshi. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ u=https://cpr.sm/FoykwrH6UY === Counterparty -((("blockchain applications", "Counterparty")))((("Counterparty")))((("smart contracts")))((("Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)")))((("extrinsic asset management")))((("virtual asset managment")))Counterparty is a protocol layer built on top of bitcoin. The Counterparty protocol, similarly to colored coins, offers the ability to create and trade virtual assets and tokens. In addition, Counterparty offers a decentralized exchange for assets. Counterparty is also implementing smart contracts, based on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). +((("blockchain applications", "Counterparty")))((("Counterparty")))((("smart contracts")))((("Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)")))((("extrinsic asset management")))((("virtual asset management")))Counterparty is a protocol layer built on top of bitcoin. The Counterparty protocol, similarly to colored coins, offers the ability to create and trade virtual assets and tokens. In addition, Counterparty offers a decentralized exchange for assets. Counterparty is also implementing smart contracts, based on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Like the colored coins protocols, Counterparty embeds metadata in bitcoin transactions, using the +OP_RETURN+ opcode or 1-of-N multisignature addresses that encode metadata in the place of public keys. Using these mechanisms, Counterparty implements a protocol layer encoded in bitcoin transactions. The additional protocol layer can be interpreted by applications that are Counterparty-aware, such as wallets and blockchain explorers, or any application built using the Counterparty libraries.