Harmony (ONE) was launched in May 2019 as part of an initial exchange offering (IEO) on the Binance Launchpad. It is a decentralized blockchain-based platform that offers tools and functionalities for creating, hosting, managing, and using Dapps with maximum scalability and interoperability. 

Harmony is hosted on Ethereum and focuses on data sharing and the creation of marketplaces of fungible tokens and non-fungible assets. The platform uses sharding to achieve its goals.

What are ONE key features and how does it work?

Harmony makes use of sharding to achieve its improved scalability and speed. The sharding technology deployed on Harmony differs somewhat from similar blockchains as it uses a distributed random sharding approach.

Distributed random sharding means that the network splits the database into smaller sections, called shards, thus reducing latency. In this manner, sharding enables fast and near-instant transactions, whilst also preventing network congestion. The platform benefits from increasing the number of shards on it, as a transaction can be managed by more units at once, and therefore more rapidly. It differs from other sharding methods, as on Harmony, it depends on its own version of the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, which itself is based on the procedure known as distributed randomness generation. This is the Fast Byzantine Fault Tolerance (FBFT) mechanism. FBFT works by processing transactions in parallel. This combination enables security, scalability, and simple and easy verification.

ONE is the native crypto of the Harmony network. ONE can be used to pay for various services and operations on the network, including paying for storage. ONE is also used in the network’s governance, whereby holders are entitled to participate.

What is noteworthy about Harmony?

Harmony also offers block generation time that takes no more than a second, facilitating near-instant transactions with the ability to process higher transition throughputs than Ethereum or similar networks.

Where can you buy ONE?

Harmony’s token, ONE, can be bought on any of the exchanges listed here.