Founded by Bram Cohen, inventor of the BitTorrent network, Chia Network is building a better blockchain and smart transaction platform that is more decentralized, more efficient and more secure. The Chia Blockchain has an active community of open-source developers who have made many contributions to the codebase. Many individuals contribute to the Chia blockchain in areas including research, peer review, development, testing, documentation and translation.
Chialisp is Chia's new smart transaction programming language that is powerful, auditable and secure. The blockchain is powered by a new Nakamoto-style consensus algorithm, the first since the launch of Bitcoin in 2008. Space and time proofs replace energy-intensive "proof-of-work" by leveraging unused disk space.
Chia Network supports the development and deployment of the Chia blockchain worldwide. Chia Network supports chia developers and supports enterprise use of chia through software support and chia loans. (Source: Chia website)