Which blockchain-platforms are compatible to MultiChain?

Question

MultiChain is compatible to the public Bitcoin-Blockchain. When I create a blockchain with MultiChain, from which blockchain-platforms is the running blockchain reachable/accessable/compatible?

I'm interested to build a private blockchain based on MultiChain with a commercial use. For the productmanagement it is very important to know, if all planned participants exclusivly need MultiChain or if they are able to use other blockchain-platforms if they don't want to follow our recommendation to use MultiChain.

Thanks for your answer :)

Answer 1

If you're using the MultiChain protocol, i.e. with support for permissioning, native assets and streams, then MultiChain is the only compatible software that can act as a full validating node and miner. However, since the MultiChain protocol itself is very close to bitcoin's, any bitcoin-compatible wallet can be easily adapted to work with MultiChain.

The source code for MultiChain is now available, so this should not be too much of a concern. In the unlikely event that we stop developing the platform, anybody is free to fork it and continue the development.