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# Why use the ProSoft Chain?

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## Scalability and cross-chain interoperability

When economic activity becomes centralised on a single network, the result is bottlenecks of congestion and high transaction fees.

Networks such as Binance have attempted to solve issues with scalability 'vertically' with Layer 2 solutions that leverage the underlying security of the Layer 1 - Binance network. Transactions are executed off-chain on the Layer 2 with a 'proof of state' change sent back to the Layer 1. These proofs are then checked for fraud and verified before the underlying Layer 1 chain is updated.

Increasingly, there is also a shift towards 'horizontal' scaling solutions. These are enabled through the use of multiple independent blockchains or sidechains within a single ecosystem. Horizontal scaling spreads the computation of transactions in an ecosystem across many independent blockchains, with each chain having its own block producers and execution capacity.

ProSoft Chain addresses scalability vertically and horizontally. A lightning fast consensus mechanism (built on tendermint) enables thousands of transactions per second (tps) whilst an Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol enables cross-chain interoperability with an increasing number of Cosmos ecosystem members such as Osmosis.

The ProSoft Bridge brings further interoperability between the ProSoft and Binance networks allowing for the transfer of tokens, assets, NFTs and data.

The design of the ProSoft Chain enables the following advantages:

• Instant finality

• Low latency

• Extremely low transaction costs

• Scalability

• Ability to deploy inter-chain smart contracts and build cross-chain applications.

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## Developer Friendly

ProSoft Chain supports smart contract development that compiles to Web Assembly. Rust developers can quickly set up a local and test network to build on.

CosmWasm - a library of modular code needed for building a contract is a helpful resource.

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