About Us

Pyrofex Corporation is one of Utah Valley’s newest cryptocurrency startups. Founded in the Spring of 2016 by ex-Googlers Mike Stay and Nash Foster, Pyrofex is working hard to create the next-generation of blockchain platforms and decentralized applications.

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5/8/2018
RNode v0.3.1 introduces the RChain consensus protocol

RNode v0.3.1 allows developers to observe the consensus protocol in action, interact with the node API via gRPC services, execute Rholang contracts that print to the console via STDERR and STDOUT channels, operate the node in a persistence mode - supporting data storage between restarts, and benefit from new system features including support for persistence of keys and support for systemd.

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4/2/2018
Introducing RSpace

RSpace-0.1 is the first implementation of the storage layer component of the RChain blockchain.

The RChain Coop’s development team is pleased to announce the initial release of the storage layer — RSpace. RSpace — 0.1 is an early version of the RChain storage implementation. This is another of the pre-production release milestones toward the release of the RChain blockchain.

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3/2/2018
RNode-0.2.1 integrates Rholang to the RChain Node

With the release of RNode-0.2.1 you are now able to run the node in three different network modes, compile and run Rholang code, and connect with other nodes on the network using an encrypted handshake.

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3/16/2018
RChain node version 0.1.3 released

Check out this exciting interview with Greg Meredith and Nash Foster of the RChain Cooperative! A fundamentally new kind of blockchain platform, RChain is rooted in a formal model of concurrent and decentralized computation.

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2/21/2018
Pyrofex Pawel Szulc to present at Lambda Days 2018 on RChain’s Rholang

Pyrofex and RChain Scala developer Pawel Szulc will present at Lambda Days 2018 being held February 22–23 in Krakow, Poland.

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2/08/2018
RChain – The Scalable,
Concurrent and Performant Blockchain

Check out this exciting interview with Greg Meredith and Nash Foster of the RChain Cooperative! A fundamentally new kind of blockchain platform, RChain is rooted in a formal model of concurrent and decentralized computation.

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1/31/2018
The RChain Cooperative & Pyrofex Corporation ink Strategic Partnership

The RChain Cooperative and Pyrofex Corporation announced strategically important service contracts and an equity investment intended to deliver several mutually beneficial blockchain solutions.

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1/29/2018
Rholang - The R-Chain Smart Contract Language.

Pyrofex hosted its first meetup in our Provo office. Mike Stay gave a lecture on Rholang, which may be of interest, and did a few simple demos using the upcoming SDK.

Many thanks to the guys at Coin Agility for the production.

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1/24/2018
Rchain Exclusive chat Lawrence Lerner & Nash Foster: Making the Blockchain Industry Ready!

Exclusive chat Lawrence Lerner & Nash Foster with BlockchainBrad: We talk about how RChain will make the Blockchain Industry Ready.

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1/18/2018
Utah Java Users Group @UtahJava

Nash Foster, CEO of Pyrofex, presented a blockchain primer to the Utah Java Users Group.

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12/27/2017
RChain Node.Hello (v0.1) Released

The RChain Coop’s developer team is pleased to announce the initial milestone release of our RChain node software — Node.Hello (v0.1). This package marks the first of many pre-production release milestones along our flight to Mercury.

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