What’s Qtum?
Qtum is an open source public blockchain platform that uses a modified version of Bitcoin’s core, combined with a modified version of Ethereum’s virtual machine (EVM). Qtum, being an improved version of two revolutionary technologies, is faster, more scalable, and it uses a proof-of-work consensus in order to be more secure.
More about Qtum’s Dev Tools
As I have mentioned above, Qtum has released a full suite of dev tools in partnership with Google Cloud. The tools are free-to-use, designed to give developers and non-technical users a simple way of deploying nodes and building on the Qtum network. Moreover, the tool suite can be accessed through the Qtum computer engine, which lets anyone deploy a dev environment on Qtum. Regarding the updates, when the Qtum source code is updated, Google Cloud will automatically update the code everywhere else. This will save the devs a lot of time because they won’t have to manually download the newer version again.
Miguel Palencia, Qtum CIO said:
“Google Cloud is the perfect partner to help us make the blockchain ecosystem simpler and more intuitive. We’re launching a node was once an intensive and complex process, Qtum’s new developer suite introduces helpful shortcuts and tools to make it faster and easier. With a more accessible technology, we hope to open up and expand the Qtum community to include people with a broader range of experience?—?from experts to the everyday user.”?
The dev kit includes plenty of tools to work with, such as:
Qtum Core, a Solidity Compiler, Qmix IDE, Solar (smart contracts deployment tool), Qt-dev libraries, and the necessary tools and libraries to develop DAPPS.
