Harmony ONE and its founder Dr. Stephen Tse is heavily involved with VISA Research on “A Gas-Efficient, Trustless Bridge for Cross-Chain Transactions”

VISA Research has published an academic paper with Harmony ONE. Both the founder Dr. Stephen Tse and their lead developer are being named on the paper.

** link to paper ** https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.06000#:~:text=15%20Jan%202021%5D-,Horizon%3A%20A%20Gas%2DEfficient%2C%20Trustless,Bridge%20for%20Cross%2DChain%20Transactions&text=With%20the%20rise%20of%20digital,becoming%20a%20crucial%20interoperability%20requirement.

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ONE is seriously impressive, the two second finality in transaction speed, sharding for scalability, staking at 11% APR, micro gas fee. I checked out their DEX Viper tonight … it's crazy fast and cheap, unlike any swap defi I have ever seen.