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# Blockchain Internals

Lither Chain is an open-source platform based on blockchain technology that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications including smart contracts.

#### Fundamentals of Lither Chain

Lither chain is a platform that facilitates peer-to-peer communication, smart contracts and applications via its own native currency called LITHER. The primary purpose of Lither is to facilitate and monetize the working of Lither Chain to enable developers to build and run distributed applications (called Dapps).

#### The implementation

Lither chain is based on a java implementation of the Ethereum protocol, and provides almost a replica of Ethereum features and benefits. Yorato chain provides an additional layer on top of Ethereum that enables it to perform transactions within a private network but also makes it more flexible by using different consensus algorithms. Yorato chain was designed as a private implementation of Ethereum that supports the enterprise requirements of transaction privacy and contract privacy.

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