Koinos Network utilizes 2 important features for working with Smart Contracts. WASM and Protobuf.

I wont try explaining how these work, others have already done a much better job. This post is meant to guide you in the right direction for working with Smart Contracts on Koinos Network and provide resources.

Here’s a few links to get started.

WASM :

https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-61256ec5a8f6

WebAssembly

Protobuf:

https://thecodebarbarian.com/working-with-protobufs-in-node-js.html

Protocol Buffers

These are great resources for understanding WASM and Protobuf, but how do these apply to Koinos? Here are a few links describing the uses of these features within the Network.

WASM: https://docs.koinos.io/architecture/smart-contracts/?h=wasm

Protobuf: https://docs.koinos.io/architecture/contract-abi/?h=protobuf

Checkout my Learn Koinos Github repo.