It is a great question, so please do not worry about offending or anything like that
Here is the Bitshares explorer where you can see active workers:
http://www.cryptofresh.com/
head_block_num: 7,031,592
head_block_age: 2 seconds ago
chain_id: 4018d784..dad512c8
participation: 100%
active_witnesses: 27
committee_members: 11
block_interval: 3 seconds
maintenance_interval: 1 hour
recently_missed_blocks: 0
last_irreversible_block: 7,031,560
powered_by: graphene
more_info: bitshares.org
This approach helps avoid bloat, while allowing side chains/micro chains to be on top of Bitshares.
Hope this makes sense!
Chris
Now, you got me confused
If workers secure the blockchain and get rewards in bitshares, then what is the role of Cadastral? E.g. in Ethereum you have to pay a fee when you send transactions to smart contracts and that gives value to the ethers, but this concept you are now implementing is new to me.
I am assuming that you are storing the land records in some sort of smart contracts, right?
Yes, the point is to have a dedicated chain for land records and smart contracts related to land registration. This will reduce bloat, as there is no reason to have "all transactions" in the same place.
Also, don't try to compare this project to "ethereum". It has an entirely different point and premise, and will only cause you further confusion. I understand the need to find some sort of relative concept, but it's DEFINITELY not ethereum.
If anything "Bitshares" would what you would compare to Ethereum in this case, and where Bitland is an actual organization using colored coins with a dedicated blockchain to represent "real life goods and services", where as in the case of Ethereum, the projects that have been built on top of it are trying to do the same thing over and over, so it doesn't REALLY look like transitioning into the real world market, because technically they're not.
We are getting into "blockchain based real estate", but starting in disparate economies so that ROI is greater. Like I said, if you are trying to look at this like "Ethereum", you are looking at the wrong aspect of the protocol. In order for blockchain to be applied in real world, there needs to be organizations that actually bring it to real people and real businesses. That is MAINLY what bitland is doing, we just happen to have our own microchain on top of Bitshares macrochain.
Cheers
Chris