Chirp’s ubiquitous wireless network powering millions of IoT devices at any given second needs speed. Every decision our team makes is driven by how we can process the most transactions possible, while creating a decentralized system anyone can access.
With these goals in mind, our developers chose Rust as Chirp’s primary programming language. Known for its open-sourced framework and ability to process large volumes of data, Rust has become the backbone for dominant Web3 projects, including Solana– which currently can power 65,000 transactions per second without the need for layer-2 (L2) solutions. Polkadot, Elrond, and Hyperledger have all embraced Rust, as have many Ethereum protocols. The language is also widely used by teams at Amazon, Dropbox, Mozilla, Meta, Cloudflare, and Discord.
JavaScript, C++, and Python are all great programming languages, and laid the foundations for Web 2.0. But Rust has emerged as the industry leader for the next generation of web connectivity, solving issues around memory security and crashes that frequently plagued its predecessors. With our eyes on where the technology sector is heading, we at Chirp proudly embrace Rust’s battle-tested and secure programming framework.
Rust is a perfect language for complex and CPU intensive tasks. And it is the perfect choice for a company like Chirp to process billions of transactions on a daily basis.
