Rise is building a blockchain development platform with dPoS consensus. Their protocol uses a Delegated Proof-of-Stake (dPoS) consensus mechanism and will be powered by the RISE coin. They hope to significantly improve transaction times and reduce fees, while providing developers with a tool set to create DApps in several programming languages.

EvenCoin is a self-mining smart contract platform that is built on the Ethereum blockchain. EvenCoin is mined in parallel to even numbers of Ethereum blocks. The team behind EvenCoin are developing several decentralized projects that will use the self-mining protocol, including an exchange and a travel booking platform.

Japan Content Token, also known as JaCKet, is developing a blockchain middleware platform that will provide a variety of services to assist clients in leveraging distributed ledger technology. The JaCKet network is powered by the Ethereum-based JCT token.