How Lisk is building scalable dApps by using JavaScript and sidechains

Launched in early 2016, Lisk (LSK) is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency platform that was developed by Oliver Beddows, a Germany-based tech entrepreneur, and Max Kordek, the co-founder and director of Lightcurve, a blockchain product development firm.
As explained on its official website, Lisk has its own (independent) blockchain network and native crypto token called LSK. According to its founders, the main purpose of creating Lisk is to “make it easier” to “build and deploy&r