Can I ask what does a fourth generational blockchain mean? really im not too familiar with these techy terms... is this referring to a DAG? like hashgrash or something??
Correct me if i'm wrong.
1st gen: PoW coins. Very slow.
2nd gen: smart contracts. Faster but not enough, at least for now.
3rd gen: Solved scalability issues.
4th generation protocol theoretically should combine all the features of previous blockchains. i.e. lightning speed + complex data + smart contracts.
There is no real classification till this date.
The first would indeed be POW like bitcoin.
The second one would be represented by ETH and featuring smart contracts. The ICO time space
The 3th generation would indeed be no real blockchain any more. DAG chains, IOT etc
The 4th generation would feature interoperability like MVT is aiming for or atomic swaps, TAST etc