Loom Network is a platform as a service that is built on top of Ethereum and allows developers to run large-scale decentralized applications. This platform was released on October 1st 2017. The goal of this is to allow application developers to have smart contracts that can access much more computing power when it is required or maintain the same power at lower costs for tasks such as trials for onboarding new users or applications that simply do not need the full security of blockchain to begin with. In this system you have the ability to interact with APIs developed by third parties which are not on chain. Loom attempts to be the ultimate platform that allows smart contract developers to create applications without the need to switch to another programming language. As such they can easily integrate their applications with the outside world.The Loom Network runs on Plasma which is a scaling solution that allows for faster transactions throughout the network.