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Avalanche.

A network family for scalable applications.

Avalanche is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform that supports applications and custom networks. AVAX pays fees and helps secure the network.

NetworkProof of Stake
Supply720 million AVAX cap
Birthday / launchSeptember 2020 — Avalanche mainnet launch

Origin story

September 2020 — Avalanche mainnet launch

Built by: Ava Labs, led by Emin Gün Sirer and co-founders

Avalanche was designed as a proof-of-stake platform for applications and custom networks. Its family of consensus protocols uses repeated sampling among validators.

What makes it different

Its own rules, its own trade-offs.

Avalanche's primary network has specialized chains and can support subnets with their own rules.

Not the same as: a guarantee, a bank account, or a customer-service payment rail.

How a transaction becomes real

From wallet to chain.

  1. A wallet signs an AVAX or application transaction.
  2. Validators repeatedly sample one another to converge on a preferred result.
  3. The accepted transaction is recorded under the rules of the specific Avalanche chain.

Supply and incentives

Why the token exists.

AVAX has a 720 million maximum supply. Transaction fees are burned and validator rewards follow protocol rules.

Use it safely

What can go wrong.

Avalanche has more than one chain; C-Chain, P-Chain, and X-Chain addresses and assets are not interchangeable.

Verify it yourself

Look at the chain.

A block explorer lets you inspect public transactions, blocks, addresses, and fees. Never paste a recovery phrase or private key into one.

Open SnowTrace ↗

OG voices & primary resources

Long-running people and sources.

These open external sites in a new tab. They are educational links only—not paid placement, partnership, or endorsement.

Open external sourceEmin Gün Sirer ↗Open external sourceKevin Sekniqi ↗Open external sourceTed Yin ↗

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