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Avalanche AVAX |
BUY
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$8.89 |
-0.61% (24h) |
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Marketcap |
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$3,838,882,619 |
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Volume 24h |
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$131,549,229 |
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Description
Avalanche (AVAX) is an open-source platform for launching highly decentralized applications, new financial primitives, and new interoperable blockchains. It is known for its unique consensus mechanism, which offers near-instant transaction finality and the ability to scale to thousands of nodes. The network consists of three specialized chains—the X-Chain, P-Chain, and C-Chain—to handle different tasks like asset creation, staking, and smart contracts efficiently. The AVAX token is used to pay for transaction fees, secure the network through staking, and serve as the primary unit of account across the entire Avalanche ecosystem.