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What is Avalanche? #
“Cosmos is an ecosystem of blockchains that can scale and interoperate with each other. “ #
| Cost To Stake | APR Per Node |
| $140K+ | 15.9%+ |
Profile #
- Launched in 2019
- Current Market Cap: $3,274,752,886
- Designed for scalability, speed and to be environmentally friendly
- Currently has 175 validator nodes staking
- Requires 14,488 ATOM to stake a node (least staked active validator)
- Staking produces 15.9% APR returns on ATOM staked
- Natively support delegated staking
- Destaking/Unbonding: 21 days
- Slashing/Penalties: Downtime loses 0.01% of funds staked. Double-sign loses ect. 5%
- Supports Smart Contracts
- Doesn’t support NFT
Node Requirements #
Looking to roll your own node? Here is what’s required. #
- 68 GHz equivalent CPU (Clock * (Cores + Hyper threads))
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB+ SSD
- 10 Mbps Up/Down
5 Year Outlook #
Based on our research at StaaS Fund, here are the long term expectations for this asset. #
- Cost to create/buy/sell NFTs is competitive
- Proven smart contract and NFT platform rapidly growing
- Adoption will increase significantly
- Distinguished in user/developer first experience with interoperability
