Stacks (STX), originally Blockstack, was founded by Muneeb Ali and Ryan Shea at Princeton University in 2013. It aims to enhance Bitcoin with smart contracts and dApps, launching its mainnet…
UNUS SED LEO (LEO), launched in May 2019 by iFinex, emerged as a response to Bitfinex's financial challenges. Following the seizure of $850 million held by Crypto Capital, iFinex conducted…
Aptos (APT), a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain, rose from Meta's discontinued Diem project. Co-founders Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching established Aptos Labs in December 2021, leveraging their expertise to develop…
NEAR Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain founded by Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov, evolved from their AI venture NEAR.ai in 2017. Recognizing blockchain limitations, they began NEAR's development in August 2018.…
Charlie Lee's Litecoin (LTC), launched on October 13, 2011, emerged as a prominent Bitcoin alternative. Dubbed the "silver to Bitcoin's gold," this former Google engineer's creation aimed to address Bitcoin's…
Uniswap, launched by Hayden Adams on November 2, 2018, transformed Ethereum-based trading as a groundbreaking decentralized exchange (DEX). Using automated market makers (AMMs), it eliminated traditional order books, increasing user…
The Internet Computer (ICP), initiated by Dominic Williams through the DFINITY Foundation in 2016, aims to create a decentralized internet with serverless cloud functionality. Key milestones include the 2017 establishment…
Polygon, founded by Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, Anurag Arjun, and Mihailo Bjelic in 2017, evolved from Matic Network into a multi-chain platform. It addresses Ethereum's scalability issues through Layer 2…
Tron (TRX), founded by Justin Sun in 2017, is a blockchain platform revolutionizing digital content distribution. Initially an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token, it transitioned to its own blockchain in 2018. Tron…
Chainlink, founded in 2017 by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis, revolutionizes blockchain technology by connecting smart contracts with real-world data. This decentralized oracle network, conceptualized in a whitepaper co-authored with…