What is Avalanche?
Avalanche is a smart-contract blockchain platform developed by Ava Labs, with an EVM-compatible C-Chain and the ability to launch custom Layer 1 networks. Enterprises and financial institutions use it for tokenisation, payments and permissioned chains. Network usage is paid through transaction fees in the AVAX token, and the core software is open source.
Key facts
- Starting price
- Price not listed
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Active users
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- Customers
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- Vendor employees
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- Launched
- 2020
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS)
- Platforms
- Web, Linux
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Custom L1 chains with configurable rules
- Fast transaction finality
- EVM compatibility for existing tooling
- Open source
Considerations
- Blockchain expertise required to build and operate
- Ecosystem smaller than the largest networks
- Network fees vary with token market conditions
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Industries & use cases
Industries served
Typical use cases
- Tokenizing funds and real-world assets
- Launching a permissioned institutional blockchain
- Issuing digital assets and loyalty tokens
Typical Deloitte services
- Digital asset and tokenization strategy
- Blockchain solution design and integration
- Digital asset risk and regulatory readiness
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Features
✓Open source· Deployment
✓API access· Integrations
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