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What is Avalanche?

Link: What Is Avalanche? | Avalanche Dev Docs (avax.network)

Avalanche is an open-source platform for building decentralized applications in one interoperable, decentralized, and highly scalable ecosystem. Powered by a uniquely powerful consensus mechanism, Avalanche is the first ecosystem designed to accommodate the scale of global finance, with near-instant transaction finality.

Why Choose Avalanche?​

Blazingly Fast​

  • Fastest consensus mechanism of any layer 1 blockchain
  • Quick finality and low latency: transactions processed and verified in less than 2 seconds
  • Unique consensus mechanism enables rapid transaction processing

Built to Scale​

  • Application-specific blockchains with complex rulesets
  • Build on existing private or public Subnets in any language
  • Incredibly energy-efficient: runs on consumer-grade hardware
  • Energy consumption: equivalent to 46 US households (0.0005% of Bitcoin's consumption)
  • Solidity developers can build on Avalanche's EVM implementation out-of-the-box
  • Support for building custom Virtual Machines (VMs) for advanced use cases

Advanced Security​

  • Scales to thousands of concurrent validators without performance degradation
  • One of the most secure protocols for internet scaling systems
  • Permissionless and permissioned custom blockchains via Avalanche Subnets
  • Custom rulesets designed for compliance with legal and jurisdictional requirements