Tezos

Tezos is an community-governed, open-source blockchain network capable of running complex smart contracts for asset settlement and decentralized applications (dApps).

Networks Mainnet, Testnet
Released 2018
Consensus Liquid proof of stake (LPoS)
Smart contracts Yes
Block time 30 seconds
Smart contract language(s) supported Michelson, LIGO, SmartPy, Morley, Fi, and Archetype
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Bitcoin
Ethereum
XRP Ledger
Ethereum Classic
Bitcoin Cash
Dash
Litecoin
Dogecoin
Zilliqa
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The Tezos API — build without running a node

Access Tezos blockchain data through one unified REST API: transaction and address data, balances, block data, and real-time webhooks for on-chain events — with no Tezos node to run and maintain. Start free and scale as you grow.

Blockchain data

Read Tezos transactions, addresses, balances, UTXOs, and block data through one REST API.

Real-time webhooks

Subscribe to on-chain events — incoming and outgoing transactions, confirmations, and mined blocks.

No node to run

Skip the infrastructure — managed, always-synced access with no node to operate or maintain.

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The self-amending blockchain

Tezos is a self-amending crypto ledger which means it can upgrade itself based on user voting without having to split (“fork”) the network into two different blockchains. Tez (XTZ) is the native token of the Tezos blockchain.