I. Summary
- Injective is the first blockchain specialized for building decentralized financial applications such as exchanges, derivatives, options and lending
- Since the mainnet launch, Injective has:
- Processed 120 Million+ on-chain transactions (for context, this far surpasses many popular blockchains today);
- Integrated with Ethereum, Cosmos, and other ecosystems, with the community building many more integrations
- 18 Million+ blocks produced on mainnet
- ~1 second block time // 30,000 OPS // Instant transaction finality
- Launched a powerful interchain smart contract layer for building DeFi apps
- dApps on Injective have facilitated $7.3 Billion+ in on-chain volume
- Injective is backed by the best investors in the space with $57M raised to date: Binance Labs, Pantera, Hashed, Jump Crypto, BH Digital, DRW Cumberland, BlockTower, CMS, Figment, Sandeep (Polygon COO), Mark Cuban, etc.
- The native INJ token is supported by most major exchanges worldwide (Coinbase, Binance, etc.) with over 100,000 holders
II. What is Injective?
Injective is a specialized, interoperable layer-one blockchain for building powerful DeFi applications. As DeFi projects continue to thrive, there will be a dire need for infrastructure that is able to support a diverse array of DeFi primitives and applications. Capabilities such as MEV resistance, instant transaction finality, decentralized order book infrastructure, Ethereum scaling and zero gas fees will all be necessary features to onboard the next billion users into DeFi. Injective is the only blockchain built specifically for this purpose, which provides an optimal gateway for developers and users to seamlessly access decentralized finance products.
Injective is able to achieve instant transaction finality while sustaining lightning-fast speeds. INJ is the native, deflationary, scarce asset that powers Injective and its rapidly growing ecosystem. Injective is incubated by Binance and is backed by the best institutions such as Jump Crypto and Pantera Capital.
III. Why Injective? Why Now?
Injective is poised to be the leading specialized blockchain for cross-chain trading, derivatives, DeFi and Web3 applications. The protocol has a track record of technological success with an incredibly dedicated community all working together to build the future of decentralized finance.
Despite its nascency, Injective has achieved extraordinary milestones including:
- Rapid growth across all verticals (transaction count, volume, integrations, etc.)
- Vibrant and fast-growing ecosystem of partners and community members
- A powerful interchain smart contract layer
- The only fully trustless cross-chain bridge with native support for both Ethereum and Cosmos
- Highly deflationary token economics with the highest token burn rate in the industry
- 12 dApps have been built on the protocol with a number of major dApp deployments coming up (dApps have processed over $7 Billion to date)