World Computer
is our future
Blockchain Singularity
ICP makes blockchain the everything computer.
The Internet Computer (#ICP) is the first World Computer blockchain. In a seismic advance, everything from a simple dapp, to billion-user social network, a massively multiplayer online game, a mass market video streaming service, or large mission-critical enterprise system, can now run on public blockchain. Web3 services, enterprise systems, and just about anything else, can now be constructed entirely from third-generation smart contract code, which can serve web experiences, and run multi-chain, eliminating the need for centralized IT such as cloud services. The decentralized future of compute has begun, and thousands are building a new internet.
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Proof of Useful Work
The Internet Computer is not a Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain created by "validator nodes" running on Big Tech's corporate cloud. It is formed by a sovereign network of special "node machine" devices operated by independent parties. To participate successfully, nodes must produce the same number of blocks as other machines in their cohort, without deviation. In a scheme of Proof-of-Useful-Work (PoUW), replicated smart contract computation is their work, driving optimal efficiency. Nodes form into subnet blockchains, and then into a unified limitless blockchain, using game-changing Chain Key Crypto.
Network Nervous System
Traditional blockchains get updated, and evolve, through a painful and cumbersome process. A protocol "hard fork" is developed, and a central group of insiders, working at a foundation, or a corporation, then helps coordinate those running nodes upgrade their network software. The Internet Computer, by contrast, is controlled by an advanced DAO, which is integrated into its protocols, and completely automates and decentralizes node machine protocol upgrades. The network protocol constantly evolves and adapts, without backroom machinations.
Web3 is about democracy
The Internet Computer can run open internet services, such as social networks, that run fully on-chain under the control of community DAOs. End-users can acquire governance tokens and become owners, and become part of industrious virtual teams that drive success. Each open internet service is configured and updated by its own advanced DAO, called a "Service Nervous System," providing full ownership to a community. This can also fundraise from the decentralized ecosystem, enabling communities of developers and users to be successful from anywhere, democratizing access to the tech economy.
Transactions are computations. Over 0.0 Billion blocks processed.
Save money storing data in ICP smart contracts
The cost of storing data inside a smart contract (USD)
$79,000,000/ GB
$110,000/ GB (yearly)
$5/ GB (yearly)$79,000,000/ GB per year$110,000/ GB per year$5/ GB per yearDefiMetaverseSocial mediaSocial networkingMulti-chain dappsEnterprise servicesR&D infrastructureFundraisingPublishingMessaging GamingNFTsfully on-chain
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175,000+ users
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100% on-chain microblogging social media platform
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$360,000+ TVL
Kinic
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3,000,000+ searches
Cubetopia
Decentralized alternative to Minecraft with NFT worlds
13,200+ ICP volume
Plethora
3D platformer meets Web3 with NFT rewards
10,000+ users
Entrepot
ICP’s most popular NFT marketplace
1,000,000+ ICP volume
DAO crypto evolved
Community DAOs that can own
and manage a social network
can now democratize tech
Corporation → algo democracy
Blockchain operation that's climate friendly
Thanks to the unique architecture and novel cryptography of the Internet Computer blockchain, it can host smart contract software, data, and computation, with levels of efficiency competitive with traditional software that runs on Big Tech's cloud services. Meanwhile, it is currently tens of thousands of times more efficient than the next most efficient blockchain. Web3 projects that incorporate Internet Computer smart contracts can consequently dramatically lower their carbon footprint, and help reduce climate change.
ICP Sustainability reportGet the gist on Medium
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191The DFINITY Foundation is committed to realizing the most disruptive vision in tech: the adoption of public blockchain as a single technology stack that hosts all of humanity’s systems and services.
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Cool features of the Internet Computer
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Be a pioneer of Web3
Start a DAO, create a token, build dapps and host assets with the full tech stack entirely on chain.
BUILD REAL WEB3Dev Forum
Engage with the ICP community to shape future features, propose new ideas, and ask questions.
Dev Docs
Get to know the concepts, architecture and technical breakthroughs that enable the ICP. Plus step-by-step guides on how to stake your tokens, and more.
Sample Code
From a simple DEX, to on-chain encrypted storage, NFT minting, and a basic DAO, learn how to build on the Internet Computer.
Motoko Playground
Play around with Motoko, the native language of the Internet Computer, right in the browser without having to download the SDK.
