29 field entries
Infrastructure: oracles, storage and interoperability
Infrastructure projects supply data, storage and cross-chain messaging to other applications. Their usage is often invisible but essential.
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ChainlinkLINK · Oracle & data$14.160.89%A network that brings outside data and cross-chain messaging to blockchains
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
RainRAIN · DeFi$0.011415.74%The token of Rain, a permissionless prediction-market protocol on Arbitrum
- Real-world usage
- speculative
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- developing
NEAR ProtocolNEAR · Smart-contract platform$4.871.44%A fast proof-of-stake blockchain focused on cross-chain swaps, AI agents and private AI
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
CantonCC · Real-world assets$0.12751.14%A privacy-focused network for regulated finance; Canton Coin pays for its shared layer
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
HederaHBAR · Smart-contract platform$0.10433.26%A public ledger governed by a council of large organizations, using hashgraph consensus
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
QuantQNT · Interoperability$252.575.87%A company-built interoperability platform connecting bank systems to blockchains
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- long
BittensorTAO · AI$303.470.67%A network that pays miners in TAO for producing useful AI work in competing subnets
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- developing
WorldcoinWLD · Identity$0.57352.74%The token of World, an iris-scanning project that issues anonymous proof-of-human IDs
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
PolkadotDOT · Interoperability$1.223.24%A shared-security network where many specialized blockchains run side by side
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- high
- Track record
- proven
Internet ComputerICP · Smart-contract platform$3.330.37%A blockchain cloud that hosts full apps on-chain, now pitched as a home for AI-built apps
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
RenderRENDER · Storage & compute$1.992.44%A marketplace that rents idle GPUs for 3D rendering and, more recently, AI workloads
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- long
Pi NetworkPI · Payments$0.08760.75%A mobile-first network where users earn PI by tapping an app, then pass KYC to move it
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- proven
Cosmos HubATOM · Interoperability$1.752.27%The first chain in the Cosmos ecosystem of connected, independent blockchains
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- high
- Track record
- proven
FilecoinFIL · Storage & compute$1.060.25%A decentralized storage network where providers prove they keep your files
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
VeChainVET · Smart-contract platform$0.0088212.11%A two-token blockchain for supply-chain data and sustainability apps
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
LayerZeroZRO · Interoperability$1.915.55%A messaging protocol that lets apps and tokens move between blockchains
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
FlareFLR · Oracle & data$0.0072230.13%A blockchain built around native data feeds and bringing XRP into smart contracts
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
Pyth NetworkPYTH · Oracle & data$0.07820.40%An oracle network that brings real-time market prices from trading firms onto blockchains
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
Artificial Superintelligence AllianceFET · AI$0.261617.97%FET, the shared token of Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and CUDOS for AI agents and compute
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
GrassGRASS · AI$0.68713.85%A network that uses users' spare bandwidth to gather web data for AI training
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
The GraphGRT · Oracle & data$0.03006.06%An indexing network that turns raw blockchain data into queryable APIs for apps and agents
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
IOTAIOTA · Smart-contract platform$0.05865.14%A rebuilt proof-of-stake ledger focused on trade, identity and real-world data
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
Akash NetworkAKT · Storage & compute$0.837522.84%An open marketplace where you rent GPUs and servers from independent providers
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
Theta NetworkTHETA · Storage & compute$0.23011.24%A blockchain and edge network that rents GPUs for AI, video and rendering
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
AethirATH · Storage & compute$0.0075754.81%A distributed GPU cloud that rents enterprise-grade chips for AI and gaming
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
AIOZ NetworkAIOZ · Storage & compute$0.11150.07%A blockchain that pays community nodes to provide storage, video streaming and AI compute
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
GolemGLM · Storage & compute$0.12990.57%One of crypto's oldest peer-to-peer markets for renting spare computing power
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
LivepeerLPT · Storage & compute$1.730.33%An open network of GPU operators that transcode video and run real-time AI video
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
io.netIO · Storage & compute$0.17333.30%A Solana-based network that pools GPUs from many suppliers into an AI cloud
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing