Tezos is a decentralized blockchain for assets and applications that can evolve by upgrading itself. Stakeholders govern upgrades to the core protocol, including upgrades to the amendment process itself.
Tezos in a nutshell
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Tezos is a public, open-source blockchain protocol, based on a liquid proof of stake consensus model and allowing for digital asset transactions and smart contracts execution. It was launched in 2018 () and the native currency on the Tezos blockchain is the tez (ticker symbol : XTZ). Learn more on
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What makes Tezos special :
Secure smart contracts : the process of formal verification, based on Michelson programming language, provides the mathematical proof of the correctness of the contract (), that can be verified automatically. It is the golden standard of "trustless" guarantee in a blockchain system.
Participative governance : "bakers" (see below) can vote on a proposal or submit a proposal thanks to a very efficient on-chain formal voting procedure (). By extension, all Tez holders can express their opinion by delegating their Tez to a baker that shares the same view on a given subject (to consult the voting history of a given baker, click on a baker from the list then access the "voting" tab).
Upgradeable without forks : Tezos formal on-chain governance model has already allowed for 7 smooth, successful upgrades of the Tezos protocol and lets Tezos stay on top of innovation (). This is a major advantage over other blockchains and gives Tezos the ability to quickly incorporate proven features of other chains (like saplings : ) or innovate with homebrewed upgrades (like liquidity baking : ).
Energy-efficient : POS requires significantly less energy than POW, and Tezos is one of them ().
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Main core protocol developers : Nomadic Labs () in partnership with French National Research Institute for Computer Science INRIA (), Marigold ()
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Economics, supply cap, inflation : the vision of Tezos founder Arthur Breitman
Recommended Tezos wallets
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List of recommended wallets :
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Popular wallets : Temple (), Kukai (, works on mobile browsers)
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Be sure to use the links provided on the Tezos.com page, beware of phishing sites
Staking on Tezos (baking and delegating)
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How does it work : on the “POS” based blockchain Tezos, holders can participate in the process of forming blocks and are rewarded for it (by staking themselves if they hold enough tez, or by delegating their tez to a “baker” while keeping control of their tez : )
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Where do I stake : you choose between several addresses where you can delegate your tez from a wallet, by comparing relevant metrics (rewards, free space, voting history : ) of different bakers ( or or )
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How long do I have to wait before I get my rewards : it takes between 20-40 days to receive it the first time, then every 3 days ()
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How to become a baker on Tezos : ,
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Some corporate bakers on Tezos : EDF Exaion (), Ubisoft (), Wakam (), Smartlink ()
NFT platforms/projects on Tezos
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What are NFTs, and why Tezos is the best place to mint/collect them (OneOf presentation : , McLaren presentation : , Red Bull presentation : )
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Marketplaces :
Hicetnunc ()
Objkt ()
Kalamint ()
Truesy ()
Bazaar ()
Minterpop ()
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Music : OneOf (), AmplifyX ()
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Sport :
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Comics :
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Trading card game :
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Programmatically randomly generated avatars :
A few DeFi platforms on Tezos
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Decentralised exchanges (DEX) : Quipuswap (), Plenty ()
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Liquidity pools, Farms : Quipuswap (), Plenty (), Wrap Protocol ()
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Lending : Youves (), Kolibri Finance ()
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A few stablecoins : kUSD by Kolibri, uUSD by Youves (dollar pegged), EURL by Lugh (euro pegged)
Other use cases on Tezos
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CeFi use cases on Tezos : Société Générale bank (), InCore Bank (), Equisafe investment (, Aqarchain real estate investment (), MountX real estate investment ()
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E-voting : Electis ()
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Comics and Gaming : Interpop ()
Future projects to be excited about
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Emergents : trading card game by an impressive team ()
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NFTs from exclusive partnerships with Tezos : Red Bull Racing (), McLaren Racing ()
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Smartlink (escrow, DeFi, marketplace : ) and Vortex (DEX by Smartlink : )
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Juster : decentralized betting protocol by the Baking Bad team ()
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Tezos Finance : DeFi, lending ()
News and blockchains statistics
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Tezos news :
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Blockchain activity : or
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Transactions as it happens :
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Smart contracts explorer :
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Tokens price and statistics :
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Node explorer :
References
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White paper ()
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Tezos ()
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Open Tezos ()
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Tezos Agora ()
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Tezos commons ()
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Tezos Ukraine ()
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Nomadic Labs ()
Developers resources
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First steps and general references : and
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Michelson, Tezos smart contracts language : and
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High end alternatives to Michelson : Ligo (), SmartPy (), Archetype ()
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Octez, implementation of the tezos software by Nomadic Labs : )