The live price of Algorand today is $0.21 USD. Algorand is up -4.07% in the last 24 hours compared to $USD. Algorand has a live market cap of $1,556,483,088.12 USD, and a circulating supply of 7,338,439,831 ALGO.

What Is Algorand?

Algorand is a self-sustaining, decentralized blockchain-based network that can be used to create new forms of trust. This system is secure and efficient, making it perfect for a variety of applications.

The Algorand mainnet became active in June 2019 and could handle almost 1 million transactions per day as of December 2020. You can see the Algorand transaction metrics here. The Algorand initial coin offering was held in June 2019, with each token being worth $2.4 at the time.

Who founded Algorand?

Silvio Micali is a computer scientist professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the founder of Algorand, and he received the Turing Award in 2012 for his work in cryptography and blockchain technology.

What Makes Algorand Unique?

Algorand is a newer type of blockchain that was designed to speed up transactions and make them more efficient. This was in response to the slow transaction times of Bitcoin and other blockchains. Algorand doesn’t require mining, like Bitcoin does, and it also has lower transaction fees.

Algorand’s Compatibility with Ethereum

The Algorand Foundation has given a grant to Applied Blockchain to develop the London Bridge. The London Bridge will connect Algorand with Ethereum.

The Foundation said that the bridge will enable Algorand’s integration with other blockchain networks and provide a lot of liquidity to the growing network.

Algorand is going to fix its liquidity problems.

Despite its low latency, high scalability, and low cost of transactions, Algorand has been struggling to get users to use it. Most Decentralized Finance and Non-Fungible Token projects are now in the Ethereum ecosystem, as Algorand’s users have been struggling with a lack of network effect.

To address this, the Algorand Foundation has given a grant to develop a bridging solution that would connect the blockchain to Ethereum.

The software development company Applied Blockchain has received a grant to develop a scaling solution for the market. The London Bridge will help businesses handle more transactions at once. Applied Blockchain is also working on several applications based on Algorand, making it a good choice for the project.

The company will work together with Algorand Inc. to make London Bridge a safe, low-cost, and easy-to-use interoperability solution.

The long-term goal is to have all verification of the other chains be done through Algorand’s smart contracts. The Foundation told Web3wise that Algorand Inc. will incorporate state proofs in the form of Compact Certificates into the Algoran Consensus. This will allow London Bridge to validate both ends.

Daniel Yang of the Algorand Foundation said that the partnership with Applied Blockchain will allow them to build a strong DeFi infrastructure on Algorand. This will gradually turn it into an ecosystem where decentralized finance can thrive. Adding cross-chain efficiency to the network will provide it with a permanent transfer of TVL from Ethereum and add its low transaction costs to more networks.

How Many Algorand Coins Are There in Circulation?

The Algorand blockchain was created with 10 billion ALGO. The distribution of these tokens will end in 2030.

How Is the Algorand Network Secured?

The Algorand blockchain is a pure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol. This means that unlike blockchains that use proof-of-work (such as Bitcoin), in the pure proof-of-stake approach, all of the validators are known to one another and only have to agree on the next block in order to cooperate.

Where Can You Purchase Algorand?

Algorand can be bought on the following exchanges:

Coinbase

Binance

Kraken