Welcome to xDai
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The xDai chain is a stable payments EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) blockchain designed for fast and inexpensive transactions. The chain uses a unique dual-token model; xDai is a stable token used for transactions, payments, and fees, and STAKE is a governance token used to support the underlying POSDAO Proof-of-Stake consensus.
| xDai ⚔ | STAKE 🦸 |
Purpose | Stable Payments Transaction (gas) Fees | Staking & Protocol Protection Community Governance |
Stability | Stable to USD | Volatile / Market Driven |
🌉 xDai Bridges provide the seamless ability to move tokens between chains using the unique TokenBridge Architecture. Tokens and arbitrary messages can also be passed across chain.
xDai Bridge: More info on converting Dai to xDai and bridge xDai to Dai on Ethereum.
Omnibridge: More info on bridging ERC20 tokens between Ethereum and xDai or between Binance Smart Chain and xDai.
🔎 BlockScout Block Explorer provides transactional transparency, custom features and a portal for xDai apps such as xDai staking, the xDai faucet, cross-chain bridge access and monitoring.
📊Chain usage stats available with Dune Analytics.
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The xDai ecosystem continues to flourish with many new project migrations, integrations, applications, and a mature toolset for developers. Explore the depth of the xDai ecosystem in the Project & DApps section.
Development on xDai is easy and intuitive for Ethereum developers. xDai is an EVM chain, and smart contracts can be written and deployed in exactly the same way simply by setting a different RPC endpoint.
Any contract that works on the Ethereum mainnet can be redeployed to the xDai chain. On the xDai chain, transaction costs are minimized, and all fees and transactions are paid with a single token, xDai. Many tools supporting Ethereum development are compatible with xDai, including:
🛠 See Developer Resources and Tools to get up-and-running quickly.
✅Fast transaction times (5 seconds) & low transaction fees (500 tx for $.01).
✅Digital cash. A stable chain is ideal for real world value exchange where 1 xDai = 1 US Dollar.
✅A stable token for transactions & gas fees.
✅A green, energy-efficient and ecologically aware blockchain network.
✅Permissionless delegated Proof-Of-Stake based consensus with public POSDAO.
✅STAKE token for community consensus participation and incentives.
✅Wide-ranging Community Support (see xDai Validator Organizations).
✅Extreme usability with tools like Burner Wallet & Burner Wallet 2.
✅Growing ecosystem designed to support stable person-to-person transactions, micro transactions, conference currencies, community currencies, DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, games and more.
✅Full-featured BlockScout Explorer.
✅On-chain, decentralized Random Number Generator.
✅Smart Contract, DApp & toolset compatibility with other Ethereum-based chains like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, BSC and others.
✅Experiencing the magic of crypto for the first time!
