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Reimagine Anything
Using World Computer

A World Computer blockchain running at webspeed

The Internet Computer (ICP) is a World Computer that provides a complete IT stack on which any online system or web3 service can be built in a fully decentralized form, 100% on-chain. ICP is the only blockchain with smart contracts that serve web experiences, create transactions on other chains, directly integrate with web2 APIs without oracles, and run 20,000x more efficiently. No centralized cloud. Simply powered by breakthrough Chain-key Cryptography.

Try web3 apps on ICP

Build your own web3 app

Enabling True Web3

WEB 3.0Own
WEB 2.0Write
WEB 1.0Read

The Internet Computer completely flips the script and puts the control back into the hand of users. Real ownership is made possible by hosting services 100% on-chain. No AWS, no tracking, no gas fees, no bridges, no oracles.

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World Computer vision

Over 0.8 Billion blocks processed. 10x more than the nearest competitor.

Block count
The total number of blocks finalized since genesis.
847,458,088
Smart contract memory
The cost of storing 1GB of data in a canister smart contract.
$0.46 GB/month
Transactions/s
The number of transactions being processed each second.
0

On-chain efficiency comparison

Relative cost of storing data inside smart contracts measured in USD.

$79,000,000/ GB per year
$110,000/ GB per year
$5/ GB per year

The next Gen
of DAOs

No centralized power.
No administrative overhead.
No legal headache.

Only Code.

DAO's on ICP

Scalability & utility at low carbon cost

Massive cost savings, environmental protection and high performance. The Internet Computer’s advanced architecture and cryptography runs smart contract software with breakthrough levels of efficiency. Even with conservative estimations, energy consumption is still substantially lower than competing blockchains.

ICP Sustainability reportGet the gist on Medium

Wh/tx

A comparison of the energy consumption per transaction between blockchains

Blockchain's largest
R&D operation

Team members

270+

Publications

1564

Citations

86,347

Patents

191

The 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.

Extend Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchains

Learn about Bitcoin integration

Sample contracts Developer Docs

HTTPS outcalls replace oracles

Learn how ICP does this

Sample code

Internet Identity is your digital identity.

Create Internet Identity

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Super features of the Internet Computer

Check out how it works

Be a pioneer of Web3

Start a DAO, create a token, build dapps and host assets with the full stack entirely on-chain.

BUILD REAL WEB3