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Welcome to Algorand

Algorand is an energy-efficient, quantum-secure, single-layer blockchain with instant finality, consistently high throughput, and low fees.

Algorand in the Real World

Businesses across the globe are leveraging the Algorand blockchain to deliver efficiency, impact, and opportunity.

Lofty Lofty provides fractional homeownership by tokenizing real estate, enabling investors across the U.S. to build wealth through property value growth and rental income.	Folks Finance Folks Finance has the highest total value locked (TVL) of any DeFi protocol on Algorand and is advancing rapidly down a path of powerful integrations, impactful partnerships, and groundbreaking innovation.	LabTrace LabTrace uses the Algorand blockchain to authenticate and verify medical data, combating AI manipulation and ensuring research integrity in medical and academic fields.
Wholechain Wholechain's end-to-end traceability technology enables companies to collect verifiable data at every step of the supply chain, and ensures that data is immutable through the use of Algorand blockchain technology.

Stake your Algo to help secure the network and collect rewards.

Algorand is designed for decentralization. Its Pure Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism makes participation extremely accessible, and now—for the first time ever—you can collect rewards for running nodes or staking Algo, doing your part to secure the network.

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On-chain Quests. Unchained Prizes.

Algoland makes your on-chain activity count. Complete quests. Refer friends. Earn real rewards. Just connect your wallet to get started.

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Participate in Network & Community Governance

Read the Governor and xGov Guides, and then visit the portal to participate.

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Partners

The Algorand Foundation forges partnerships with organizations across the globe to contribute to the advancement of the overall blockchain industry, and to drive adoption of the Algorand blockchain.

Latest News

Updates from across the Algorand ecosystem. Read more

09/21/2025 - Algorand Foundation Convenes 2025 Humanitarian Aid Payments Council Key leaders in blockchain, humanitarian organizations, and finance met in Berlin for the second meeting of the Council, founded by Algorand in 2024.

09/09/2025 - Algorand Foundation Releases Aid Trust Portal to Visualize and Track Humanitarian Aid Payments The Algorand Foundation launched its new Aid Trust Portal, an online portal to track and visualize humanitarian aid payments. The portal is designed to track the flow of assets in and out of wallets.

08/27/2025 - Algorand / XBTO announce new market maker partnership XBTO will act as a strategic market maker for ALGO across Tier-1 and Tier-2 exchanges.

08/01/2025 - Blockchain-based loyalty programs: Algorand powers The Tower from World Chess WorldChess’ new blockchain-powered loyalty program, The Tower, is revolutionizing how players claim ownership of their achievements and unlock rewards.

07/31/2025 - Algorand's 2025+ roadmap: Building for real-world use In line with Algorand’s mission, we believe users deserve a trusted, scalable blockchain to support their growth. This is the North Star for the 2025 Algorand roadmap.

07/01/2025 - Algorand Foundation Announces Launch of Wormhole Native Token Transfers, Enabling Multichain Interoperability for Algorand Integration of Wormhole’s NTT standard, led by Folks Finance, unlocks seamless cross-chain token transfers and sets the stage for Algorand’s next phase of multichain growth.

06/24/2025 - Algorand Foundation joins the Blockchain Association to help advance pro-innovation crypto policy in the US The Blockchain Association is the leading US industry association dedicated to shaping forward-looking policy for open blockchain networks. Through its membership, the Foundation will work with other BA members to help drive an innovation-first regulatory framework for crypto, supporting open access, permissionless systems, and digital public infrastructure in the US.

06/23/2025 - Algorand Foundation and Paycode Announce Partnership to Expand Financial Inclusion on Blockchain Through this collaboration, Paycode and Algorand will explore integrating public blockchain technology to strengthen digital identity systems, improve transparency, and unlock new models for delivering secure, inclusive payments at scale in countries including Afghanistan, Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

6/10/2025 - New Research from Algorand Foundation: TVL Can Be Too Easily Gamified This new study shows that Total Value Locked (TVL) is a poor metric for building crypto portfolios and making investment decisions. As crypto integrates more deeply with global finance, the Algorand Foundation urges platforms, researchers, investors and media to adopt more metrics that reflect real usage, value flow and economic demand.

5/15/2025 - Pera Wallet launches the Pera Card on Algorand in partnership with Immersve The Mastercard powered debit card offers non-custodial crypto payments that can instantly settle on-chain.

How Algorand Enables Solutions at Scale:

10,000 TPS Point-of-sale speed that users expect.	Instant Finality No rollbacks, no partitioning, no uncertainty.
Pure Proof-of-Stake Block-by-block agreement ensures data integrity.	Programming Languages & Tools You Know Python, TypeScript, and more.
Drive to Decentralization Thousands of validators keep the network secure.

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