Tezos (XTZ) is a decentralized blockchain that allows for self-amendment through on-chain governance, enabling network upgrades without requiring hard forks. Stakeholders can vote on protocol amendments, ensuring that the system evolves while maintaining decentralization. Tezos utilizes the Michelson smart contract language, designed to support formal verification, making it particularly suited for high-security use cases.

Tezos was founded by Arthur Breitman and Kathleen Breitman, with the initial whitepaper released in 2014. The Tezos Foundation oversaw the development of the project, and its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in July 2017 raised a historic $232 million. The network's mainnet officially launched in September 2018, introducing a flexible and secure blockchain infrastructure.

Since its launch, Tezos has undergone multiple protocol upgrades, with the most recent being the Paris Upgrade in June 2024. This upgrade significantly enhanced Tezos' scalability by reducing block times from 15 to 10 seconds and introduced the Data Availability Layer (DAL), which enables Tezos Smart Rollups to reach throughput levels of up to 1 million transactions per second (TPS). These innovations aim to improve the user experience for decentralized applications (dApps) and enhance the network’s scalability​.

The Paris Upgrade also introduced the Adaptive Issuance and Staking mechanism, allowing more flexibility in staking rewards, while further refining the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) model to streamline consensus processes​. Additionally, Tezos has maintained its focus on improving developer experience and expanding interoperability, targeting the integration of more programming languages and runtime environment.

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