Chia
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About Chia
Analysis of 28 May 2026Chia is a Layer 1 blockchain founded in 2017 by Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, that introduces Proof of Space and Time as an energy-efficient alternative to Proof of Work. The network uses unused disk space for consensus instead of computational power, consuming approximately 500 times less energy than Bitcoin.
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Chia's custom programming language Chialisp, running on the CLVM (Chia Lisp Virtual Machine), employs a UTXO-based coin model with Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs) for time verification. The XCH token trades near $2.50 with a market cap of approximately $46 million, ranked around #503 on CoinGecko.
Chia Network Inc. raised $61 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) at a $500 million valuation. The team includes Gene Hoffman as CEO (formerly the youngest NASDAQ-listed CEO), Misha Graboi as CFO, and Vishal Kapoor as COO.
The project maintains 134 GitHub repositories with over 10,800 stars and 15,000 commits, releasing version 2.7.1 in May 2026 with active daily development. Enterprise partnerships include World Bank carbon credit initiatives, Permuto Capital SEC-filed securities tokenization, and the DataLayer protocol for verifiable off-chain data storage.