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​🐝 ! The bee client is now integrated with xDai, and a BZZ drop for current users coming . Learn more about .

​📬 The Austrian Post successfully launched the project on xDai. 100,000 stamps were available and sold out within hours of launch.

xDai Stable Chain

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; is a stable token used for transactions, payments, and fees, and is a governance token used to support the underlying consensus.

🌉 provide the seamless ability to move tokens between chains using the unique . Tokens and arbitrary messages can also be passed across chain.

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  • ​: More info on converting Dai to xDai and bridge xDai to Dai on Ethereum.

  • ​: More info on bridging ERC20 tokens between Ethereum and xDai or between Binance Smart Chain and xDai.

🔎 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 .

Project Highlights

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 section.

xDai Developers

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:

Why xDai?

  • ✅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.

  • ✅Smart Contract, DApp & toolset compatibility with other Ethereum-based chains like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, BSC and others.

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 ​

🛠 See to get up-and-running quickly.

✅A green, energy-efficient and blockchain network.

✅Permissionless delegated Proof-Of-Stake based consensus with public .

✅ for community consensus participation and incentives.

✅Wide-ranging Community Support (see ).

✅Extreme usability with tools like & .

✅Growing ecosystem designed to support stable person-to-person transactions, micro transactions, , , DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, games and more.

✅On-chain, decentralized .

✅Experiencing the for the first time!

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