{
  "url": "https://blockindex.ai/coin/aleo",
  "name": "Aleo",
  "links": {
    "github": "https://github.com/AleoHQ",
    "website": "https://aleo.org/",
    "whitepaper": "https://developer.aleo.org/getting_started"
  },
  "dScore": 54,
  "market": {
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    "marketCapUsd": 40411541.69595438,
    "volume24hUsd": 2140605.56570959,
    "priceChange7dPct": 6.53205498,
    "priceChange24hPct": -5.93265135
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  "source": "BlockIndex.AI",
  "supply": {
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    "circulating": 1201611766.558915,
    "circulatingPct": 24.0322353311783
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  "ticker": "ALEO",
  "founder": "Howard Wu; Collin Chin; Raymond Chu",
  "vcFunded": true,
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-19T06:00:34.697117+00:00",
  "fairLaunch": false,
  "launchYear": 2024,
  "description": "Aleo is a privacy-first, zk-native Layer-1 blockchain designed to enable private smart contracts and compliant private payments through zero-knowledge cryptography. Built around a snarkVM/snarkOS execution environment and the Leo domain-specific language, Aleo’s core mission is to make private computation accessible and practical for developers while providing configurable compliance primitives that allow enterprise and institutional adoption. The project emphasizes a record-based model for encrypted, programmable state and integrates a range of protocol-level enhancements — from Varuna batching improvements in zkSNARK proof generation to native ECDSA/Keccak verification opcodes that ease cross-ecosystem message verification. This combination positions Aleo as a platform for private DeFi, confidential payroll, and other regulated use cases where privacy and auditability must coexist.\n\nAleo’s technical architecture centers on snarkVM and snarkOS, which together form a zkVM powering private program execution. The chain employs a dual-consensus design described in project materials (Proof-of-Succinct-Work concepts alongside a BFT-style finality layer, referred to in public notes as AleoBFT), and it has progressed rapidly through multiple consensus and VM upgrades across 2025 (ConsensusVersion V8→V12). The Leo language guides developer ergonomics for writing private programs, while prover economics (ARC-0046) and staking primitives for provers are emerging as key protocol-level incentives. Developer tooling (Leo SDK, official docs and GitHub, Verulink bridging tools) and versioned JSON-RPC endpoints reflect a maturing node and developer surface aimed at improving integration, stability and scale for prover infrastructure.\n\nUse cases for Aleo span private DeFi, enterprise payments and privacy-preserving smart contracts. Notable experiments and partnerships include Circle’s USDCx private stablecoin trial on Aleo, Revolut integration for token listings, and institutional product experiments that highlight the chain’s emphasis on compliance-aware privacy. The network already shows meaningful on-chain activity — millions of transactions and multiple deployed programs — and is listed on prominent exchanges, giving it both developer visibility and liquidity for users. Bridges and tooling such as Verulink and native ECDSA/Keccak support aim to lower friction for interoperability and cross-chain flows, while prover staking and grants programs target an ecosystem of provers and private-program developers.\n\nTokenomics and distribution details remain partly opaque in public summaries. Circulating supply figures are reported (approximately 743,462,751 ALEO in snapshots) with total supply figures around ~1.88B in some trackers, but a formal max-supply policy and emission schedule are not fully documented in the provided materials. The project raised significant private capital (~$298M reported) from institutional backers, which has funded development and ecosystem programs; however, explicit premine or PIP percentages are not documented in the source materials provided. The protocol’s monetary policy and exact staking reward schedules are subject to further disclosure as ARC-level changes and proposer economics (prover staking) are formalized.\n\nGovernance at Aleo today is described as foundation + community coordination: Aleo Systems and the Aleo Network Foundation coordinate releases, grants and proposal mechanics (ARCs), while validator and operator coordination are required for consensus upgrades. The network does not present itself as a fully on-chain DAO in the items provided, and governance appears hybrid — combining off-chain coordination, foundation stewardship and community proposal processes. The project’s roadmap and fast-paced release cadence through 2025 indicate active development priorities: scaling prover infrastructure, improving AleoBFT finality, expanding developer tooling and enabling enterprise-grade private stablecoin use cases. Overall, Aleo presents as a rapidly maturing privacy Layer-1 with strong institutional backing, active engineering velocity, and a clear focus on balancing cryptographic privacy with pragmatic compliance and interoperability.",
  "methodology": "https://blockindex.ai/dscore",
  "classification": {
    "layer": "Layer 1",
    "isToken": false,
    "consensus": "Other",
    "parentChain": null
  },
  "dScoreComponents": {
    "autonomy": 5,
    "ageHistory": 7,
    "governance": 16,
    "nodeDistribution": 26,
    "initialDistribution": 0
  },
  "decentralizationVerdict": "Moderately Decentralized"
}