{
  "url": "https://blockindex.ai/coin/icx",
  "name": "ICON",
  "links": {
    "github": null,
    "website": "https://icon.community/",
    "whitepaper": null
  },
  "dScore": 48,
  "market": {
    "priceUsd": 0.027509507117238936,
    "marketCapUsd": 30181452.31685351,
    "volume24hUsd": 1129507.74141086,
    "priceChange7dPct": -4.23212922,
    "priceChange24hPct": -3.12316823
  },
  "source": "BlockIndex.AI",
  "supply": {
    "max": null,
    "circulating": 1097128065.1531625,
    "circulatingPct": null
  },
  "ticker": "ICX",
  "founder": "Min Kim, JH Kim",
  "vcFunded": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-19T06:00:23.814605+00:00",
  "fairLaunch": false,
  "launchYear": 2017,
  "description": "ICON (ICX) is a Layer-1 blockchain platform launched in 2017 by a South Korean team with the stated ambition of connecting independent blockchains and fostering an interoperable decentralized economy. The project emphasizes an on-chain governance model centered on Public Representatives (P-Reps), bonding requirements for validator candidacy, and a Contribution Proposal System (CPS) designed to fund sponsored projects through on-chain voting. ICON's ecosystem includes a foundation and a technical partner (ICONLOOP) that has historically participated in the development and maintenance of infrastructure, and activity is visible through an official block explorer/tracker (tracker.icon.community) and market aggregators such as CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko. While many market and governance primitives are described in the supplied materials, the available inputs are fragmentary on low-level chain parameters, formal monetary policy documents, and a detailed public founder/team narrative.\n\nTechnically, ICON operates a delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) governance and staking model in which network participants elect validators (P-Reps) that are bonded and subject to slashing for misbehavior. The governance inputs describe commission mechanics, bond coverage determining voting power, and explicit CPS funding flows; these features are core to how rewards and on-chain resource allocation occur. The project also emphasizes interoperability: recent releases referenced in the supplied material include Central Relay and GMP (generalized message passing) improvements to cross-chain messaging, indicating an active development focus on cross-chain frameworks. Node and chain-level metrics (exact full node count, block timing, TPS, and chain size) were not present in the supplied summaries, so those technical measurements remain unverified in this extraction.\n\nIn terms of tokenomics and market presence, ICX is a native network coin rather than an ERC-20 or other token standard. Market snapshots provided in the source materials indicate a circulating supply of approximately 1.08B ICX against a reported total supply near 1.09B ICX, implying a very high circulating percentage. The supplied CoinMarketCap snapshot includes a recent price of $0.05326, a market capitalization around $57.8M, a 24h volume of roughly $796.46K, an all-time high near $12.49 (Jan 09, 2018), and an all-time low value recorded in a supplied snapshot (Dec 18, 2025 at $0.04931). While fee-burning mechanics, inflation allocation to validators and voters, and bond/slashing policies are mentioned in narrative content, a formal emission schedule or explicit long-term monetary policy document is not included in the supplied files.\n\nGovernance on ICON is materially on-chain: P-Rep registration and election, CPS proposal funding, and vote-derived power/commission systems are repeatedly referenced. The extracted governance signals support classifying ICON as having DAO-like elements (on-chain voting and proposal mechanics) while simultaneously being associated with identifiable organizational entities such as ICONLOOP and an ICON Foundation site. The supplied materials do not explicitly name a CEO or provide a definitive corporate registration for ICON itself within the provided data, though organizational partners and a foundation presence are documented. Future roadmap items and granular development velocity beyond a few cited releases (notably the 2024 Central Relay / GMP 2.1 improvements and a 2020 Messari project update) were not comprehensively described in these inputs. Overall, ICON appears as an established L1 network with strong governance primitives and cross-chain ambitions, documented market presence, and an ecosystem of wallets, exchanges and explorer tooling; however, many low-level technical and legal particulars are absent from the provided summaries.",
  "methodology": "https://blockindex.ai/dscore",
  "classification": {
    "layer": "Layer 1",
    "isToken": false,
    "consensus": "DPoS",
    "parentChain": null
  },
  "dScoreComponents": {
    "autonomy": 5,
    "ageHistory": 13,
    "governance": 20,
    "nodeDistribution": 10,
    "initialDistribution": 0
  },
  "decentralizationVerdict": "Moderately Decentralized"
}