{
  "url": "https://blockindex.ai/coin/ont",
  "name": "Ontology",
  "links": {
    "github": "https://github.com/ontio",
    "website": "https://ont.io/",
    "whitepaper": null
  },
  "dScore": 43,
  "market": {
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    "marketCapUsd": 45008754.58712182,
    "volume24hUsd": 6528890.10070746,
    "priceChange7dPct": -6.07926522,
    "priceChange24hPct": -3.44514904
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  "source": "BlockIndex.AI",
  "supply": {
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    "circulating": 1000000000,
    "circulatingPct": 100
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  "ticker": "ONT",
  "founder": "Li Jun",
  "vcFunded": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-19T06:00:22.253663+00:00",
  "fairLaunch": false,
  "launchYear": 2017,
  "description": "Ontology (ONT) is a Layer-1 public blockchain and protocol suite designed to provide decentralized identity, data privacy, and trust infrastructure for Web3. Founded by Li Jun in late 2017 and launched as a mainnet on June 30, 2018, Ontology focuses on building identity-first infrastructure for both consumer-facing and enterprise applications. The project emphasizes multi-VM support—Ontology EVM, NeoVM and WasmVM—to lower friction for developers migrating from other ecosystems and to provide flexible runtime environments for smart contracts. Ontology’s product stack centers on ONT ID (decentralized identity), ONTO wallet (self-custodial wallet with identity integration), and complementary frameworks such as Orange Protocol and DDXF that enable reputation, credit-scoring and decentralized data exchange. With a dual-token architecture (ONT for governance and staking; ONG for gas/execution), the protocol separates governance/value from transaction fuel, aiming to align incentives for staking participants and application developers.\n\nTechnically, Ontology differentiates itself through multi-VM compatibility, a focus on privacy-preserving verifiable credentials, and enterprise-friendly integration options. The chain supports staking and Byzantine Fault Tolerant mechanisms tailored for high-throughput, low-latency enterprise scenarios rather than PoW-style mining. Ontology’s architecture is built to be interoperable and developer-friendly: the Ontology EVM allows developers familiar with Ethereum tooling to port or build applications more easily, while NeoVM and WasmVM support other languages and runtimes. These design choices target a broad range of identity, data-sharing and compliance-oriented use cases where modularity and regulatory alignment matter as much as raw DeFi composability. The network claims robust operational history and node coverage, reporting hundreds of reachable nodes and significant on-chain staking participation.\n\nIn terms of ecosystem and adoption, Ontology presents a set of practical use cases centered on identity, authentication, and credentialing. ONT ID and ONTO Wallet aim to enable portable, verifiable identity across dApps and enterprise integrations; use cases include KYC/identity verification, reputation systems, decentralized login experiences, and secure data exchange between organizations. The protocol’s dual-token model is designed to let applications manage gas economics via ONG while ONT holders participate in governance and staking rewards, which the project reports as substantial (200M+ ONT staked with reported staking yields in the neighborhood of 20% in provided materials). Ontology is listed on major centralized exchanges and covered on market-data platforms, and the project reports milestone metrics such as 1M+ ONT IDs created, indicating product-level traction in its identity niche.\n\nTokenomics and governance are notable for their launch-era allocations and community-driven governance activity. The token supply is capped at 1,000,000,000 ONT with a circulating supply in the ~919M range (≈91.9% reported circulation in provided snapshots). Launch distributions included allocations to core team, NEO council, institutional partners and ecosystem development; these allocations together comprise a large portion of initial supply (88% when summing listed allocations in the provided materials). The project has documented community proposals and on-chain governance activity (notably a community-approved proposal in late 2025 adjusting ONG/ONT-related policy), indicating a governance process that includes token-holder participation. While some operational details (exact open-source licensing, full node counts from authoritative NodeTracker, and certain treasury mechanics) require further validation from on-chain sources or NodeTracker outputs, the provided materials portray Ontology as a mature, identity-focused Layer-1 blockchain with sustained development activity and an emphasis on enterprise interoperability.",
  "methodology": "https://blockindex.ai/dscore",
  "classification": {
    "layer": "Layer 1",
    "isToken": false,
    "consensus": "PoS",
    "parentChain": null
  },
  "dScoreComponents": {
    "autonomy": 5,
    "ageHistory": 13,
    "governance": 20,
    "nodeDistribution": 5,
    "initialDistribution": 0
  },
  "decentralizationVerdict": "Moderately Decentralized"
}