{
  "url": "https://blockindex.ai/coin/osmo",
  "name": "Osmosis",
  "links": {
    "github": null,
    "website": "https://osmosis.zone/",
    "whitepaper": null
  },
  "dScore": 41,
  "market": {
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    "marketCapUsd": 39440943.02619842,
    "volume24hUsd": 14487212.50822777,
    "priceChange7dPct": 9.2755144,
    "priceChange24hPct": 15.05922454
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  "source": "BlockIndex.AI",
  "supply": {
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    "circulating": 777853437.605424,
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  "ticker": "OSMO",
  "founder": "Sunny Aggarwal, Dev Ojha, Josh Lee",
  "vcFunded": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-19T06:00:12.749753+00:00",
  "fairLaunch": false,
  "launchYear": 2021,
  "description": "Osmosis is an application-specific blockchain and decentralized exchange (DEX) built as a Cosmos SDK appchain with IBC connectivity. Launched in 2021, Osmosis was designed to be a sovereign, interoperable DeFi hub that enables trust-minimized trading and liquidity provisioning across the Cosmos interchain. The project’s native token, OSMO, functions as the protocol governance token and underpins on-chain staking, validator incentives and parameter-level governance. From genesis the chain distributed 100 million OSMO (10% of a 1 billion max supply) across an airdrop and a strategic reserve, establishing a mix of community allocation and protocol-controlled treasury to bootstrap liquidity and developer incentives.\n\nTechnically, Osmosis is a Cosmos SDK application running on Tendermint/CometBFT consensus, operating as a native proof-of-stake chain with a validator set that secures consensus and processes IBC-enabled cross-chain messages. The chain implements specialized DEX primitives — concentrated liquidity pools, customizable pool types, native on-chain orderbooks and blockspace auction mechanisms — that distinguish it from generic smart-contract AMMs. Osmosis emphasizes developer and UX improvements such as Smart Accounts, one-click trading and the ability to pay fees in many different tokens; these features are facilitated by the appchain model which allows protocol teams to modify the underlying stack rather than being limited to smart contract capabilities.\n\nIn practice Osmosis serves as a liquidity and trading hub for the interchain economy: it has routed substantial cumulative trading volume through its DEX (reported in source material as over $40 billion) and connects to a broad range of chains via IBC and external bridges. Its primary use cases include permissionless AMM-style trading, cross-chain asset liquidity, yield-generating staking and governance participation. Osmosis also functions as an on-chain marketplace for liquidity providers with flexible pool design and concentrated liquidity mechanics that target capital efficiency while preserving permissionless access. Institutional and venture backers are documented among early investors, reflecting both developer support and institutional interest in interchain DeFi infrastructure.\n\nTokenomics center on a 1 billion OSMO max supply, with ~987.85M reported in supply and ~75.61986% circulating at the snapshot provided. An initial 100M OSMO allocation at genesis (10% of max supply) was split between an airdrop and a strategic reserve; subsequent issuance followed a ‘‘thirdening’’ schedule that governance later accelerated in 2023, demonstrating active on-chain parameter updates via community proposals. Governance is conducted on-chain by OSMO holders, who propose and vote on protocol changes including emission schedule adjustments and treasury actions; examples in the record include proposals that altered issuance cadence and consolidated vesting addresses under community-controlled multisig. The protocol shows ongoing maintenance and security responsiveness through regular client releases and patches.\n\nDevelopment and operational activity have been steady since launch, with multiple protocol upgrades, client releases and governance proposals recorded between 2021–2025. The Osmosis ecosystem integrates with wallets (Keplr, Ledger, desktop wallets), is visible on major analytics platforms (CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap) and is listed on major centralized exchanges. The project remains community-driven with governance-enacted changes shaping tokenomics and roadmaps; future growth depends on continued protocol innovation, secure cross-chain integrations, active validator and relayer operations and continued adoption by appchains seeking native DEX liquidity.",
  "methodology": "https://blockindex.ai/dscore",
  "classification": {
    "layer": "Layer 1",
    "isToken": false,
    "consensus": "PoS",
    "parentChain": null
  },
  "dScoreComponents": {
    "autonomy": 5,
    "ageHistory": 11,
    "governance": 15,
    "nodeDistribution": 10,
    "initialDistribution": 0
  },
  "decentralizationVerdict": "Moderately Decentralized"
}