Data Availability
Ensuring blockchain data is accessible and verifiable for secure, scalable decentralized applications.
$SXT has led the category 7 days running this week
$PROM +10 places this week
$QST climbed into the category leaders this week
Up 4 places this week, $AVAIL is gaining ground
Weakest this week: $CLDT bottomed out at a 13 gem score
$CLDT +86.9% this week
9 tokens rose and 7 fell this week
$POND sank to a 0 gem score this month
Token | Price | 1d % ▲▼ | 1w % ▲▼ | 1m % ▲▼ | Market Cap ▲▼ | Volume 24h ▲▼ | Score ▲▼ | Category | Holders ▲▼ | Entropy ▲▼ | Mc/Rev ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Space and TimeSXT | $0.008374 | 5.3% | -3.1% | 8.5% | $37.76M | $966.26 | 65.26 | Utility+1 | 9,537 | 0.5019 | – |
QuStreamQST | $0.001068 | 5.6% | -26.7% | -42.9% | $3.63M | $26,409 | 59.87 | 2,571 | 0.6356 | – | |
Avail (Wormhole)AVAIL.W | $0.002109 | -1.5% | -2.4% | -23.1% | $8.46M | $2,028 | 58.63 | 10,350 | 0.214 | – | |
$ZKP Token$ZKP | $0.002737 | 10.1% | 9.6% | 47.0% | $1.32M | $0 | 54.13 | Privacy+1 | 4,481 | 0.4043 | – |
IrysIRYS | $0.01389 | 2.0% | -0.8% | -12.0% | $27.89M | $150,891 | 49.78 | Utility+1 | 7,550 | 0.255 | – |
PrometeusPROM | $5.096 | -5.9% | -1.1% | 174.7% | $93.50M | $104,977 | 49.74 | Utility+1 | 8,441 | 0.101 | – |
Marlin ProtocolPOND | $0.0008587 | 0.0% | -4.9% | 15.1% | $7.07M | $0 | 48.87 | 12,867 | 0.0809 | – | |
Token Prometeus NetworkPROM | $5.096 | -5.9% | -1.1% | 174.7% | $94.42M | $99.71 | 46.97 | Utility+1 | 2,875 | 0.4068 | – |
AvailAVAIL | $0.002109 | -1.5% | -2.4% | -23.1% | $8.39M | $5,001 | 46.16 | 4,052 | 0.3184 | – | |
SolFlowSFLOW | $0.00001383 | 0.0% | -2.4% | 31.1% | $12,906 | $0.3942 | 42.48 | Utility+1 | 922 | 0.2742 | – |
Avail (Wormhole)AVAIL | $0.002109 | -1.5% | -2.4% | -23.1% | $8.48M | $7,103 | 41.76 | 1,908 | 0.1741 | – | |
LagrangeLA | $0.06516 | 4.8% | -3.7% | 25.2% | $26.89M | $23.78 | 41.39 | 1,354 | 0.3808 | – | |
p0 SystemsP0 | $0.00002309 | -13.0% | -4.9% | -79.2% | $23,942 | $750.77 | 39.76 | 1,241 | 0.5603 | – | |
InterfoldFOLD | $0.05152 | -1.5% | -8.3% | – | $61.26M | $1.22M | 38.54 | 3,567 | 0.3612 | – | |
RSS3RSS3 | $0.004019 | 1.4% | -20.1% | – | $6.01M | $1,462 | 37.55 | Utility+1 | 23,093 | 0.2457 | – |
Calldata NetworkCLDT | $0.00007031 | – | -1.2% | 25.8% | $7,020 | $7.291 | 24.17 | Utility+1 | 57 | 0.2371 | – |
Frequently asked questions
How has Data Availability performed recently?
The Data Availability category has shown significant activity over both the 7-day and 30-day windows, with Space and Time (SXT) notably leading in consistent positive performance, holding a 7-day and 30-day streak in score increases and also recording the maximum score extreme across both periods. Over the last 7 days, 11 tokens saw an increase in their scores, while 3 experienced a decrease. Marlin Protocol (POND) was a strong climber, gaining 9 ranks, though its score percentage is not available. Other climbers included Prometeus (PROM) and QuStream (QST). SolFlow (SFLOW) was the largest faller, dropping 10 ranks with a score decrease of 48.7%. Looking at the 30-day period, 10 tokens increased in score and 4 decreased. Marlin Protocol (POND) again climbed significantly, gaining 7 ranks, while QuStream (QST), Avail (Wormhole) (AVAIL.W), and Prometeus (PROM) also saw positive rank changes. SolFlow (SFLOW) continued its decline, falling 11 ranks with a 51.6% score decrease, and Calldata Network (CLDT) also saw a 3-rank drop. Avail (Wormhole) (AVAIL) also fell 3 ranks with a 1% score decrease. $ZKP Token ($ZKP) was a top K entrant in the 7-day window, while Avail (Wormhole) (AVAIL.W) entered the top K in the 30-day window. SolFlow (SFLOW) exited the top K in both periods.
What is Data Availability in the context of cryptocurrency and blockchain?
Data Availability refers to the guarantee that all the data necessary to reconstruct the state of a blockchain, including transaction data, is published and accessible to all network participants. It is a critical component for the security and functionality of blockchain networks, especially for scaling solutions like rollups.
Why is Data Availability important for blockchain scalability?
For scaling solutions like optimistic rollups and ZK-rollups, Data Availability is paramount. These solutions process transactions off-chain but post compressed transaction data back to a mainchain. Ensuring this data is available allows anyone to verify the off-chain computations, challenge invalid states (in optimistic rollups), or reconstruct the rollup's state, thereby maintaining security and decentralization.
What are some common challenges in achieving Data Availability?
Challenges include the 'data availability problem' where a block producer might publish a block header but not the full transaction data, making it difficult for other nodes to verify or reconstruct the chain. Solutions often involve techniques like data availability sampling (DAS) or dedicated data availability layers designed to make data storage and retrieval more efficient and verifiable.
How do Data Availability solutions work to ensure data is accessible?
Data Availability solutions often employ cryptographic techniques and network protocols. This can involve specialized data availability layers (DALs) that focus solely on storing and making transaction data available, or methods like erasure coding and data availability sampling where nodes can probabilistically verify data availability without downloading the entire dataset, improving efficiency.
What is the difference between data availability and data storage?
While related, data availability specifically refers to the guarantee that data is published and accessible for verification, reconstruction, and processing by network participants. Data storage, more broadly, refers to the persistent keeping of data. A data availability layer's primary goal isn't just to store data indefinitely, but to ensure it is readily verifiable and usable by other layers of the blockchain stack.