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Layer 1

Injective

A chain built specifically for finance, with an order book in the protocol itself.

Updated 2026-08-305 min readReference
The short answer

A chain built specifically for finance, with an order book in the protocol itself. Most chains make you build an exchange in a smart contract. Injective ships a central limit order book at the chain level, so apps share liquidity.

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What Injective is for

Most chains make you build an exchange in a smart contract. Injective ships a central limit order book at the chain level, so apps share liquidity.

Technical summary

PropertyValue
LayerLayer 1
Launched2021
ConsensusTendermint proof of stake
ThroughputAround 25000
FinalityUnder 1 second
Native tokenINJ is staked, burned weekly, and used for governance

Block explorers

An explorer lets you verify any transaction, address or contract on this network yourself. Learning to read one is the fastest way to stop taking anyone's word for anything.

How to read a block explorer

Wallets that support it

What to be aware of

  • Validator concentration varies widely between layer 1s and is worth checking rather than assuming.
  • Newer chains have shorter track records under real adversarial pressure.
  • Crypto assets are volatile. Drawdowns of seventy percent or more have happened on every network in this list, including the largest.
  • Sending to an address on the wrong network can lose funds permanently. Always send a small test amount first.

Nothing on this page is investment advice. We describe how networks work, not whether you should buy anything.

Where to go next

New to Injective?

We can get you set up with the right wallet, funded, and through a first transaction on this network in about an hour, on a screen share.