Blockchain designed to evolve:
the road to Tezos X
Welcome to the next generation in blockchain design: modular in design and integrated in experience, providing a scalable, cloud-like backend to a wide range of applications.
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WHAT'S TEZOS?
Tezos is designed to power the Web3 revolution.
The future of the internet is being built on Tezos–with user participation and governance at its core. Users can directly and frictionlessly interface with each other over a decentralized network, exchanging value and interacting with various applications, without the need for intermediaries. On Tezos, Web3 can be a truly user-governed and user-centric movement, the way it was meant to be.
Institutional Grade Security.
Tezos is designed to provide the safety and code correctness required for assets and other high value use cases at both the protocol and application layers by leveraging languages OCaml and Michelson, which facilitate formal verification, a practice commonly used in mission-critical industries. The future of Web3 can be secure on Tezos.
Governance by the People.
The Tezos platform was built with mechanisms to ensure active community governance and participation–a key component of Web3. Users can actively participate by evaluating, proposing, or approving amendments to Tezos. This empowers the type of collaborative innovation that keeps Tezos on the bleeding edge of technology, and it’s why Tezos is best positioned to underpin the Web3 revolution.
An Energy-Efficient Algorithm.
Tezos’ Proof-of-Stake requires significantly less energy and cost to operate, making it an ideal alternative platform for building blockchain applications that are eco-friendly. As the Web3 movement gains in adoption, scaling responsibly requires a more energy-efficient approach. Tezos delivers on this today.
Smarter Smart Contracts.
Tezos is one of the leading smart contracts Proof of Stake blockchains. Tezos smart contracts can use formal verification, allowing them to be mathematically verified, reliable, and secure.
Seamlessly, Forklessly, Endlessly Upgradeable.
Tezos is built to adjust, adapt, and add features and functionality through its proven on-chain upgrade mechanism.
Powerfully Scalable.
Tezos is built to remain state-of-the-art. Its modular architecture and formal upgrade mechanism minimizes disruptions while offering regular upgradability and enhanced functionality over time.
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MEET TEZOS
Smart Contracts.
Smart Governance.
Smart Design.
Tezos is an open-source platform that addresses key barriers facing blockchain adoption for assets and applications backed by a global community of validators, researchers, and builders. By design, Tezos embraces long-term upgradability, open participation, collaboration, and smart contract safety.
How to get tez (XTZ)
Tez (XTZ) is the native token of the Tezos blockchain. It is used to interact with dApps, pay for fees, secure the network through staking, and provide a basic accounting unit on the Tezos platform.
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UPGRADE TIMELINE
A community governed,
ever-evolving technological vision.
Tezos continuously adds the latest innovation, seamlessly leveling up to deliver novel and new capabilities within the space through its upgrade mechanism. See how far we’ve come and help us imagine where Tezos will go in the future.
Latest Protocol Upgrade
The Tezos protocol was activated successfully on 20 January, 2025.
Quebec
The 17th Tezos protocol upgrade introduces 8-second block time and 16-second finality, an improved staking mechanism, and stronger economics thanks to further refinement of the ‘Adaptive Issuance’ mechanism.
Paris
Reduced minimal block time to 10 seconds for lower latency and faster finality on Layer 1. The Data-Availability Layer is enabled on mainnet to boost Smart Rollups throughput. The introduction of Adaptive Issance, a new Staking mechanism and Adaptive Slashing overhauls the foundations of Tezos' Proof-of-Stake.
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Oxford
The 15th upgrade to the Tezos protocol brings three key changes: the introduction of Private Smart Rollups, refinements to Proof-of-Stake, and the re-enablement of Timelocks.
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Nairobi
Up to 8x increase in on-chain operations per second bandwidth for transactions and smart contract calls, with an improved gas model for cryptographic signatures. Smart rollups can now evolve in lockstep with layer 1 protocol upgrades. Faster propagation of pre-attestations to reach consensus earlier.
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CAREERS
Help us change the world.
One block at a time.
Browse the latest job postings across the Tezos ecosystem.
Tezos is the product of many organizations across the globe working together on an open-source project. Don’t see the perfect role for you but want to work on Tezos? Reach out to the Work on Tezos mailbox - include your resume, what you’re looking for, and why you’re excited to work on Tezos. Resumes are shared with a number of organizations in the Tezos ecosystem.
Note: Listings are provided by each team separately. If you are an organization in the Tezos ecosystem that is hiring and interested in listing your open roles here, please email the Work on Tezos mailbox.
Latest News
Catch the latest news from around the Tezos ecosystem, from exciting partnerships to insightful and educational articles about the technology that makes Tezos truly special.
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