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What is Chia Network Blockchain
Chia Network Blockchain is a public, permissionless blockchain platform designed to support decentralized applications and digital assets using ChiaLisp smart contracts. It uses a proof-of-space-and-time consensus mechanism that relies on storage capacity and verifiable time rather than proof-of-work mining. The platform targets developers building on-chain applications and organizations exploring tokenization and settlement on a public chain. It differentiates through its consensus design and its native smart contract language/tooling oriented around auditable, composable conditions.
Proof-of-space-and-time consensus
The network uses proof of space and time, which replaces energy-intensive proof-of-work mining with storage-based farming plus verifiable time. This can reduce reliance on specialized mining hardware compared with proof-of-work networks. For teams evaluating public-chain deployment options, the consensus model is a concrete architectural differentiator that affects operational assumptions and ecosystem participation.
ChiaLisp smart contract model
Chia supports smart contracts via ChiaLisp and a coin-set model that emphasizes explicit conditions for spending. This design can be attractive for applications that require clear, inspectable transaction rules and composability at the coin level. It provides a distinct development approach compared with platforms that center on account-based smart contracts.
Public chain and tooling availability
Chia operates as a public blockchain with open developer tooling, node software, and documentation for building and integrating applications. It supports common blockchain platform needs such as running nodes, interacting with the chain, and creating assets and transactions. This makes it usable for teams that want a public network rather than a managed, permissioned deployment.
Smaller enterprise ecosystem
Compared with more established enterprise-focused blockchain platforms, Chia has a smaller set of widely adopted enterprise integrations, managed services, and prebuilt governance/consortium features. Organizations may need more in-house engineering to meet enterprise requirements such as identity, permissioning, and compliance workflows. Vendor and partner availability can be a constraint for large-scale deployments.
Different developer learning curve
ChiaLisp and Chia’s coin-set programming model differ from the account-based smart contract patterns many developers already know. Teams may need additional training, new libraries, and revised security review practices. This can lengthen time-to-production for groups migrating from other smart contract ecosystems.
Public-network operational constraints
As a permissionless public blockchain, performance, fees, and governance are not fully controlled by any single deploying organization. Some regulated or internal-use cases may require permissioned networks, private transaction controls, or deterministic change management that public chains do not provide by default. This can limit suitability for certain enterprise deployments without additional architecture.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go Free tier/trial: The Chia reference client (wallet + node/farming software) is open-source and available to download at no cost; running a node/farm has no subscription (see Downloads).
Example costs (minimum effective fees listed on official docs; units: mojo; 1 mojo = 1e-12 XCH):
- Standard transaction – 90,000,000 mojo (0.00009 XCH).
- PlotNFT creation – 90,000,000 mojo (0.00009 XCH).
- Minting NFT with DID – 615,000,000 mojo (0.000615 XCH).
- Minting NFT without DID – 265,000,000 mojo (0.000265 XCH).
- Transfer NFT with DID – 335,000,000 mojo (0.000335 XCH).
- Add URI to NFT with DID – 355,000,000 mojo (0.000355 XCH).
- Send Clawback transaction – 150,000,000 mojo (0.00015 XCH).
- Claim Clawback transaction – 7,000,000 mojo (0.000007 XCH).
- Combine 500 farming rewards – 15,500,000,000 mojo (0.0155 XCH).
- Full block (50% cap) – 27,500,000,000 mojo (0.0275 XCH).
Notes: Fees are protocol-level on-chain transaction fees denominated in XCH (mojos). The required fee depends on a transaction's CLVM cost and current mempool (priority/fee-per-cost) conditions. See Chia docs for the full cost table and explanation.
Seller details
Chia Network Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2017
Private
https://www.chia.net/
https://x.com/chia_project
https://www.linkedin.com/company/chia-network/
