Grow Without Compromise
Your web, unchained.
What is Crystal?
An open network that works for the people who run it. And those who build on it.
Fee-Free
Seamless interaction — apps sponsor their users' fees, so people use them like any app. No wallet, nothing to buy first.
Flexible
Contracts run on a WASM virtual machine, so Rust, Go, C and AssemblyScript all compile to Crystal.
Hybrid
Mining and staking together (PoW/PoS) — anyone can help secure the network from an ordinary machine and earn XTAL for it.
Many fruits, one tree.
Work happens in many places at once — and still ends up in one order everyone agrees on.
Fruits
Validators who stake XTAL grow fruits — small blocks made in parallel, fast and cheap.
Stems
Miners produce stems — proof-of-work blocks that carry the fruits into one agreed order.
Confirmation
Every new stem confirms the one before it, and every fruit that stem carried.
Deploy Without Compromise
Apps that feel like any other. You stake; your users just use it.
How Sponsored Contracts Work
- Deploy your WASM contract to Crystal
- Stake XTAL against it to sponsor its transactions
- People use your app — no fees, no wallet, nothing to install
Where it fits
Sign-in & identity
Sign-up and identity on your terms — developers regain control over the user experience.
Games
Items players truly own and can trade, with nothing to set up before they can play.
Supply chain
Cryptographically verifiable provenance from origin to delivery — for food service, luxury goods, and more.
Run the network from your own machine.
Two ways in. Both pay in XTAL.
Mine
Proof of WorkContribute compute from ordinary hardware. No specialized rigs, no pool required.
Stake
Proof of StakeLock XTAL to grow fruit. Rewards follow once a stem carries your fruit into the chain.
The Network, Live
Telemetry streamed in real time from a public Crystal node — blocks, hashrate, and peers as they happen.
Latest Blocks
ConnectingReady to Build on Crystal?
Pick your path.
Enterprises
Stake XTAL against your own contract and you're live — no approval needed. Want help planning a rollout?
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