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Tezos

decentralized, open-source blockchain network (and investment) that can execute peer-to-peer transactions and serve as a platform for deploying smart contracts
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Tezos

Summary

Tezos is a cryptocurrency[1]. Tezos draws 224 Wikipedia views per month (cryptocurrency category, ranking #29 of 39).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as cryptocurrency[3].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as project[4].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as blockchain[6].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as smart contract platform[7].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as web service[8].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as payment system[9].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as virtual community[10].
  • Tezos's instance of is recorded as public company[11].
  • Tezos's founder is recorded as Kathleen Breitman[12].
  • Tezos's founder is recorded as Arthur Breitman[13].
  • Tezos's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[14].
  • Tezos's programmed in is recorded as OCaml[15].
  • Tezos's operating system is recorded as Linux[16].
  • Tezos's operating system is recorded as macOS[17].
  • Tezos's operating system is recorded as Q14658[18].
  • Tezos's operating system is recorded as Raspberry Pi OS[19].
  • Tezos's software version identifier is recorded as Mainnet December 2019[20].
  • Tezos's software version identifier is recorded as Mainnet January 2020[21].
  • Tezos's software version identifier is recorded as Version 7.0[22].
  • Tezos is used for blockchain[23].
  • Tezos is used for delegation[24].
  • Tezos is used for bounty[25].
  • Tezos is used for on-chain governance[26].
  • Tezos is used for voting[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Kathleen Breitman[12] and Arthur Breitman[13]. August 3, 2014 marks the founding of Tezos[28].

Identity

Tezos's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'XTZ'}[29].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Kraken[30], Coinbase[31], Binance[32], and CEX.io[33].

Why It Matters

Tezos draws 224 Wikipedia views per month (cryptocurrency category, ranking #29 of 39).[2] Tezos has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Tezos is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Bitcoin blockchain Coinbase Ethereum free software Linux macOS Manchester United F.C. OCaml public company Raspberry Pi OS

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gitlab.com. gitlab.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . tezos.gitlab.io. Retrieved . tezos.gitlab.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . tezos.gitlab.io. tezos.gitlab.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . tezos.gitlab.io. tezos.gitlab.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . blog.kraken.com. blog.kraken.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . binance.zendesk.com. binance.zendesk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . cryptoninjas.net. cryptoninjas.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . tezos.com. Retrieved . tezos.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflation rate → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+5.04'}
    Inception → —
    Platform → —
    Number of participants → {'amount': '+44611'}
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