Ecosystem
The ALX ecosystem connects protocol, network applications, economic coordination, integrations, and community programs.
Ecosystem Layers
1. Protocol
ALX Protocol defines canonical Block structure, deterministic identity, declared parent relationships, and conformance rules. Independent implementations create and verify Blocks using the public specification.
2. Network
XNDR Network is an ecosystem of applications for creating, exploring, and using onchain ALX Blocks. The Block Explorer indexes conforming Blocks from configured sources and organizes declared relationships into searchable, source-scoped Block Graphs; the REST API exposes the same indexed Blocks, observations, and relationships. XNDR Network reports source observations and does not redefine Block identity, conformance, authorship, ownership, semantic truth, or legal status.
3. Economic
The XNDR token, the native utility token of ALX on Base, funds the treasury and ecosystem growth programs, supports contribution rewards, and is intended to carry governance votes as governance phases open. Token Utility states which functions are available.
4. Applications
Applications use ALX Blocks and XNDR Network services for discovery, verification, analysis, provenance, and integration workflows.
5. Programs and Community
Grants, integrations, research, education, and community programs support development, adoption, and participation.
Participants
- Developers build applications, integrations, client libraries, and REST API infrastructure.
- Organizations integrate ALX Blocks into products, systems, and workflows.
- Infrastructure providers operate indexes, storage, availability, and supporting services.
- Researchers work on provenance, interoperability, security, distributed systems, and Block Graph applications.
- Educators create tutorials, courses, workshops, and technical resources.
- Community members test releases, contribute to ecosystem programs, support other participants, and join governance as capabilities activate.