Celestia

TIA Launched 2023 source

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Launch

On Oct 31, 2023 at 14:00 UTC, Celestia was deployed to Mainnet Beta, codenamed Lemon Mint, described as the first modular data availability network. primary source source

Founders and creators

Mustafa Al-Bassam is the author of the LazyLedger paper, submitted on 22 May 2019. primary source source

Origin story

The LazyLedger whitepaper first outlined a new vision for modular blockchains. primary source source

Stated purpose

Modular data availability network. primary source source
Rollups and L2s use Celestia as a network for publishing and making transaction data available for anyone to download. primary source source

Consensus mechanism

Celestia's security scales with the number of light nodes, not just validators. secondary source source

Supply model

Celestia's docs list a total supply at genesis of 1,000,000,000 TIA, with inflation of 8% in the first year, decreasing 10% per year until reaching an inflation floor of 1.5% annually. primary source source

Main uses today

Rollup developers submit PayForBlobs transactions for a fee denominated in TIA; TIA can also be used as a gas token and currency for new rollups. primary source source

Key milestones

As a permissionless network built with Cosmos SDK, Celestia uses proof-of-stake; the community pool receives 2% of block rewards. primary source source

Sources & studies

Last checked: 2026-11-04 · Prices, market caps and circulating supply are left out on purpose because they change by the minute. Educational, not financial advice.

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