aelf
ELFAI-enhanced Layer 1 blockchain
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| 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 60d | 90d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.24% | 2.13% | 25.06% | 29.63% | 34.83% | 17.60% |
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Top Holders
| Address | Token | Quantity | Percentage | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000...dead |   ELF | 688,746,708 | 68.87% | $31.07M |
| 0xce03...da7a | ELF | 79,989,355.37 | 8% | $3.6M |
| 0xffe7...0749 | ELF | 40,000,000 | 4% | $1.8M |
Open Markets
| # | Exchange | Pair | Price | +2% depth | -2% depth | Volume (24h) | volume % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HHTXCEX | ELF/USDT | $0.08805 | $60 | $280 | $1,084,667 | 43.15% |
| 2 | UUpbitCEX | ELF/KRW | $0.08884 | $39,725 | $13,536 | $124,130 | 4.94% |
| 3 | OOKXCEX | ELF/USDT | $0.08811 | $3,006 | $5,122 | $87,993 | 3.50% |
| 4 | ELF/USDT | $0.08588 | $960 | $957 | $53,033 | 2.11% | |
| 5 | ELF/USDT | $0.08286 | $1,217 | $1,213 | $28,694 | 1.14% | |
| 6 | KKuCoinCEX | ELF/USDT | $0.08819 | $300 | $746 | $10,217 | 0.41% |
| 7 | ELF/WETH | $0.08905 | $1,637 | $1,632 | $9,386 | 0.37% | |
| 8 | BBithumbCEX | ELF/KRW | $0.08821 | $4,400 | $1,957 | $6,229 | 0.25% |
| 9 | UUpbit Indonesia CEX | ELF/BTC | $0.08223 | $0 | $0 | $43 | 0.00% |
| 10 | OOKXCEX | ELF/USD | $0.08779 | $251 | $660 | $34 | 0.00% |
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About aelf
aelf is a Layer 1 aimed at enterprise applications. It uses AEDPoS consensus, in which a small set of block producers take turns producing blocks, and splits work between a main chain that holds assets and governance and side chains such as tDVV that carry high-frequency business logic, with the two sides synchronising state through cross-chain communication contracts. Smart contracts run in a dedicated .NET runtime with multi-level indexing and parallel execution, so gaming and financial applications can push compute-heavy logic onto side chains without giving up main-chain settlement.
A DEX, NFT marketplace, DAO and wallet form a fairly complete application chain, and 10% of main-chain fees is burned permanently. On 18 August 2026 the mainnet stopped producing blocks for about a week after malicious contract activity; 155 suspicious transactions were later identified and block-producer keys rotated, public nodes and the staking interface came back through mid-September, and OKX and Gate subsequently delisted several ELF pairs. Block production sits with a small node set and emergency halts are decided by the same operators, which leaves censorship resistance weaker than on networks with widely distributed validators.
aelf began in December 2017, completing funding from notable institutions and listing ELF on exchanges. In 2019, the testnet launched, reporting 14,968 TPS and validating parallel execution and scalability. The mainnet launch followed, establishing its Layer 1 foundation. In April 2024, aelf announced a strategic shift to integrate AI, becoming an AI-enhanced Layer 1 blockchain, with a $50 million ecosystem fund. In December 2024, aelf launched aevatar.ai, a no-code, open-source AI agent framework supporting cross-chain and cross-platform interactions, powered by multiple LLMs. The 2025 roadmap includes intelligent load balancing, AI-facilitated cross-chain interoperability, and AI-driven node selection. Whitepaper 2.0 introduces a modular Layer 2 with ZK Rollup for EVM compatibility and scalability. These milestones mark aelf's evolution from a traditional blockchain toward a self-evolving AI ecosystem.
Security incident and recovery: On August 18, the aelf mainnet halted block production for about a week after malicious smart-contract activity. The team identified 155 malicious transactions and rotated block-producer keys, then restored public nodes, wallet transfers and staking interfaces through mid-September, saying no ordinary user funds were stolen; a final security review was still pending.
Exchange delistings: On September 23, OKX announced it would delist several ELF spot pairs, effective September 30 and October 3. Gate removed the ELF/ETH pair on September 24. At the protocol level, 10% of mainchain transaction fees are permanently burned and the first block-reward halving has been completed, cutting rewards from 0.125 ELF to 0.0625 ELF.
In June 2026 aelf upgraded its mainnet to v1.8.0, adding creation and trading of fractional NFTs and SFTs. In January and June the foundation allocated two million ELF in total to eBridge for cross-chain liquidity, and in February it shut down the ETransfer service. On the AI side, ecosystem projects eForest and Awaken DEX released agent toolkits built on MCP, CLI and SDK so developers can issue tokens, trade and manage liquidity through standard interfaces, and a ChainGPT integration added AI chat and trading assistance.
August brought a disruption: monitoring detected an anomalous contract attempting overflow and privilege escalation, all block producers were told to pause, the network took a full upgrade and hotfix, and external auditors were engaged. It was the first emergency halt in five years of mainnet operation, with a response update published on 26 August. On 12 October ELF more than tripled in a single low-liquidity session, with turnover still thin relative to market value.
aelf will make the agent toolkit and C# stack the differentiating entry point, tighten post-incident audit and governance disclosure, and use the Singapore hub and grants of up to $150,000 per studio to grow gaming and agent applications.
Haobo Ma — Founder & CEO; Tianjin University alumnus, former CTO of GemPay and AllCoin, founder of Hoopox.
Chen Zhuling — Co-founder & COO; MIT graduate with prior experience at Roland Berger.