# Avalanche ## General - [[Proof-of-Stake]]-based - [[Solidity]] and [[EVM]]-based ## Website *Avalanche is **the fastest smart contracts platform** in the blockchain industry, as measured by time-to-finality, and **has the most validators securing its activity** of any proof-of-stake protocol.* ![[Screen Shot 2022-01-02 at 4.46.09 AM.png]] ### 1165 Validators as of Jan 2022 ![[Screen Shot 2022-01-02 at 11.59.08 PM.png]]