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What is the Exchange Chain (X-Chain)?
What is the Exchange Chain (X-Chain)?
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Written by Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago

The Exchange Chain is the default asset blockchain on Avalanche® and enables the creation of new assets, exchanging between assets, and cross-Subnet transfers. This blockchain is for applications that don’t require total ordering (for total ordering, use the Contract Chain). The Exchange Chain implements the Avalanche consensus protocol.

Note that when using these addresses, it is best practice to follow case sensitivity.

Learn more about all Avalanche blockchains here and view the Exchange Chain API docs here.


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