Ramazan Eles 
Avail, a blockchain scalability project focused on enhancing data availability, has officially launched its data availability (DA) mainnet along with the initial release of its native AVAIL token.
Avail DA offers a modular blockchain solution designed to optimize data availability, enabling developers to build more scalable, cost-efficient, and composable chains.
AVAIL Token Debuts
Concurrent with the launch, the AVAIL token is now live. The token will be used to pay for data availability fees, and token holders can begin staking tokens today to contribute to network security.
Furthermore, the AVAIL token will play a pivotal role in Avail’s governance, implementing a phased approach towards community decision-making.
While detailed information regarding AVAIL’s tokenomics remains limited, the project has disclosed a total supply of 10 billion AVAIL tokens. In April, Avail announced a 600 million token airdrop claimable following the mainnet launch of the Avail DA layer for eligible participants.
Avail is led by Anurag Arjun, a former co-founder of Polygon. Avail DA serves as the first component of Avail’s full-stack architecture. The project is currently focused on its next two major releases: the interoperability layer Nexus and the security mesh Fusion.
“The introduction of Avail DA and the AVAIL token marks the culmination of years of research and development aimed at addressing some of the most critical challenges facing web3 today, including blockchain fragmentation, insufficient data availability, and limited scalability,” said Arjun.
How Avail Works
Avail light clients leverage validity proofs and data availability sampling to verify data quickly on consumer-grade hardware like mobile phones. This enables instant data sampling without block finalization.
To prevent centralization, Avail employs a Nominated Proof-of-Stake (NPoS) consensus mechanism, evenly distributing staked tokens among validators. The network aims to start with 1,000 validators and potentially scale up to 10,000.