Rising Stars? The crypto market is experiencing another wave of excitement.

Recently, the crypto market has heated up again, with Bitcoin breaking through the previous high of $61,800, reaching a peak of $64,000. Major cryptocurrencies and small-cap coins have also surged, and after more than a month of volatile adjustments, the bull market is back.

In this wave of frenzy, a market capitalization ranking chart has sparked heated discussions within the community. The ICP project, ranked third, has attracted widespread attention, and many people are confused by this seemingly suddenly emerging new project.

In fact, ICP is not a new project, but is launched by the established project Dfinity. Founded in 2015, Dfinity was once regarded as one of the "Four Kings" in the blockchain field. After 6 years of development, its mainnet is about to officially launch.

Dfinity's vision is to create a global distributed internet computer system, reshaping the internet infrastructure to become a distributed cloud computing platform. The project code has evolved from DFN to ICP( Internet Computer Protocol ).

In 2021, with the launch of projects like Polkadot and FileCoin, Ethereum 2.0 entered its zero phase, and Dfinity is also about to reach an important milestone. In April, with the Mercury network transitioning from Alpha to Beta, the Dfinity mainnet is expected to officially launch.

Dfinity is positioned as one of the underlying infrastructures of the Web 3.0 ecosystem, developing in parallel with public chains like Ethereum and Polkadot, collectively building a new generation of internet ecology. Its goal is to become a blockchain network capable of supporting high-traffic applications, which is expected to promote the large-scale implementation of blockchain applications.

Dfinity has achieved a decentralized global computing platform through core modules such as the NNS( neural network system), Canister( containers), and Cycles( transaction fees). NNS is responsible for governance, Canister provides the smart contract environment, and Cycles serves as a stable fee unit.

Currently, there are several representative projects in the Dfinity ecosystem, such as the decentralized social media Capsule, the Web3 hosting platform Fleek, and the encryption communication application OpenChat. As the mainnet is about to launch, the attention of global investors and developers is focused on this.

The landing of Dfinity means that the underlying infrastructure of the decentralized world has basically been completed. It is expected to work alongside projects like Ethereum and FileCoin to provide users with a truly autonomous and controllable decentralized application experience. This user-centric new era has arrived, and it is worth looking forward to together.