The recent Dfinity block browser data shows that the Dfinity main network once processed 628.2 block messages in one second. The Dfinity network can achieve such high-performance operation thanks to the 20 data centers distributed around the world and Dfinity's special Consensus mechanism, this article will take you to discuss the real meaning behind the data growth on the Dfinity chain through the block browser.
Dfinity's network architecture does not adopt the traditional blockchain architecture, but forms a complete chain by sharding into multiple subnets, which communicate with each other, and these subnet chains are composed of node machines hosted in data centers. Subnet nodes are mainly responsible for updating the status of Canisters and storing data in Canisters, and Canisters are the computing units that make up Dfinity Dapp. They are responsible for receiving and processing message requests (query calls/update calls) sent by Dapp users. The largest Dfinity network The feature is unlimited performance: when the network load is too heavy, new nodes can be introduced into the subnet and new subnets can be added to keep the main network running at high performance.
The following is a summary of the development of the Dfinity mainnet from the perspective of supply and demand through Dfinity’s official block browser and IC.Rocks on-chain data:
Currently, the block browsers that can view the data on the Dfinity chain are as follows:
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Dfinity official block browser: dashboard.internetcomputer.org/
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DfinityExploere：dfinityexplorer.org/#/
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IC.Rocks：ic.rocks/
We divide the data on the chain into four parts: Canisters, subnets, Internet identities, and ICP destruction.
Subnet: At the system level, the subnet represents the network performance requirements. Only when the Dfinity main network has a demand for network performance, new nodes will be introduced to form a subnet for expansion. According to the data on the IC.Rocks chain, currently Dfinity has 21 shard subnets, which is three times that of Genesis.
Among the 21 subnets, 20 subnets are application subnets, and 1 is the management system subnet. Each subnet is composed of nodes in different data centers through the ICP protocol. Different subnets will be configured differently according to requirements. hardware configuration. In the application subnet, 10 subnets are configured with 10 node machines, and the remaining 10 subnets are configured with 13 node machines. The NNS subnet is configured with the most node machines.
The subnet with ID lhg73 is composed of 7 node machines. This subnet has a CPU computing power of 420 cores and a memory capacity of 13.69TB (1TB=1024GB), which is equivalent to the original Canisters capacity (4GB memory limit), The subnet with ID lhg73 can host 3504 Canisters with full capacity.
Subnet ID: lhg73-sax6z-2zank-6oer2-575lz-zgbxx-ptudx-5korm-fy7we-kh4hl-pqe
The subnet hosting the most Canisters so far is the subnet with the ID pjijw. This subnet is configured with 13 node machines and has a computing power of 780 cores and a memory capacity of 25.42TB.
Subnet ID: pjljw-kztyl-46ud4-ofrj6-nzkhm-3n4nt-wi3jt-ypmav-ijqkt-gjf66-uae
Both of the above two subnets belong to the public application subnet, so the deployment of Canisters in the above two subnets does not need to initiate proposal verification, and there are 11 application subnets in the Dfinity mainnet. The authorized subnet IDs are as follows:
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ejbmu-grnam-gk6ol-6irwa-htwoj-7ihfl-goimw-hlnvh-abms4-47v2e-zqe
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5kdm2-62fc6-fwnja-hutkz-ycsnm-4z33i-woh43-4cenu-ev7mi-gii6t-4ae
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io67a-2jmkw-zup3h-snbwi-g6a5n-rm5dn-b6png-lvdpl-nqnto-yih6l-gqe
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eq6en-6jqla-fbu5s-daskr-h6hx2-376n5-iqabl-qgrng-gfqmv-n3yjr-mqe
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chef-t3kr5-t5q3w-mqmdq-jabyv-vyvtf-cyyey-3kmo4-toyln-embuw-4qe
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w4asl-4nmyj-qnr7c-6cqq4-tkwmt-o26di-iupkq-vx4kt-asbrx-jzuxh-4ae
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snjp4-xlbw4-mnbog-ddwy6-6ckfd-2w5a2-eipqo-7l436-pxqkh-l6fuv-vae
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qxesv-zoxpm-vc64m-zxguk-5sj74-35vrb-tbgwg-pcird-5gr26-62oxl-cae
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pae4o-o6dxf-xki7q-ezclx-znyd6-fnk6w-vkv5z-5lfwh-xym2i-otrrw-fqe
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4zbus-z2bmt-ilreg-xakz4-6tyre-hsqj4-slb4g-zjwqo-snjcc-iqphi-3qe
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csyj4-zmann-ys6ge-3kzi6-onexi-obayx-2fvak-zersm-euci4-6pslt-lae
Canisters: Canisters are the computing units that make up Dapps. Each Dapp is composed of one Canisters or multiple Canisters. In terms of ecological requirements, Canisters represent the progress of Dfinity’s ecological construction. Only the more developers active on Dfinity, Canisters The faster the increase, the monthly compound growth rate of Canisters since July 18 is 192%. As of now, the number of containers hosted on the Dfinity mainnet has reached 6,532 Canisters.
Internet identity: Internet identity is the identity wallet used by users to log in and verify Dfinity ecological Dapp and use network services. Behind the growth of Internet identity is the user's demand for ecological Dapp. Since the creation of the century, the number of users who have registered for Dfinity Internet identity has broken through the 600,000 mark , and this is only the data for registering Internet identities, and does not include the user groups using Plug Wallet and Stoic Wallet.
ICP Destruction: The destruction mechanism adopted in the economic model of ICP is to destroy the ICP converted into Cycles, and Cycles is the Gas token used for creation and Canisters calculation, and is also the native token of Dfinity. ICP destruction represents Dapp calculation and The demand for storage also represents the activity of Dapp. According to IC.Rocks data, a total of 8,327.048 ICPs have been destroyed on the Dfinity mainnet since Genesis. After July 21, the ICP destruction has almost exploded. The monthly compound growth rate of ICP destruction is 2081%.
From the explosive growth data of Dfinity subnets, Canisters, Internet identities, and ICP Internet identities, it is not difficult to see that the Dfinity ecosystem is growing day by day. According to the above Dfinity network data summary, the demand for Dfinity network is greater than the supply. The development of an ecology into a towering tree requires not only an opportunity, but also the precipitation of time. The proposal to expand the upper limit of Canisters capacity to 300GB has been passed, which will give a strong boost to Dfinity’s ecological development.
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