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The cryptographer Silvio Micali built Algorand around pure proof of stake: a randomly selected committee confirms each block, the chain does not fork, and a transaction is final immediately. From the outset the network targeted payments and asset issuance — from tokenised securities to government-backed projects — and treats low fees as a hard requirement: the transfer fee is fixed and does not rise under load. Smart contracts execute on its own virtual machine.
A reference description of the project, not investment advice.