Internet Computer
ICPLive. Code changed: today. Machine-drafted, not yet checked by a person.
Internet Computer: The project describes itself as a cloud computing platform for running apps, built and operated by a decentralized, mathematically-governed network of independently-run computers. Of the 23 things it promised, it delivered 20, 2 are past due and not yet checked, 1 is still open (1 with no date); nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $2.59, #59 of all coins by size, 100% below its highest ever price.
This week in the news: new software release.
A real job, real backing. Delivered 20 of 23, 2 past due, not yet checked. Nothing dated ahead. #25 of 254 smart contract platforms. Nothing to be careful of on the record.
Is it real?
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Passes all four
- ✓A real-world jobReal-world purpose: a platform other apps build on
- ✓Real backingBacking: backed by Multicoin Capital; in the GMCI 30 Index; trades on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken
- ✓Something aheadAhead: 20 of 23 promises delivered
- ✓Room to growRoom: worth $1.44B, 66 times smaller than BNB, the biggest coin within reach doing the same thing (Smart Contract Platform)
Backed by Multicoin Capital and 3 more
- Origin10 May 2021about about 5 yearsinternetcomputer.org, GitHub, Whitepaper
- DevelopersNot namedNeither Wikidata nor its listing names the foundersCode changed today
- BackingMulticoin Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Blockchain Capital, Polychain CapitalInvestor tags from CoinGeckoIndex: GMCI 30 Index, GMCI Index, Coinbase 50 IndexListed on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Bitstamp
- Standing on the record20 of 232 confirmed by outside news, 2 past due, not yet checked32 headlines last month, 2 about government210,266 people keep it on a CoinGecko watchlistNo corrections needed so far
- Real-world purpose: a platform other apps build on
- Backing: backed by Multicoin Capital; in the GMCI 30 Index; trades on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken
- Ahead: 20 of 23 promises delivered
- Room: worth $1.44B, 66 times smaller than BNB, the biggest coin within reach doing the same thing (Smart Contract Platform)
It is already worth more than the typical coin in Smart Contract Platform ($53.41M). To match the leader, BNB ($95.27B), its price would need to rise 6516%, to about $171.35.
Still to check
- Years younger than the group's leader
What to do It has delivered 20 of 23 dated promises and nothing dated is ahead. Add it to My coins and come back when it posts a new date; until then the record has nothing new to say.
A gap is not a forecast. Most small coins never close it. The site never picks.
Four tests, printed. Passing all four means a real job, real backing, something ahead, and a price far below the leader of its group. A filter on facts, never a verdict.
Every line has a source: the coin's own listing, CoinGecko's tags, the record, or the news feed. Reputation here is a count, never an opinion.
Does it deliver?
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Every line is quoted from the project's own pages, with the copy we stored and, where one exists, the article that reported it
20 of 23
promises delivered, by the project's own pages
2 of those confirmed by an outside news report
Promises by the year they were due
delivered open past due
delivered open past due, not yet checked today. Click a point to open that promise.
- Past dueOctober 2025Add support for Dogecoin so it can be connected to the Internet Computer through Chain Fusion.319 days overdue, not yet checkedProof No article or release reports it shipping. Checked 12 September 2026.
- Past dueOctober 2025Get common signing standards adopted by apps and wallets built on the Internet Computer.319 days overdue, not yet checkedProof No article or release reports it shipping. Checked 12 September 2026.
- Openno dateRelease OpenSaaS, a suite of business apps that users own and control.
- Deliveredno dateReduce the time it takes for computations on the network to complete.delivered November 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateIncrease how much data the network can store and how fast it can process it.delivered November 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLaunch an early alpha version of Caffeine, a tool that lets AI build apps from a description.delivered 15 July 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateRun AI model inference directly on the network's smart contracts.delivered 15 July 2024Confirmed by genfinity.io, 18 July 2024Proof Internet Computer’s Cyclotron Update Brings AI to Blockchain genfinity.io, 18 July 2024
- Deliveredno dateLet Internet Computer smart contracts interact with Ethereum-compatible (EVM) blockchains.delivered 23 May 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLet Internet Computer smart contracts work with Bitcoin ordinals and runes.delivered 13 August 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLet Internet Computer smart contracts interact with the Solana blockchain.delivered June 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateProvide a system called vetKeys for managing encryption keys without any single party controlling them.delivered 1 July 2025Confirmed by Stocktwits, 3 July 2025Proof vetKeys Bring Client-Owned Privacy to the Internet Computer Stocktwits, 3 July 2025
- Deliveredno dateMake the network's edge infrastructure fully decentralized, with no central operator.delivered January 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateProvide access logs and network metrics that are recorded in a decentralized way rather than by a single operator.delivered July 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLaunch a platform for issuing and checking verifiable credentials.delivered 18 June 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateRedesign the user experience of Internet Identity, the network's sign-in system.delivered September 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLaunch Oisy, a wallet that works across multiple blockchains using Chain Fusion.delivered November 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateOfficially launch version 1.0 of the OISY wallet.delivered February 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLaunch Orbit, a framework that lets multiple parties jointly custody digital assets.delivered March 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateEnable liquid democracy, where token holders can vote directly or delegate their vote, in network governance.delivered January 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateMake staking easier to understand and widen participation in the network's DAO governance.delivered August 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateProvide developer tools for operating and maintaining canisters (smart contracts) in production.delivered November 2024Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateLet developers write and test Internet Computer code in a browser-based tool called ICP Ninja.delivered March 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
- Deliveredno dateImprove the experience for developers using ICP Ninja for the first time.delivered September 2025Only the project's own word so farProof Only its own page says so; no article found.
What is next, and when?
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Nothing dated
The project has not put a date on anything still open. That is a fact worth knowing.
How big is it next to its rivals?
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Only coins within a hundred times its worth; a coin a thousand times bigger is another world
A platform other apps build on
35 coins we checked say they are for a platform other apps build on, worth $393.62B together. #9 of 35 by worth.
Smart Contract Platform: this coin against its direct competitors
- CoinWorth, as a barWorthAgainst this coinToday, and the gapSupplyPromises
Internet Computer$1.44Bthis coin−7.1%no max20 of 23 delivered
BNB$95.27B66.2× bigger, +$93.83B−1.2%, gap +5.967% outno record
XRP$87.28B60.6× bigger, +$85.84B+0.0%, gap +7.263% out2 of 3 delivered
Solana$58.89B40.9× bigger, +$57.45B−1.3%, gap +5.9no maxnone dated
TRON$32.06B22.3× bigger, +$30.62B−0.5%, gap +6.7no maxno record
Zcash$19.3B13.4× bigger, +$17.86B−0.1%, gap +7.181% outnone dated
Hyperliquid$17.5B12.1× bigger, +$16.06B−1.5%, gap +5.722% outnone dated
Dogecoin$12.86B8.9× bigger, +$11.42B−2.2%, gap +5.0no maxno record
Smart Contract Platform: this coin next to BNB, the biggest rival within reach. People go to the bigger coin unless the smaller one does something it does not.
- Internet Computer says
- The project describes itself as a cloud computing platform for running apps, built and operated by a decentralized, mathematically-governed network of independently-run computers.
- BNB says
- BNB is the native utility token of the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Two claims, side by side, in their own words. Whether the difference is real is for the record to show over time, and for you to judge.
The project describes itself as a cloud computing platform for running apps, built and operated by a decentralized, mathematically-governed network of independently-run computers.
Its listing puts it this way: Sovereign frontier cloud for AI that builds AI agents are starting to build and operate real software. Agentic organizations are starting to coordinate people, code, data, payments, and governance.
Problem it says it solves: a platform other apps build on. 52 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $408,727,547,844.
Where it trades: Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Bitstamp, Binance
Each bar is a coin's worth today (price × coins out), longest first. The lit bar is this coin; grey bars are the others doing the same job.
Bars are market cap. Order is size, nothing else. Differences are measured from the coin you are looking at.
What should make me careful?
Nothing printed today
None of the six tests fails. A missed promise counts only on a record a person has checked.
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Smart Contract Platform: this coin next to the group's largest, BNB.
| Internet Computer | BNB | |
|---|---|---|
| Years trading | 5 years | 9 years |
| Major exchanges | 11 | 6 |
| Named backers | 4 | 0 |
| Headlines, last month | 32 | 68 |
| Promises delivered | 20 of 23 | no record |
What it says is different: Sovereign frontier cloud for AI that builds AI agents are starting to build and operate real software. Agentic organizations are starting to coordinate people, code, data, payments, and governance.
It is 1.5% the size of BNB. On the facts above it is behind on years trading. Nothing here says it will; the site does not predict.
The tests: nothing to hold it for, more missed than delivered, priced ahead of its record, half the supply still to come, rivals ship while it does not, a big release of coins soon.
The homework: the coin itself, the news, the record
The coin itself
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The last 7 days
Where today sits against its highest ever price
Highest ever: $700.65 on 10 May 2021. Today is 0% of that.
100%
of all ICP that will ever exist is already out in public hands: 556.83M coins.
0% (1.47K coins) is not yet created or held by the project. That is a small share. Those coins can be sold later, which can push the price down.
out held back. Each dot is 1%.
Pays for every use of its network
Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it. That is the built-in reason anyone needs it.
- Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it
- A vote on how the project is run
That is all a market cap is: today's price times the coins in public hands. It moves every time the price does. It says what buyers are paying, not what the coin is worth.
- 556.83Min circulation of 556.83M total. No hard maximum is set, so more can be created.
- of its all-time high of $700.65 on 10 May 2021. That is −99.6% from the top.
- #59by market cap, $1,440,049,199.
- Not checkedwho holds the most coins, and how much has been burned. Those need on-chain data this site does not read yet.
Supply and value figures from CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
- $14.4M is locked in apps built on it right now
- Users paid $173.99K in fees to use it in the last 30 days, $161.57K of that kept by the network
From DefiLlama, refreshed nightly. Fees are what people paid to use the thing; value locked is what they trust it to hold. Facts, not a score.
What the news says
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Headlines per day, last 30 days
32 headlines named this coin in the last month.
What they were about
- Price16
- Partnership2
- Whales2
- AI2
- Internet Computer (ICP) Surges 3.05% on UNDP Partnership News
- Internet Computer Leads Weekly Gains With 39% Rally After DFINITY's Inflation-Cutting Whitepaper
- Internet Computer Reclaims $3 Level As Trading Volume Surges
- ICP’s 20% Rally Shows Traders Are Looking Beyond Bitcoin Again
- Internet Computer Leads Weekly Gains With 39% Rally After DFINITY's Inflation-Cutting Whitepaper
- ICP’s 20% Rally Shows Traders Are Looking Beyond Bitcoin Again
- Internet Computer Posts 10% Gain Amid Decentralized Cloud Push
- Internet Computer Posts 10% Gain Amid Decentralized Cloud Push
- Internet Computer Reclaims $3 Level As Trading Volume Surges
- Internet Computer Leads Weekly Gains With 39% Rally After DFINITY's Inflation-Cutting Whitepaper
- Internet Computer (ICP) Drops 5% on Profit Taking, Market Pullback
- Internet Computer Rally Faces Key $3.68 Test After 13% Surge
- Internet Computer Reclaims $3 Level As Trading Volume Surges
- Internet Computer – Why THESE signals could threaten ICP’s 14% price rally
- Next Crypto To Explode as Internet Computer (ICP) Whales Accumulate? AlphaPepe Gives Retail the First-Cycle Trade
- Internet Computer (ICP) Surges 5.04% on Technical Breakout
- ICP Price Rallies 13%— Here’s Where the Rally Could Go
- ICP Price Rallies 13%— Here’s Where the Rally Could Go
- ICP Bucks Trend to Surge 13% Past $3 to Four-Month High as BTC Drops Below 80,000
- ICP labeled ‘weakest among 60 cryptos’ – Can Internet Computer ride Fed sentiment past THIS?Government
- Internet Computer (ICP) Price Up 3.6% on Whale Accumulation
- ICP labeled ‘weakest among 60 cryptos’ – Can Internet Computer ride Fed sentiment past THIS?Government
- Cryptocurrency investment losses hit 99% as Internet Computer collapses
- Internet Computer Surges 3.65 Points on Security, AI Themes
- Internet Computer (ICP) Surges 3.64% on Key Partnerships
- One Cryptocurrency Trading Above the Support Levels- Internet Computer (ICP)
- Internet Computer (ICP) Rises 3.3% Amid Bitcoin Surge and AI Narrative
- Internet Computer (ICP) Volatility: 4.45% Drop Explained
- Internet Computer Surges 4.9% Amid Broad Crypto Rally
- Internet Computer (ICP) Rises 3.39% Amid BTC-Led Rally
- Live Products Beat Promises: BlockDAG's $2M Day Outpaces Quiet Internet Computer At $2.10 And Official Trump At $1.40
- Internet Computer (ICP) Surges 3.02% Amid Bullish Social Narratives
32 headlines in the last month.
Headlines are the publishers' own. News is never placed next to price.
The record itself
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Six facts, the project's own replies, its peers, contract facts, references and every stored copy
The project describes itself as a cloud computing platform for running apps, built and operated by a decentralized, mathematically-governed network of independently-run computers.
“The Internet Computer is a frontier serverless cloud for AIware apps, created by a mathematical, open network.”source · snapshot · captured 2026-09-12
Live. The record does not yet cite when this stage began.
20 of 23 promises delivered. 2 past due with no delivery recorded, not yet checked by a person. 1 open.
Others in smart-contract platforms: Ethereum 15 of 20, Ozone Chain 13 of 30, Starknet 10 of 24, ADI 7 of 15, and 28 more.Others in interoperability networks: Artificial Superintelligence Alliance 7 of 43, Algorand 2 of 7, Zilliqa 2 of 26, Avalanche 0 of 1, and 9 more.
Last code change on the main repository (dfinity/ic): today, on 15 September 2026.
The project's homepage page last changed on 14 September 2026.
Nothing further to flag from the record as it stands.
This record was drafted by a machine from captured pages and has not yet been checked by a person. Treat every line as unverified until that note changes.