Avalanche (AVAX) If you ever find yourself backcountry skiing and caught in an Avalanche, do NOT ski faster - try and move sideways, out of the path of the oncoming onslaught of snowy death. If you instead find yourself running dApps on the Avalanche blockchain, well then ski as fast as you want! Launched on mainnet by Cornell researcher Emin Gün Sirer in 2020, Avalanche is a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain with a focus on improved contract speed and lower transaction costs when compared wi...