Phase 2
Phase One: Scalable Infrastructure
From Leman to Rhone to Danube, this has always been the plan, one upgrade at a time.
Now we're entering the chapter where it all comes together.
LemanMarch 30, 2023
Leman, the first post-mainnet upgrade, refined Alephium's developer stack, enabling dApp creation with enhanced smart contracts, a stronger VM, and improved APIs, laying the groundwork for our builder ecosystem.
RhôneJun 12, 2024
Then came Rhône, our first big leap forward. Block times dropped from 64 to 16 seconds, smart contracts got more powerful, and dApp performance improved across the board. Rhône was about making Alephium stronger, faster, and ready to compete with the best L1s in the space.
DanubeJul 15, 2025
Danube marks a shift: the vision of Web3 finally starts to feel real. Block times dropped from 16s to 8s, and, most importantly, we abstracted sharding to deliver a single-chain experience. Onboarding no longer requires a technical manual, Danube brings the features, UX, and dev experience that many chains promise but few deliver.
Phase Two: Activating Aligned Economics
With the infrastructure in place, Alephium enters its next chapter. This is where aligned economics, Core dApp, staking, composability and decentralization begin to connect, creating a self-sustaining ecosystem designed for long-term growth.
| Component | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Infra | Scalable Layer 1 | Speed, security, decentralization and usability without tradeoffs |
Blocks transaction fees burning | Deflationary pressure via usage | |
PoLW | Deflationary pressure via adoption | |
| Align | Core dApp | Generate fees for LPs & ALPH stakers, also used for ALPH buybacks & burns. |
Staked ALPH | Aligns participants around growth and governance | |
| Growth | Composability | Improves capital efficiency and yields via cross-dApps strategies |
DAO framework | Decentralizes ecosystem governance & growth |
Phase Two Highlights
This roadmap is a guide that will evolve with adoption and market conditions, with ongoing updates for the community.
Core dApp Rollout
- CLMM live → expanding to order book → Perps and more
- Codebase fully open-sourced and audited
- SDK and APIs to enable integrations with/by community dApps
Alignment System
- Launch ALPH staking and SDK for ecosystem composability
- On-chain dashboards for transparency into burns, rewards, and protocol flows
- DAO framework
Scaling Evolution
- Ongoing R&D on scalable Proof-of-Work
- Block time reduction for faster confirmations
- Support for increasingly complex and high-throughput applications without compromising decentralization or security
Live Roadmap Dashboard
For full transparency and accountability into everything we’re building. And for those awaiting the Core dApp, the “Apps” section now brings you one step closer to the action.