Once mocked for its crash, $ICP is now leading the AI + blockchain race. The “World Computer” is no longer a meme. 🧵👇
@dfinity 1/ Launched by the DFINITY Foundation, Internet Computer ( $ICP ) is a public blockchain that runs at web speed hosting full-stack apps, smart contracts, and even data directly on-chain. No AWS. No Google Cloud. Just crypto infrastructure, end to end.
2/ The vision? Replace the $3.6 trillion cloud industry with an open, decentralized internet. A “blockchain singularity” where everything digital lives inside unstoppable smart contracts. 👇
3/ Founder: Dominic Williams In 2015, while running a massive multiplayer game, he realized blockchains could scale beyond finance. By 2016, he founded DFINITY, to turn that idea into the world’s first decentralized cloud.
4/ How it started: 2017: Seed round raised ~$4M (3¢ per ICP). 2018: Airdrop to 50,000+ users. 2021: Mainnet goes live - ICP hits $700, Top 5 crypto. Then: A brutal 99% crash and lawsuits. But ICP kept building. 💪
5/ Core Technology: Canisters: Smart contracts that hold both code + data (massive capacity). Chain-Key Cryptography: One master key validates the entire network. Subnets: Parallel blockchains scaling horizontally, infinite throughput. Reverse Gas Model: Users pay nothing; developers cover compute.
6/ What makes ICP unique? It doesn’t just store data, it serves websites. Canisters directly host HTTP content. You can open a full Web3 app in your browser, no AWS, no middleman. That’s next-level decentralization.
7/ Performance at scale: • Web-speed transactions • Infinite scalability (just add subnets) • Bridge-free interoperability with BTC, ETH & Solana • Energy use lower than most L1s ICP is what Ethereum would be...if it ran at cloud scale.
8/ Key Features Recap → Internet Identity (login without passwords) → On-chain AI + LLMs → Direct Bitcoin integration → EVM RPC layer (for Ethereum devs) → Full censorship resistance → Privacy tools like vetKeys (coming soon) A chain built for both AI and apps.
Most dApps still host their frontends on centralized servers. Raymond Khalife from @dfinity explains how the Internet Computer serves web frontends directly from smart contracts using: - HTTP gateways - Certified data - The Asset Canister Apps like @OpenChat and ICP Ninja already run fully onchain.
9/ Major Milestones: 2017–2018: Seed + VC rounds (~$195M raised) 2020: SDKs & dev access open May 2021: Mainnet Genesis 2023–2024: BTC + ETH integration 2025: AI milestone on-chain LLMs via Caffeine AI ICP went from “broken promise” to “AI-native blockchain.”
10/ Caffeine AI changed everything. No-code app builder → create dApps just by chatting. Devs can now deploy AI agents on-chain, permanently, transparently. The Web3 “ChatGPT moment” is happening inside ICP.
11/ Recent Stats (Nov 2025): • Price: ~$7 (up 200%+ from summer) • TVL: +25% → $28M • 3rd-highest new developer influx in 2024 • 94 TiB network storage • Partnerships: UNDP, Cambodia gov’t ICP’s comeback isn’t narrative, it’s data-driven.
12/ Once called a failure, ICP is quietly becoming crypto’s most advanced L1. A chain that runs AI, serves websites, and scales infinitely. While others talk decentralization, ICP delivers it.
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