0G Labs (0G)

Overview

0G, short for Zero Gravity, is a blockchain network built for applications that use artificial intelligence. Its native token is also called 0G. The network brings together four services: a blockchain for recording transactions, storage for large files, computing power for running AI models, and a data availability service that helps applications retrieve information when they need it. These services can work together, but developers can also use them separately. (docs.0g.ai)

The basic idea is that an AI application needs more than a place to record payments. It may need to store a model, process a request, save the result, and let someone check what happened. 0G aims to provide those pieces in one connected system. Its token pays for activity on the network and helps support the people and machines that operate it. (docs.0g.ai)

History & Team

From research to mainnet

0G was co-founded in 2023 by Michael Heinrich, Ming Wu, Fan Long, and Thomas Yao. Heinrich serves as CEO and Wu as chief technology officer. Long’s work centers on strategy and security, while Yao leads business development. Wu and Long previously worked on the Conflux blockchain; Heinrich and Yao brought experience in startups and investing. Their combined backgrounds shaped a project focused on the technical demands of decentralized AI. (0g.ai)

The project announced a pre-seed funding round of more than $35 million in March 2024. Later that year, it announced a $40 million seed round led by Hack VC, with participants including Delphi Ventures, OKX Ventures, Samsung Next, and Animoca Brands. The 0G Foundation was established to support the network’s development and wider ecosystem. After several testnets, the Aristotle mainnet launched in September 2025, allowing the network and its native token to move into live use. (0g.ai)

Technology & How It Works

A chain built alongside storage and compute

0G Chain is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM. This means developers familiar with Ethereum tools can use a similar approach to write smart contracts on 0G. The chain separates consensus—how network participants agree on transactions—from execution—how transactions and smart contracts are processed. It uses an optimized form of CometBFT consensus. Project documentation reports throughput of about 11,000 transactions per second per shard, while further scaling methods remain part of its development plans. (docs.0g.ai)

AI also needs room for data. 0G Storage uses an immutable log layer for information that is written and then kept, such as training datasets or archives. A mutable key-value layer supports information that changes, such as user profiles or game state. Storage providers are checked through Proof of Random Access: they respond to challenges that show they can retrieve the data they have agreed to hold. (docs.0g.ai)

0G Compute connects developers who need AI processing with providers offering computing hardware. An application can send a model request, receive a result, and pay for the work performed. The wider system uses methods such as signed records and hardware-based trusted execution environments to make parts of that process verifiable. Its data availability service handles another task: making published data accessible for checking and reuse. Together, these components let an application store information, run AI, and record actions without placing every large file directly in a blockchain transaction. (docs.0g.ai)

Tokenomics & Utility

Supply, distribution, and network roles

0G’s announced supply at its token generation event was one billion tokens. The published allocation assigned 56% to the community and ecosystem: 28% for ecosystem growth, 15% for AI Alignment Node rewards, and 13% for community rewards. The other 44% was divided equally between the team, contributors and advisers, and early backers. Ecosystem funds are intended to support work such as developer grants, research, and infrastructure. (0g.ai)

Those allocations do not all enter use at once. The project’s release schedule stated that 21.32% of total supply would unlock at launch, drawn from community and ecosystem categories. Team and backer allocations have a 12-month lock-up after the token generation event, followed by vesting over 36 months. This schedule spreads token distribution across several years. (0g.ai)

The native coin pays gas, the fee for transactions on 0G Chain. It can also be delegated to validators, which help secure the chain. Storage providers can earn network rewards for maintaining accessible data, while 0G Private Computer uses the token to settle AI inference requests. AI Alignment Nodes have a separate reward allocation tied to their role in the project’s verification infrastructure. These uses connect the token to both ordinary blockchain activity and the AI services built around it. (docs.0g.ai)

Ecosystem & Use Cases

What builders can make

An AI agent is software that can carry out tasks for a user. On 0G, an agent might keep its memory in distributed storage, call a model through the compute network, and record an action on the chain. A developer could use the same tools to build a research assistant, a game with changing characters, or an application that checks and records AI-generated results. Because the services are modular, an app built on another chain can also use selected 0G services. (docs.0g.ai)

0G Private Computer gives developers access to AI models through one interface for tasks including chat, image, speech, and vision processing. The project also supports tools for AI-agent identity and applications that combine AI with onchain finance or gaming. In its report on the first half of 2026, 0G counted more than 350 projects using more than 400 integrations across its stack. One project may account for several integrations when it uses the chain, storage, and compute together. (0g.ai)

Advantages & Challenges

0G’s main design advantage is its modular structure. Large datasets can go to storage, processing jobs can go to compute providers, and transactions can go to the chain. Developers can choose the parts that suit an application instead of treating every task as a blockchain transaction. EVM compatibility also gives Ethereum developers familiar tools for building on the network. (docs.0g.ai)

The challenge is making these separate parts work well together as use grows. An AI application depends on timely data retrieval, available computing hardware, clear payment flows, and useful ways to verify results. Developers must decide which information belongs onchain, which belongs in storage, and how users will understand the links between them. Expanding an ecosystem also means turning technical integrations into applications that people return to and use. These are practical measures of how well 0G’s architecture serves its purpose. (docs.0g.ai)

Where to Buy & Wallets

0G is available on exchanges including Binance.US, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, Gate, and KuCoin. Supported venues and withdrawal networks vary by location and platform. The project’s purchase guide also describes ways to move 0G between its mainnet and other supported chains. Native 0G on mainnet is the coin used for chain gas and staking. (get.0g.ai)

MetaMask and Rabby can hold native 0G after the 0G network is added. Other supported wallet options include OKX Wallet, Bitget Wallet, Ledger, and Safe. When setting up a wallet or withdrawing from an exchange, the selected network needs to match the form of 0G being sent. The mainnet’s chain ID is 16661. (get.0g.ai)

Regulatory & Compliance

Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. identifies itself as a Delaware corporation in its service terms. Those terms restrict access to its company-operated services from specified territories and sanctioned persons. They also bar uses such as fraud, money laundering, and market manipulation. In the United States, rules for a crypto asset can depend on how it is offered and sold, while digital-asset transactions may create tax reporting duties. In the European Union, the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework sets rules for covered crypto-asset activities and service providers. (0g.ai)

0G’s halal or Shariah-compliant status requires a project-specific assessment; its use for AI services does not, by itself, establish a ruling. Such an assessment would consider how tokens are issued and used, the rights attached to them, and the terms of activities such as staking. For example, Malaysia’s Securities Commission Shariah Advisory Council assesses digital tokens using criteria that include the use of issuance proceeds and the rights and benefits attached to a token. Its resolution applies within its stated regulatory scope rather than giving every digital asset the same classification. (sc.com.my)

Future Outlook

0G’s direction is toward more connected AI tools: models that developers can call, storage that keeps data available, and agent identities that help link actions to their source. Its 2026 ecosystem report points to further work on private and verifiable AI, model access, and applications that use several layers of the stack. Proposed chain upgrades include changes to consensus and transaction processing. The lasting test for the network will be whether builders can use these pieces simply and reliably in working products. (0g.ai)

Summary

0G combines a live EVM-compatible blockchain with storage, computing, and data availability services designed around AI applications. The 0G token connects those services through transaction fees, staking, service payments, and network rewards. Its place in the crypto ecosystem rests on a clear idea: AI applications need ways to process data and make their actions checkable, as well as a chain on which to record them. (docs.0g.ai)