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- IOTA hit 100 days with no downtime, 170M transactions, and growing daily activity.
- Starfish beta, DeFi scaling, stablecoins, and tokenized commodities set to expand ecosystem.
The IOTA network has reached its 100th day since the launch of its upgraded Mainnet, reporting steady growth and uninterrupted service throughout this period. Four on-chain updates were successfully completed with no downtime, and the network processed roughly 170 million transactions.
The address aggregate reached the figure of nearly 700,000, with daily active addresses reaching approximately 30,000 on average.
In this milestone period, 300 new smart contract packages were released, demonstrating the network’s continued development activity. The total package count is 317, and network statistics show 3.52 million objects in service. Maximum 30-day transaction volume reached 4,734 transactions per second, showing continued operational ability.
It’s time to celebrate – 100 days of the new IOTA Mainnet!
✅ No downtime
✅ 4 on-chain network upgrades without interruptions to service
✅ ~170 M transactions
✅ ~700 K total addresses
✅ 30k daily active addresses
✅ 300 new smart contract packages deployed
Thanks to our… pic.twitter.com/jwgUBukG9g— IOTA (@iota) August 13, 2025
Co-founder Dominik Schiener described the development by saying,
Such a big achievement and I’m really proud of our team and the amazing IOTA community.
He also laid out future plans, such as the Starfish consensus upgrade beta, scaling the DeFi environment, deploying bridges and stablecoins, and providing yield opportunities with tokenized physical commodities and trade receivables.
Major Protocol Shift and Network Upgrades
TokenLabs.network also praised the milestone, stating,
It’s a testament to the great work of the Foundation and the entire builder community. We’re proud to be an active part of this growth and excited for what we’ll all build together in the next 100 days.
In April 2025, IOTA presented the Starfish Consensus Protocol. The system, which is based on the Mysticeti protocol, aims for up to 150,000 transactions per second in throughput. An encoded cordial dissemination protocol is utilized for the communication of validators, and the system is still in testing prior to full implementation.
On May 5, 2025, IOTA released the Rebased Protocol as a replacement for the old Stardust system. This update brought permissionless delegated proof-of-stake validators, staking rewards, and in-native MoveVM-based smart contracts. The network throughput is now over 50,000 transactions per second and provides a basis for quicker decentralized applications.
Gas Station v0.2 Lets Users Interact Without IOTA Tokens
In the recent post, CNF reported on the release of Gas Station v0.2, enabling companies and developers to sponsor transaction fees for their users. The feature acts to simplify Web3 interaction by removing the obligation for users to hold IOTA tokens for interacting with the platform.
Community involvement has been the key to the network’s development, with contributors adding new smart contract packages and validators participating in staking processes. This has strengthened IOTA as a working Layer-1 blockchain with increasing engagement.
Market activity for the IOTA token has also been positive. As of the current update, the coin is trading at $0.218, representing a 3.04% increase over the past 24 hours. The volume of trading has increased by 51% to $44.02 million. The IOTA token has a circulating supply of 4.67 billion, with 3.95 billion in circulation.
