- IOTA reports 100 days of mainnet uptime with no service interruptions.
- The team outlines a Starfish consensus beta and a broader DeFi rollout.
IOTA marked 100 days of continuous operation on its relaunched mainnet, citing zero downtime, four on-chain upgrades executed without service interruption, and roughly 170 million transactions during the period.
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
IOTA details four live upgrades and activity metrics since relaunch
The foundation reported that the network completed four protocol upgrades while maintaining availability throughout the 100-day window.
According to the update, the chain processed about 170 million transactions and expanded to approximately 700,000 total addresses. Daily active addresses averaged around 30,000 over the period, while developers deployed 300 new smart contract packages.
The figures provide a snapshot of near-term activity rather than a multi-year trend. They highlight throughput and operational stability during the first months of the new mainnet’s lifecycle, alongside steady participation from end users and developers.
In on-chain terms, the cadence of upgrades without service disruption reflects a governance and release process designed to ship network changes while minimizing interruptions to validators, application teams, and liquidity providers.
For builders, the addition of hundreds of smart contract packages indicates an expanding library of on-chain components that can be combined for decentralized exchange venues, lending protocols, and data services.
For users, the growth in total and daily active addresses points to a broader base of wallets interacting with applications, minting and transferring tokens, or executing contract calls.
Roadmap targets Starfish consensus beta, DeFi scaleup, bridges and stablecoins
Looking ahead, IOTA’s leadership outlined several priorities. A beta release of the Starfish consensus upgrade is planned to target higher scalability, broader decentralization, and additional stability.
Such a big achievement and I'm really proud of our team and the amazing IOTA community 👏
What comes next?
– Starfish consensus upgrade beta (even greater scalability, decentralization and stability)
– Scaleup of our DeFi ecosystem
– Bridges and stablecoins
– Real yield… https://t.co/VnW4UZXfLN— Dominik Schiener (@DomSchiener) August 13, 2025
The team also intends to scale its DeFi ecosystem with new applications and liquidity programs. Cross-chain bridges and stablecoins are on the near-term agenda to improve asset mobility and unit-of-account utility across protocols.
In parallel, IOTA signaled work on tokenized real-world asset initiatives. The near-term focus includes structures for physical commodities and trade receivables that are designed to generate on-chain cash flows.
That effort aims to connect institutional workflows with smart contracts and standardized token formats, creating instrument types that can settle and report directly on the ledger. The roadmap further references additional decentralized applications that will be released as supporting infrastructure matures.
Execution will depend on network security reviews, liquidity depth for stablecoin pairs, and the operational readiness of bridges.
Metrics such as sustained daily active addresses, contract deployments, and transaction composition across transfers and contract calls will indicate whether usage broadens alongside the planned feature set.
For now, the network’s first 100 days capture a period of uninterrupted service, multiple protocol changes in production, and activity measures that the foundation will seek to extend with the forthcoming upgrades.
At the time of this update, MIOTA is trading at exactly $0.21825 USD, reflecting a +0.00900 USD (≈4.30%) increase over the prior 24-hour close .
