#IOST Overview
IOST was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Singapore, backed by top-tier global investment firms like Sequoia, Matrix, and ZhenFund.
IOST 3.0 is an innovative high-performance blockchain platform (comprising a compliant L1 mainnet and an L2 mainnet based on BSC), focusing on real-world assets and a multi-chain ecosystem, with the goal of bringing institutional-grade financial infrastructure into the Web3 space, building a bridge between TradFi and DeFi.
IOST 3.0 is deeply integrated with Layer 2 scaling tech, RWA tokenization schemes, DID verification systems, and the PayFi ecosystem, aiming to tackle the scalability, security, and usability challenges faced by mainstream blockchain tech in large-scale applications.