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ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) regulations for crypto assets aim to address their environmental impact (e.g., energy-intensive mining), promote transparency, and ensure ethical governance practices to align the crypto industry with broader sustainability and societal goals. These regulations encourage compliance with standards that mitigate risks and foster trust in digital assets.
Name | Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH, Bitpanda GmbH |
Relevant legal entity identifier | 9845005X9B7N610K0093, 5493007WZ7IFULIL8G21 |
Name of the crypto-asset | Aptos Coin |
Consensus Mechanism | Aptos utilizes a Proof-of-Stake approach combined with a BFT consensus protocol to ensure high throughput, low latency, and secure transaction processing. Core Components: Parallel Execution: Transactions are processed concurrently using Block-STM, a parallel execution engine, enabling high performance and scalability. Leader-Based BFT: A leader is selected among validators to propose blocks, while others validate and finalize transactions. Dynamic Validator Rotation: Validators are rotated regularly, enhancing decentralization and preventing collusion. Instant Finality: Transactions achieve finality once validated, ensuring that they are irreversible. |
Incentive Mechanisms and Applicable Fees | Incentive Mechanism: Validator Rewards: Validators earn rewards in APT tokens for validating transactions and producing blocks. Rewards are distributed proportionally based on the stake of validators and their delegators. Delegator Participation: APT token holders can delegate their tokens to validators, earning a share of the staking rewards without running their own nodes. Slashing Mechanism: Validators face penalties, such as losing staked tokens, for malicious actions or prolonged inactivity, ensuring accountability and network security. Applicable Fees: Transaction Fees: Users pay transaction fees in APT tokens for sending transactions and interacting with smart contracts. Dynamic Fee Adjustment: Fees are dynamically adjusted based on network activity and resource usage, ensuring cost efficiency and preventing congestion. Fee Distribution: Transaction fees are distributed among validators and delegators, providing an additional incentive for network participation. |
Beginning of the period | 2024-09-09 |
End of the period | 2025-09-09 |
Energy consumption | 262800.00000 (kWh/a) |