Injective (INJ) is a layer-one blockchain that aims to power the next generation of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. These applications may include decentralized spot and derivatives exchanges, prediction markets, and lending protocols. Injective strives to provide core financial infrastructure primitives that applications can leverage, such as a fully decentralized on-chain orderbook. It also aims to support all forms of financial markets, including spot, perpetual, futures, and options, all fully on-chain. The blockchain is compatible with Ethereum, IBC-enabled blockchains, and non-EVM chains like Solana. Injective is built with the Cosmos SDK and uses a Tendermint-based Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism.