Avalanche Introduces Gross Chain Income (GCI) Metric

The Avalanche Foundation has introduced the Gross Chain Income (GCI) metric to measure the distribution of value generated within the blockchain ecosystem. GCI tracks the flow of income to ecosystem participants such as validators, developers, and liquidity providers, including revenues generated both on-chain and off-chain. This metric applies the national income accounting method of economies to blockchain, focusing on distinguishing the attribution of value created on the chain rather than transaction volumes or asset prices. GCI originated from the Gross Chain Production (GCP) metric released on May 7, which is described as an output indicator of the blockchain economy. GCI provides an analytical framework to differentiate income by participant, assessing the incentive structure of the protocol and the state of value distribution. The Avalanche ecosystem, applying C-chain data from January 2025 to March 2026, recorded a nominal GCP decrease of 60%, while the real GCP index fell to 75, representing a 25% decline. GCI serves as an analytical indicator for ecosystem operation and incentive design, but it is not a direct indicator of Avalanche's price direction.

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