# Celestia (TIA) — machine-readable summary

> FORTUNA SIGNAL · FORA-01 evidence dossier · Researched 2026-09-15 · https://ron-delhaye-studios.github.io/fortuna-signal-live/tokens/tia.html

## Definition
Celestia is the first modular data-availability blockchain: it orders and publishes transaction data (via 'blobs') for rollups and other chains but does not execute transactions itself, letting anyone launch a sovereign blockchain on top of its DA layer.

## What the holder owns (FORA-01 Q1)
Native asset of the Celestia network — pays for blobspace, staked to secure the validator set; holder owns the token itself (per available project docs; no whitepaper was found). Evidence: the open protocol — the token is the chain’s native unit by consensus rules; there is no issuer to claim against.

## Verification verdict
Class NATIVE (Native) — FORA-01 scale: verification, not a quality ranking.
q1 VERIFIED · q2–q5 N/A (structural — bearer-native asset)

## Plain-language utility
Fuel for the Celestia network — pays for data availability.

## Key risks & notes
No official token whitepaper could be fetched during this run; the project's original design document is the LazyLedger academic paper (linked from Celestia's own GitHub). Risks: unproven long-term demand for paid blobspace versus Ethereum blobs and EigenDA, large early-investor unlocks pressuring supply, and uncertain value accrual if rollups treat Celestia as a cheap commodity layer.

## Primary source
- (no whitepaper found — drawn from official project documentation)

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