OGAudit Web3 Research: @ergo_platform ergo:native - eUTXO PoW Layer-1 & Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Infrastructure. Ergo operates as a purpose built PoW Layer-1 blockchain explicitly engineered to deliver secure, composable and privacy preserving financial contracts without compromising long term decentralization or computational predictability:  - Ergo pairs Bitcoin’s UTXO transactional security with powerful smart contract capabilities via the Extended UTXO (eUTXO) framework and ErgoScript. This enables complex multi stage contracts like NiPoPOWs and algorithmic stablecoins with deterministic execution costs and offchain state verification before transaction submission.  - Driven by the Autolykos II memory hard PoW algorithm, Ergo prevents ASIC monopolization by optimizing for GPU mining. To eliminate state bloat, Ergo enforces onchain Storage Rent charging a small fee for UTXOs left untouched for 4+ years to recycle abandoned state storage and incentivize miners long term.  - ERG token functions as the native fuel for paying network execution gas fees, the mining reward asset securing Autolykos PoW consensus and the underlying collateral powering ecosystem DeFi protocols such as SigUSD and Rosen Bridge. Is this an indispensable PoW primitive powering resilient, contract rich financial self sovereignty or do miner hashrate migrations and developer onboarding hurdles constrain ERG market capitalization? Category: Proof of Work (PoW) / Layer 1 Coin Name: ergo:native Market Cap: $23.65M OG Score: 33 OG Score Rank: #196/952