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2026-09-26 · 6 min read

What AntelopeIO is (and how it relates to Vaulta)

EOSIO was the original open-source stack. AntelopeIO is the continuation used by Vaulta and other chains: Leap (nodeos), the Contract Development Toolkit, and the same account, resource, and producer model.

Vaulta did not start a new chain id. It kept the EOS mainnet id and moved the native token to A on core.vaulta. Software upgrades still land through producer agreement and system-contract deploys.

If you write contracts, the documented compiler path is Antelope CDT (github.com/AntelopeIO/cdt). Blocksfinity contract tests in-repo point at that toolkit. WharfKit is the browser/session layer most community apps, including this site, use to sign.

“Antelope” in marketing is not a second coin. It is the engine. Vaulta is this public chain. EOS Support is a producer on that engine.