What is Acala and how does it work?

Acala provides backend infrastructure for traditional finance that is trusted by institutions like Coinbase, Figment, and Current.com. Acala’s application-specific blockchain (appchain) has built-in tools like a DEX, DOT liquid staking, and the aUSD over-collateralized stablecoin. Leverage these tools and native liquidity as a developer.

Where did Acala come from?

Acala has been worshiped throughout the Middle Ages and into modern times in Nepal, Tibet, China and Japan, where sculptural and pictorial representations of him are most often found.

Is Acala a cult?

Five variant depictions of Acala, from a 12th century handscroll Fudō Myōō (Acala), was never popular in Indian, Tibetan or even Chinese Buddhism , but in Japan it became the object of a flourishing cult with esoteric overtones.

Who is Acala Buddha acolyte?

Originally a minor deity described as a messenger or acolyte of the buddha Vairocana, Acala later rose to prominence as an object of veneration in his own right as a remover of obstacles and destroyer of evil, eventually becoming seen as the wrathful manifestation of either Vairocana, the buddha Akṣobhya, or the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.