Avalanche is a decentralized platform that allows the creation and implementation of custom blockchain networks and applications. It was created in 2018 by Emin Gün Sirer, a computer science professor at Cornell University, and his team. Itis designed to process up to 4,500 transactions per second, which is significantly higher than many other blockchain networks. https://www.mobiloitte.com/blockchain/avalanche-blockchain-development/