Canton Network is a decentralized public permissioned blockchain built to meet the needs of institutional finance. It connects applications written in the Daml smart contract language across participants and organizations, allowing them to interoperate securely while maintaining privacy, governance autonomy, and regulatory compliance.

Unlike traditional blockchains that struggle with trade-offs between transparency, privacy, and scalability, Canton introduces a flexible architecture where each application can define its own privacy, permissions, and throughput rules. This design bridges decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance, enabling the tokenization of real-world assets, private stablecoin payments, and on-chain financing within a trusted network.

At the core of the ecosystem lies the Global Synchronizer, a decentralized coordination layer that ensures atomic settlement and seamless interaction between applications. Supporting this infrastructure is Canton Coin, the network’s native utility token, used to pay synchronization fees and incentivize developers, infrastructure providers, and users who contribute to the network’s growth and connectivity.