Overview

This site is your introduction to the philosophy and technical architecture underlying the Canton Network and Digital Asset’s platform, which consists of the Canton blockchain, Daml smart contract language, and the building blocks for a variety of financial applications around tokenization. The table of contents on the left contains links to documentation about example applications, support and versioning, general references, and research publications.

Read more to understand the foundational principles for building, connecting, and operating applications on the Canton Network.

If you are looking for a high-level understanding of Daml and Canton, or for topics relevant to the entire ecosystem, this is the section for you.

• Introduction
  • Multi-party applications
  • The Canton Network
  • Unifi
  • Featured Use Cases
• Tutorials
• HowTos
• Explanations
  • Global Synchronizer
  • Canton
    • Protocols on One Synchronizer
    • Synchronizers
    • Security properties
    • Topology management
    • Participant nodes
    • Decentralization
    • Local and external parties
    • Multiple Synchronizers
    • Reliability
    • Pruning
    • Cryptographic keys in Canton
  • Ledger Model
    • Structure
    • Valid Ledgers
    • Privacy
    • Integrity
    • Time on Daml Ledgers
    • Causality
    • Synchronizer-aware projection
    • Daml: Define Contract Models Compactly
    • Exceptions
  • Comparison with other Ledgers
• References
  • Research
  • Releases and Versioning
    • Portability, Compatibility, and Support Durations
    • Status Definitions
  • Support
    • Support Checklist