What is Canton?
A privacy-enabled blockchain for institutional finance — tokenized assets, atomic settlement, and DAML smart contracts. Backed by DTCC, Goldman Sachs, Broadridge, and 45+ Super Validators.
Learn Canton Network
Independent, unofficial educational hub for Canton Network, DAML smart contracts, and the institutional blockchain ecosystem — open source and maintained by the community. Some materials are aggregated or refreshed using editor-assisted workflows, including AI agents and automation, which may introduce errors or omissions. Always verify against official documentation.
Bitcoin (BTC) --
Canton Coin (CC) --
CC / BTC -- sats / CC
Implied from CoinGecko USD prices — not an on-chain pair.
Implied sats per CC (USD cross) Pre-rendered at each site build from CoinGecko (longest available range vs BTC USD) · EMA-smoothed curve · markers: Raw high / Raw low (unsmoothed implied series) and latest data (series end, build-time; label right-aligned on chart). Live BTC/CC row above refreshes in the browser.
Chart SVG is generated at build time. Run `npm run chart:build` locally, or `npm run build`, then refresh.
Canton Network Health Index
Five-layer scorecard (0–100) from the CC Privacy Club dynamic outlook model — snapshot data, not investment advice.
Overall Health Score
64.3
Transition / improvingModel readout
The model currently treats Canton as a transition-stage network: Burn Offset is improving, but active identity breadth and activity concentration remain the main structural risks. The price forecast is conditional on USD Traffic growth and the market premium over the flow anchor.
12-month scenario band
- Bear $0.062 30% probability
- Base $0.119 50% probability
- Bull $0.217 20% probability
Composite indices
- Adoption
- Token equilibrium
- Validator health
- Economic breadth
- FA capital absorption
Network snapshot
- CC price
- $0.119
- Burn Offset
- 72.6%
- 30d active parties
- 30,870
- Live validator ratio
- 53.0%
- Active party ratio
- 3.5%
- Top-2 concentration
- 50.5%
- 12m weighted price
- $0.121
- Flow anchor
- $0.086
Layer metrics
| Metric | Current | Target | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30d active party ratio | 3.5% | 10.0% | 35.0 |
| Transfers per active party | 211.53 | 200.00 | 100.0 |
| Burn Offset | 72.6% | 100.0% | 72.6 |
| Live validator ratio | 53.0% | 70.0% | 75.7 |
| Active SV physical nodes | 44 | 60 | 73.3 |
| Top-2 activity concentration | 50.5% | 30.0% | 70.7 |
| Top-8 activity concentration | 70.8% | 60.0% | 73.0 |
| FA locked / supply | 3.0% | 5.0% | 60.8 |
Educational model snapshot sourced from CCView, CantonNews, and CIP references. Thresholds are provisional; verify live metrics at ccview.io and official docs. Not financial advice.
Who is this for?
Developers, researchers, and teams who want a structured entry point into Canton before reading primary sources.
Governance via CIPs
Canton evolves through Canton Improvement Proposals (CIPs) — covering tokenomics, Super Validator onboarding, standards, and protocol upgrades.
Active community
98,000+ Discord members, ongoing governance votes, and a Protocol Development Fund open to external builders.
Latest updates
View all news →Canton Network receives 22 new validator applications spanning finance, infrastructure, and real-world use cases
CantonNews (September 10, 2026): Twenty-two organizations have submitted Canton Network validator operator applications ahead of a September 16, 2026 deadline for existing participants to raise concerns before implicit approval. The batch spans enterprise tooling (0SUM, building Canton accounting and compliance software), cross-chain RWA infrastructure (OnChain Bridges via Chainlink CCIP), yield products (Privarax YieldNotes in Singapore), payments (Apirone), and infrastructure operators (Alaino, Gamisama, Sportzer). A large Indonesian cohort is building privacy-enabled use-case templates—vehicle-credit transfers, group funding, inherited property shares, bilateral atomic swaps ported from Solidity to Daml, order financing, cooling-off records, spice provenance, sealed procurement bidding, secondhand settlement, songwriter split sheets, building governance voting, pilgrimage escrow, and craft consignment—with Bahasa Indonesia documentation commitments. OneNov is developing OvDeFi; Zenix contributes node capacity. Applications are implicitly approved if no concerns are raised by September 16.
LSEG Super Validator proposal opens for discussion on Canton
CantonNews (September 9, 2026): London Stock Exchange Group could join Canton's Super Validator program under a proposal published September 8. Super Validators operate and govern the Global Synchronizer and vote on network proposals and protocol changes. The draft sets a maximum reward weight of 10 for LSEG, with access to rewards tied to verified milestone progress. Commercial commitments, deadlines, and individual milestones remain confidential—agreed privately with the Foundation's Tokenomics and Super Validator Accountability Committees, with public disclosure to follow when appropriate. LSEG would initially participate through a representative Super Validator operated by the Foundation or another approved provider. Before milestone rewards, LSEG must provide evidence of completed work and a Canton Coin earnings calculation; releases require Tokenomics review and authorization from two-thirds of Super Validator operators, with unearned weight removed if deadlines are missed. The draft remains open for discussion.
CC leads Canborsa's latest weekly trading update
CantonNews (September 9, 2026): Canton Coin was Canborsa's most-traded asset in its September 7 weekly update, with $1,187,222 in trading volume and 1,310 trades. Canborsa combines a self-custodial wallet, token swaps, and perpetual trading on Canton alongside Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain. Beyond crypto markets (Bitcoin, Ethereum, CC), the platform offers contracts linked to stocks, commodities, and indices—including Apple, Nvidia, gold, silver, and the S&P 500. Perpetual contracts provide price exposure without fixed expiry or share ownership. USDT, USDC, and USDCx serve as collateral with up to 30× leverage; RWA-linked markets trade around the clock outside traditional exchange hours.
Daily automated refresh
Each day at 20:00 China Standard Time (GMT+8), GitHub Actions runs a full build and deploy (runs may start up to about an hour later). Build-time refreshes below; narrative pages still follow the repo until you edit them or run the Cursor Skill.
- Home: implied sats/CC chart (CoinGecko → static SVG) and live price row logic in the browser
- CIPs: “hot topics” list from the public cip-discuss feed (Jina reader; optional Groups.io API key)
- News: “Last updated” timestamp from the build clock
- Site-wide: every static HTML route is regenerated on deploy
Help maintain this site
This site is open source and includes a Cursor AI Skill that auto-scans for Canton updates. Clone the repo, open in Cursor, and ask the Agent to refresh content — or edit manually and open a PR.
GitHub repo ↗Install the Skill (run in terminal):
git clone https://github.com/HashClawAI/canton-edu.git && cd canton-edu && npm install Then open the canton-edu folder in Cursor — the Skill at .cursor/skills/ is auto-detected.
Example commands for the Cursor Agent:
Scan for Canton updates and refresh the siteAdd recent Canton news to the News pageCheck for new CIPs and update the CIPs pageFind new Canton ecosystem projects and add them Or edit manually:
Fork → edit src/i18n/translations.ts (EN + ZH) → npm run build → open a PR Frequently asked questions
- What is CC Privacy Club?
- An open-source, community-maintained education site for Canton Network, DAML, and the institutional blockchain ecosystem. Live at ccprivacy.club.
- Is this an official Canton or Digital Asset website?
- No. This site is independent and unofficial. It aggregates educational material and links to primary sources; it is not reviewed or endorsed by Canton Foundation or Digital Asset.
- Where should I start learning Canton?
- Begin with the Learning path page, then open the developer docs knowledge base for source-linked notes and bilingual mirrors of docs.canton.network.
- What is Canton Coin (CC)?
- CC is Canton Network’s native token with a burn-and-mint equilibrium tied to network usage. See the Learning path and Resources pages for whitepaper links and market data sources.
- How often is the site updated?
- GitHub Actions rebuilds and deploys daily around 20:00 China Standard Time, refreshing charts, CIP hot topics, and news timestamps. Narrative pages update via community PRs or the canton-edu Cursor Skill.