What is Canton?

The Canton Network is a layer 1 smart contract blockchain with configurable privacy and controls solving for public network adoption of RWAs and TradFi institutions. The network uses a two-tier consensus mechanism allowing for unlimited horizontal scalability of the network while maintaining full smart contract interoperability across it. The Global Synchronizer acts as a network backbone for the ecosystem. Canton Coin (CC) is a utility token used to pay application and infrastructure fees on the Global Synchronizer, as well as to incentivize and reward network stakeholders.…