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The Global Synchronizer

Unlock atomic transactions across independent blockchains

The Global Synchronizer

Unlock atomic transactions across independent blockchains

The Global Synchronizer is a decentralized and transparently governed interoperability service for the Canton Network, addressing financial industry calls for unifying infrastructure to connect, drive liquidity and unleash the full potential of tokenized assets.

Canton Network Global Synchronizer

Tokenize and mobilize regulated real-world assets with connectivity and control

Unlock cross-chain atomic transactions, while maintaining the privacy and independent controls regulated institutions require.

Independent control with composability

Create and deploy apps with total control over privacy and permissioning, and enable atomic smart contract calls across subnets - all without having to give up control to a shared pool of validators, or introducing bridges.

Privacy without compromise

The protocol ensures that only stakeholders see, validate and record their parts of a transaction, even when transactions span multiple applications and subnets.

The Global Synchronizer difference

Transaction-level interoperability

With the Global Synchronizer, direct, risk-free value exchange across independent blockchains becomes a reality. Think DeFi-like composability, but with TradFi-grade privacy and control.

The leading network for regulated real-world assets

Connect assets, applications and services in the network emerging as the leading venue for digital assets, tokenizing $1.5T+ of real-world assets every month.

Individual control. Collective success

Choose the most appropriate infrastructure for your requirements, leveraging the Global Synchronizer as needed, based on its utility and value to your use case.


The Global Synchronizer is a decentrally operated service, using a 2/3 majority Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocol for message ordering and confirmation, and BFT majority voting on governance changes.

Its infrastructure is operated by independently acting organizations that run components of the decentralized infrastructure called Super Validators, that coordinate activities via an on-chain governance application.

This ensures that no single party can control the Global Synchronizer.

Read the whitepaper

Decentralized operations

The Global Synchronizer is a decentrally operated service, using a 2/3 majority Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocol for message ordering and confirmation, and BFT majority voting on governance changes.

Its infrastructure is operated by independently acting organizations that run components of the decentralized infrastructure called Super Validators, that coordinate activities via an on-chain governance application.

This ensures that no single party can control the Global Synchronizer.

Read the whitepaper

Transparent governance

A new entity called the Global Synchronizer Foundation has been created in partnership with the Linux Foundation to coordinate the governance of the Global Synchronizer and lead efforts in growing the Global Synchronizer ecosystem.

The GSF provides transparency into Super Validator operations and has a node in the Global Synchronizer to take part in votes on behalf of its members.

Visit the Global Synchronizer Foundation

Rewarding connections

To further facilitate adoption and utility of the Global Synchronizer for the Canton Network, the organizations running the decentralized service voted to launch a native utility token called Canton Coin.

This digital token will be used from day 1 to pay for use of the Global Synchronizer and can be minted by those who provide utility to the network.

Canton Coin incentivizes application builders, users and infrastructure providers to use the Global Synchronizer, rewarding cross-application connections to unlock the value of synchronized finance.

Read the tokenomics whitepaper

Connect

Run a Validator node to participate in applications using the Global Synchronizer and provide utility to the Canton Network.

Get Connected

Build

Build applications that can use the Global Synchronizer to perform atomic cross-chain transactions and quickly bring your assets to the Canton Network ecosystem.

Discover use cases

Start building

Run

Find out more about contributing to the operation of the decentralized infrastructure, find out who is already participating or gain insight into Global Synchronizer governance and activities.

Visit the Global Synchronizer Foundation

Run the infrastructure

Further resources and insights

The Canton Network’s Global Synchronizer and Canton Coin Go Live

July 1, 2024

Read the Press Release for the launch of the Canton Network Global Synchronizer and Canton Coin—the network’s first public infrastructure and its utility token, Canton Coin.

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Canton Coin: A Canton-Network-native payment application

July 1, 2024

Canton Coin is a utility token launched as part of the Global Synchronizer. Designed to overcome enterprise adoption barriers of other networks and be compatible with an ecosystem used by regulated financial enterprises.

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Pilot report

April 29, 2024

Insights from the Canton Network Pilot: realizing connected, synchronized finance

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Testnet

July 27, 2023

Canton Network gains momentum: TestNet is now live

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