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Canton Improvement Proposals

CIPs are the design decisions that shape the Canton Network, from tokenomics and token standards to super-validator onboarding and protocol upgrades.

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ParticipantAug 5, 2026
CIP-TBD - Republic Market Integration on Canton, Request for Max Weight 1

Hello Everyone, Following the recommendations of the last office hours meeting, I am sending a draft of a new CIP submission for refinement. I look forward to working with the editorial team to advance this. If I am missing any crucial steps, I would appreciate any guidance from

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Wayne CollierAug 5, 2026
SV Governance CIPs

I d like to request clarification on the definition of threshold in the Effective at Threshold case. The July 28th version of the CIP says: Effective at Threshold votes will pass as soon as: [Passing Threshold] At least 66.67% of the votes submitted as “yes” or “no” were submitte

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David RichardsJul 31, 2026
CIP-0120 - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

Hey Alex, In response to your comment about traffic fees, as per CIP-0104 here confirmations don t cost the confirming validators cost traffic anymore - the traffic cost is reimbursed to the confirming validators. So it s expected that confirmation validators won t pay any traffi

CIP-0120
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David RichardsJul 31, 2026
CIP-0120 - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

Hey Anthony, Thanks for your review and questions. Answers below Plain text examples provided below. Current Implementation (Traffic Purchase-Based) In the current model, validator rewards are based entirely on the Canton Coin (CC) that is burned to purchase traffic, not based on

CIP-0120
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Simon MeierJul 30, 2026
Towards identity and party metadata standards

Hi all, I d like to share with you the 2026-06 - CNS 2.0 Proposal for Next Steps presentation , which summarizes the current thinking of the Identity and Metadata SIG ( #cf-identity-and-metadata ) on the first set of CIPs that will simplify identifying parties on Canton and assoc

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Alex ChenJul 29, 2026
CIP-0120 - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

Hi David, team, thanks for sending this into discuss - a lot of time and thought clearly went into it. One thing I d like to understand more is the reasoning behind further incentivizing / allocating a portion of validator rewards to confirming validators. I m just using illustra

CIP-0120
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Wayne CollierJul 29, 2026
SV Governance CIPs

Here s the current operational procedure for becoming an SV node operator, after the SVs have voted to allow an entity to operate an SV node: https://github.com/canton-foundation/configs/blob/main/Super%20Validator%20Operational%20Processes/onboarding-supervalidator-mainnet.md

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Erick HoJul 29, 2026
CIP-0120 - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

Send supports this proposal as well. This proposal ties incentives to the strong, yet overlooked, Canton primitive of networks of networks and decentralization. - Erick Ho Send Foundation

CIP-0120
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Anthony MerrimanJul 29, 2026
CIP-0120 - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

Hi all - this is really interesting! Thanks for all of your effort putting it together. I m posting some questions below mainly because the CIP itself is quite technical and I m guessing we aren t the only ones who can t draw economic conclusions directly from the proposal. Is it

CIP-0120
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Yiannis VarelasJul 29, 2026
DRAFT CIP - Traffic-Based Validator Rewards and Confirming Validator Incentives - David Richards, Simon Meier and Bernhard Elsner

David and team - thanks for working on this. I m echoing Kinga s comment on network resilience and decentralization. Five North has worked with DA and MPCH and already implemented 2-3 co-validation in our infrastructure and we see in reality how important this step is. We are ext

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Showing 1–10 of 109 proposals

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Moritz Kiefer·CIP-0119
Tokenomics
Approved

Free Canton Coin Transfer-Preapproval Base Duration

CIP-0096 removed validator liveness rewards. This introduced a bootstrapping problem: Most exchanges only support sending Canton Coin to parties that have preapprovals enabled. But enabling preapprovals requires paying a CC fee for their expiry duration.

ReadDiscussSourceJun 15, 2026
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Bernhard Elsner Simon Meier·CIP-0112
Standards Track
Approved

Canton Network Token Standard V2 - Improvements for Privacy, Performance and Traditional Accounting

This proposal outlines a set of improvements to the CIP-0056 token standard. These enhancements make the token standard more suitable for integration with trading and settlement venues across the TradFi and DeFi spectrum, as well as for on-chain securities that model holding and settlement via…

ReadDiscussSourceJun 12, 2026
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Sandy Kaul·CIP-0118
Governance
Approved

Add Franklin Templeton as a Super Validator (max weight 5)

Add Franklin Templeton as SV of max weight 5

ReadDiscussSourceJun 10, 2026
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Wayne Collier·CIP-0117
Standards Track
Approved

Logical Synchronizers

Logical Synchronizers provide an abstraction layer between physical synchronizer nodes and the Validators that rely on them. This abstraction allows the Validator node to connect to a single synchronization service, even as the underlying synchronizer nodes (the "physical" synchronizers) change…

ReadDiscussSourceJun 5, 2026
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Eric Saraniecki·CIP-0116
Tokenomics
Active

Featured App Staking

This proposal introduces per-party CC locking requirements for Featured App (FA) designation.

ReadDiscussSourceMay 20, 2026
SN
Salim Nemouchi·CIP-0115
Governance
Approved

Add Societe Generale as a Super Validator (max weight 8)

This CIP establishes a milestone-based Super Validator commitment framework for Societe Generale on the Canton Network.

ReadDiscussSourceApr 27, 2026
CZ
Chris Zuehlke·CIP-0111
Process
Approved

Process for Reducing Super Validator Weight

The CIP outlines the process by which the network reduces the weight of a Super Validator (“SV”) under certain circumstances. The process includes (i) a review of the circumstances associated with the SV, (ii) an off-chain governance procedure, and (iii) a corresponding on-chain vote and…

ReadDiscussSourceApr 23, 2026
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Mark Wendland·CIP-0114
Tokenomics
Approved

Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) SV Program

This proposal establishes a time-bound Super Validator (SV) program to encourage the formation and growth of Digital Asset Treasury companies (DATs) that provide investor access to Canton Coin (CC) and commit to long-term CC ownership.

ReadDiscussSourceApr 16, 2026
YV
Yiannis Varelas·CIP-0113
Governance
Approved

Add Further Asset Management as a Super Validator (Weight 8.0)

This proposal seeks to add Further Asset Management (“Further”) as a Super Validator (SV) on the Canton Network with a maximum reward weight of 8.0, earned through milestone-based delivery and perpetual economic sustainment. Further will act as a regional aggregation layer for the GCC, onboarding…

ReadDiscussSourceApr 1, 2026
YV
Yiannis Varelas·CIP-0110
Governance
Approved

Add Apollo as max weight 7 SV

This CIP proposes granting Apollo participation as a Super Validator (SV) with a maximum Weight of 7. Given Apollo’s scale and strategic role in alternative asset markets, their participation is expected to significantly advance the adoption of tokenized real-world assets and financing use cases on…

ReadDiscussSourceMar 24, 2026
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