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Canton Improvement Proposals (CIPs)

CIPs are the formal mechanism for proposing changes to the Canton Network. They cover governance, tokenomics, technical standards, and process. The official repository is maintained by the Canton Foundation.

Official CIP repository on GitHub ↗

CIP stats

110+ CIPs published
30+ contributors
4 categories: Governance, Tokenomics, Standards Track, Process

Key CIPs to know

CIPTitleTypeStatusSummary
CIP-0000 CIP Process Process Active Defines how CIPs are submitted, reviewed, and approved.
CIP-0056 Canton Token Standard Standards Final UTXO-based token model — Holdings, Instruments, and standard APIs for all CIP-56 compliant tokens.
CIP-0042 Stable Price per CC Transfer Governance Active Mechanism for stable synchronizer fees denominated per Canton Coin transfer.
CIP-0078 Canton Coin Fee Removal Tokenomics Final Removed CC transfer fees to encourage adoption and usage.
CIP-0082 5% Development Fund Governance Approved Establishes a Foundation-governed development fund from 5% of network rewards.
CIP-0086 ERC-20 Middleware Tokenomics Approved ERC-20 compatibility layer and distributed indexer for Canton Network.
CIP-0089 Migration to Canton 3.4 Standards Approved Synchronizer migration with downtime to Splice 0.5.0 / Canton 3.4.
CIP-0103 dApp Standard Standards Approved Standard for building decentralized applications on Canton.
CIP-0105 SV Locking Framework Tokenomics Approved Voluntary locking of SV rewards with 365-day vesting, increasing governance weight.
CIP-0107 24h Submission Delay Standards Approved 24-hour delay for end-user CC transactions for safety.

Super Validator onboarding CIPs

A large share of CIPs are governance proposals to add new Super Validators. Notable recent additions: