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.
Community discussion (cip-discuss)
Latest threads from the public mailing list where CIPs are debated before votes. Titles link to each topic; the list updates when this site is rebuilt.
- CIP-0105: Super Validator (SV) Staking
- CIP-0112: Token Standard V2
- CIP-TBD: Add Monex as SV of Weight 5 - Yo Nakagawa
- CIP-TBD: Process for Reducing Super Validator Weight - Alex Chen
- CIP-TBD: Featured App Staking - Eric Saraniecki
- CIP-TBD: Infrasingularity max weight 5 SV - Vitesh Malhotra
- CIP-0113: Add Further Asset Management as a Super Validator (Weight 8.0) - Yiannis Varelas
- CIP-TBD: Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) SV Program
- CIP-0103: dApp API - Towards Canton Network dApp Support
- CIP-0110: Add Apollo as max weight 7 SV
- CIP-0109: Visa Super Validator Participation
- CIP-TBD: Cap Per-Round Featured App Reward Share - Anthony Merriman
Source: lists.sync.global — if the preview fails to load, open the topics page directly.
Official CIP repository on GitHub ↗
CIP stats
110+ CIPs published
30+ contributors
4 categories: Governance, Tokenomics, Standards Track, Process
Key CIPs to know
| CIP | Title | Type | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
- CIP-0041 · Circle (Weight 10)
- CIP-0061 · Chainlink (Weight 7.5)
- CIP-0065 · LayerZero, Wormhole, Chainlink (Weight 3 each)
- CIP-0069 · Ledger (Weight 5)
- CIP-0081 · YZi Labs (Weight 10)
- CIP-0083 · DTCC
- CIP-0097 · Nasdaq
- CIP-0109 · Visa
- CIP-0110 · Apollo (Weight 7)
- CIP-0113 · Further Asset Mgmt (Weight 8)