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This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0109) grants Visa participation as a Super Validator (SV) with a maximum weight of 10, aiming to bring credibility, alignment with global payment infrastructure, and meaningful contributions to network governance and adoption. The proposal establishes a milestone-based program for Visa to receive SV weight for initiatives that advance the Canton ecosystem, with confidential commitments and milestones reviewed by the Accountability Committee. This collaboration is expected to signal institutional confidence in Canton as a settlement layer for regulated, large-scale financial activity.

This CIP proposes adding Merkle Science as a Weight [ ] SV to the Canton Foundation to enhance network security and accelerate institutional adoption. Merkle Science will integrate its predictive analytics for real-time detection of illicit activities, providing a foundational security layer crucial for meeting regulatory obligations and attracting financial institutions. This integration is projected to onboard 100+ customers, generating significant annual transaction volumes and increasing the utility and burn of CC.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0107) introduces a 24-hour submission delay for end-user transactions in the Daml layer, making Canton fully compliant with the token standard. The mechanism involves creating a new `ExternalPartyConfigState` contract that stores relevant information from the latest `OpenMiningRound` contract, which is active for 48 hours and copied every 24 hours. This change will impact the token standard implementation of CC, requiring it to rely on `ExternalPartyAmuletRules` and `ExternalPartyConfigState` instead of `AmuletRules` and `OpenMiningRound`.

QCP Group has been approved as a Super Validator in the Canton Network with a maximum potential weight of 5.0, contingent on achieving specific milestones related to institutional adoption, application delivery, and network economic activity. To earn the full weight, QCP must develop an institutional collateral application, onboard 10 tokenized money market funds, and achieve a certain level of Canton Coin burn through application-driven network activity. This partnership aims to strengthen Canton's institutional on-chain settlement capabilities and utility proposition.

Here is a 2-3 sentence summary of the CIP-105: This proposal introduces a long-term locking and commitment framework for Super Validators (SVs) on the Canton Network, aligning their incentives with the network's long-term success and reducing incentives for short-term behavior. SVs may elect to lock a portion of their lifetime earned SV rewards to maintain forward Super Validator Weight, with the locked amount directly tied to their influence on the network. This framework replaces reputational assurances with cryptographic proof of alignment, promoting a more transparent and objective system.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0104) aims to improve app reward incentives by basing them on actual traffic spent on transactions that change the state managed by the app, rather than relying on featured app markers. The proposal also makes protocol-conformant confirmation responses free to foster decentralization and reduce transaction costs. This change is expected to improve the throughput of the Global Synchronizer and reduce the transaction cost of app transactions.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP-0103) introduces a vendor-neutral dApp API that decouples network connectivity and key management from decentralized applications, enabling users to access any application with a validator and signing provider of their choice. The dApp API provides a standardized set of primitives for interacting with the Canton Network, emphasizing a minimal, interoperable surface with strict semantics for requests, responses, and errors. By standardizing the interface, the API promotes seamless interoperability between dApp clients and wallets, reducing friction, increasing integration effort, and elevating security.

CIP-0102 adds Tharimmune as a weight 4 Super Validator (SV) on the Global Synchronizer, with reward weight granted via escrow and released in tranches as milestones are delivered. Tharimmune, a Canton ecosystem-focused digital asset treasury company, will strengthen decentralization and provide public-goods contributions to the network. By completing specific deliverables, such as publishing quarterly ecosystem research reports and holding public community webinars, Tharimmune can earn up to 4 reward weight.

This CIP-0100 establishes the governance framework for the CIP-0082 Development Fund, which is a 5% fund set aside for long-term investment in the Canton protocol. The fund will be managed by the Foundation, with community participation through Foundation processes, and will require quarterly reports and annual audits. The governance structure prioritizes strategic topics and sets up contributors for success, ensuring the fund's effectiveness and rate are formally reviewed every 12 months.

This Canton Improvement Proposal, CIP-0099, modifies the adoption incentive structure to account for the deployment of USDCx instead of native USDC. The proposal extends the enablement period for USDCx integration and adjusts the incentive schedule to measure adoption on USDCx volume and other similar assets. This change provides additional time and flexibility for zerohash to meet the original milestones and outcomes.

This CIP-0098 proposal caps per-transaction Application Rewards at $1.50 to prevent outsized and asymmetric incentives during periods of low network activity. The cap ensures that rewards remain correlated to fee generation, maintaining a 50% positive expected value relative to fees in low-load periods. By capping rewards, the proposal strengthens the economic sustainability of the Featured App reward system while preserving incentives for genuine adoption.

This CIP-0097 proposal grants Nasdaq participation as a Super Validator (SV) with Weight 10, bringing credibility and alignment with traditional financial infrastructure to the Canton ecosystem. The proposal establishes a milestone-based program for Nasdaq to receive SV Weight for initiatives that advance the Canton ecosystem, with confidential commitments reviewed by the Accountability Committee. This participation is expected to contribute meaningfully to network governance and adoption.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0096) aims to mitigate the free rider problem by reducing liveness rewards for validators, encouraging participation and adding utility to the network. The proposal will gradually decrease liveness rewards over a four-stage schedule, culminating in a complete removal of liveness rewards on April 30. The changes will be implemented through four on-chain votes, with each stage taking effect on a specified timeline.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0095) aims to onboard Mesh, a global payments network, to Canton MainNet with rewards tied to successful integration, early readiness, and on-chain adoption. The proposal awards up to Weight 10, with rewards including a +2 bonus for completing production readiness within 180 days, up to +3 adoption bonuses for notional transactions on Canton, and a time-based acceleration reward. Successful integration is expected to establish a cornerstone for payment flows on Canton, mobilize major stablecoins, and provide critical infrastructure for institutional payment companies.

CIP 0094 adds Blockdaemon as a Super Validator to the Canton Network with a weight of 5.0, contingent on achieving measurable institutional adoption milestones. Blockdaemon will contribute to the network by operating geographically distributed validator clusters, providing institutional-grade MPC wallets, and driving institutional interest in Canton. This contribution is expected to deliver immediate economic inflows, enhance decentralization, and professionalize Canton's validator and custody landscape.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP-0093) adds Bosphorus SV (BSV) as a Super Validator with a maximum weight of 6, allowing it to drive user and transaction adoption across Eurasia and the Middle East. BSV will focus on promoting institutional adoption of stablecoins, tokenized Treasuries, and other real-world assets, with rewards tied to on-chain burn generated by its onboarding efforts. This proposal is expected to expand the Canton Network's reach and adoption in the region.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0092) recommends a 10-day transition period for Super Validator (SV) operators to move from fixed on-chain conversion rates to dynamic market-based price feeds after the listing of Canton Coin (CC). During this period, SVs must update their votes for the median price at least once every 24 hours, using reasonable reference prices. This controlled transition aims to maintain stability while allowing SVs to progressively align the on-chain rate with observed market prices.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP 0091) adds Zenith as a Super Validator (SV) of weight 10, enabling participants to run execution environments using arbitrary VMs deployed as Virtual Blockchains (VBs) on Zenith, which can interoperate with Canton subnets and be verifiably settled on Canton Mainnet. The proposal aims to address Canton's priorities of global composability, privacy, and regulatory compliance by extending Canton's Polyglot strategy with VBs. Zenith's integration with Canton will provide atomic transaction confirmations, ZK-proof-based settlement, and connectivity with ecosystems like Ethereum, Base, and Solana.

This CIP proposes onboarding USDT0 to Canton MainNet with rewards tied to milestones such as MVP go-live, Native integration go-live, and on-chain adoption. The rewards include a base weight of 1, with up to +2 acceleration for early readiness and up to +2 adoption bonus for significant notional transactions. Successful onboarding is expected to accelerate liquidity, collateral utility, and payment use-cases on Canton.

This Canton Improvement Proposal (CIP-0089) outlines a planned upgrade from Canton 3.3 to Canton 3.4, requiring a Major Upgrade with Downtime for Super Validators and Validators. The upgrade involves a synchronized operational procedure, pausing the synchronizer until completion, and has been tested on DevNet, TestNet, and MainNet for previous Canton releases. The proposed upgrade dates are November 12, 2025, for DevNet, November 26, 2025, for TestNet, and December 10, 2025, for MainNet.