Decentralization Manager proposal Decentralization Manager proposal #298 - Milestone 3: Ecosystem Adoption

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by pedrodneves16-06-2026
3.5M CC requested
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Milestone 3: Ecosystem Adoption

| Field | Details | | :---- | :---- | | Estimated Delivery | 3 months after Milestone 1 completion | | Focus | Proven ecosystem adoption of the Decentralization Manager by teams other than BitSafe | | Team | BitSafe (integration support, developer relations) |

| Milestone | CC Amount | Payment Trigger | | :---- | :---- | :---- | | M3 - Ecosystem Adoption | 3,500,000 CC | >=5 non-BitSafe applications in production on Canton MainNet using the Decentralization Manager, with live governance activity visible on-chain. Paid against each application adoption (700k CC each) |

Deliverables:

  • Integration support and office hours for external adopter teams
  • Developer documentation, sample plugins, and reference integration guides
  • At least two applications in production on Canton MainNet using the Decentralization Manager that are not operated by BitSafe
  • Case studies co-authored with the adopter teams

Value Proposition. Demonstrates that the tooling is genuinely a common good - other teams on Canton are building on it, not just BitSafe. This is the clearest possible evidence that the grant has delivered ecosystem value.

Acceptance Criteria. By the end of Milestone 3, at least two production applications meet all of the following:

  • Operated by an entity other than BitSafe.
  • Not a pre-existing BitSafe integration partner whose decentralized party setup was scoped before this grant. New partners only, or pre-existing partners whose use of the Decentralization Manager is materially independent of BitSafe's CBTC integration work.
  • Independent governance decisions observable on Canton MainNet, queryable via the on-chain governance audit trail (i.e., real propose/confirm/execute cycles initiated and signed by the third-party operator's own party members; BitSafe may be a member of that party).

_Originally posted by @pedrodneves in https://github.com/canton-foundation/canton-dev-fund/issues/298#issuecomment-4719331456_