canto
CANTO
Decentralized Finance
on Lightspeed Rails
>_Layer 1 blockchain Built to deliver on the promise of defi through innovative incentive mechanisms & cutting edge performance. Canto is accessible, Transparent, decentralized, and free.

Build on the best tech

CYCLONE Stack: A Parallel Execution EVM
Experience the speed and efficiency unlocked by Canto’s Parallel Execution Cyclone EVM. It combines speed with scalability to give builders the best possible platform for building applications.
5,000 TPS / Sub-Second Block Time

Transactions per Second

5,000

Time to Finality

300ms

Cost to Swap

< $0.01


LEVERAGE innovative financial primitives

NEOFINANCE
The Canto neofinance ecosystem consists of several primitives designed to enable transparent, competitive financial terms.
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Contract secured revenue
A distinct mechanism that enables novel methods of funding. Twenty percent of gas spent on an application is given to developers as a rebate in a composable manner.
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FREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Canto Bridge
Note
Canto’s native unit of account backed by Real world assets (RWA’s).
Partnered with leading issuers:
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Canto Bridge
Canto Dex
A zero-fee DEX with liquidity incentivized by the base chain.
Canto Bridge
Canto Lending market(CLM)
A lending market for borrowing & lending NOTE.

DISCOVER PROJECTS ON THE CANTO CHAIN
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Blank Rasa

Blank Rasa

Blank Rasa is a platform for discovering and trading NFTs. It features collections such as Canto Longneck, Shnoise, and Dead Ends.
1155.TECH

1155.TECH

1155.tech offers a marketplace for digital art with a unique feature - users can earn yield each time a key they own is involved in a transaction, whether it’s bought, sold, or burnt. The platform is developed by Atrium (producers of the NounsDAO movie) and is backed by Electric Capital.
Vivacity Finance

Vivacity Finance

Vivacity Finance offers an onchain, institutional grade lending market for real world assets on Canto. Users can lend their NOTE to borrowers to earn additional yield.
Cadence Protocol

Cadence Protocol

Intent-centric perpetuals aggregator with the most capital-efficient use of liquidity through the integration of RWAs, CSR, and LSDs. Built on Canto by ex-ConsenSys, Kraken & Amazon devs.