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Canton Development Fund

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Milestone grants in Canton Coin for open protocol work, SDKs, security and shared infrastructure on the Canton Network.

Time left to apply

Anytime

Rolling: reviewed as applications arrive

RollingNo deadline

Apply to Canton Development Fund

Applications go through github.com. Expect a decision in about 6 weeks.

Grant stats

Grant size
Undisclosed
Largest grant
Not published
Paid in
Canton Coin
Payout
In milestones
Funding model
Rolling
Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision
6 weeks
From submission to an answer
Ecosystem
Canton

Checked Oct 1 against 1 source. Confirm amounts and dates on github.com before you apply.

About Canton Development Fund

The Canton Development Fund pays for open work that makes the Canton Network more useful, secure and resilient: core protocol research, developer tools and SDKs, security reviews, reference implementations and shared infrastructure. Canton has no premine or treasury, so the fund is fed by 5% of future Canton Coin emissions, set by CIP-0082.

You submit a proposal as a pull request to the canton-foundation/canton-dev-fund repository, either in answer to one of the Foundation's published Requests for Proposals or as your own initiative. Special Interest Groups and Core Contributors review it, the Tech & Ops Committee assesses it, and a five-member Voting Group makes the final call.

Grants are paid in Canton Coin after each milestone is accepted, and sizes vary widely: a community toolkit asked for 200,000 CC, while OpenZeppelin's accepted ecosystem stack proposal totals about 28.4M CC. The fund only supports work that is a common good for the ecosystem, not private or proprietary products.

Funded before

  • OpenZeppelin
  • Kaiko
  • Certora

What they fund

  • Network stability, maintainability and Super Validator monitoring
  • Scaling: multi-synchronizer architecture and BFT throughput
  • Developer experience: SDKs, token and wallet standards, documentation and training
  • Security auditing, hardening and resilience
  • DeFi liquidity seeding where needed for early utility

Who can apply

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How applying works

  1. 1

    Read the roadmap

    Check the 2026 to 2028 strategic roadmap and RFPs, and decide whether you are answering an RFP or proposing your own initiative.

  2. 2

    Open a pull request

    Fork the repository, add your proposal from the template with milestones, acceptance criteria and a CC funding breakdown, and title it 'Proposal: <name>'.

  3. 3

    Community and SIG review

    SIG members and Core Contributors review and help refine the proposal, with a security review where relevant.

  4. 4

    Committee decision

    The Tech & Ops Committee assesses it and the Voting Group gives final approval.

  5. 5

    Milestone payments

    Canton Coin is released only after each milestone is accepted.

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FAQ

When does Canton Development Fund close?
Canton Development Fund has no deadline. Applications are reviewed as they arrive, so you can apply whenever your proposal is ready.
How much can I get?
The program doesn't publish a range; amounts are set per proposal.
How long until I hear back?
About 6 weeks from submission to a decision, going by the program's own process or past rounds.
Where do I apply?
On the official site, github.com. web3grant links there directly and never takes applications itself.

Sources

Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on github.com before you apply.

  1. github.com/canton-foundation/canton-dev-fund
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