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The Canton Network is a public network for Daml smart contracts. On Canton, only the parties to a transaction see its data. LayerZero announced its integration with Canton on March 26, 2026. LayerZero connects assets on Canton to the other chains that LayerZero supports. Canton does not work like an account-based chain. Contracts are immutable records that only their stakeholders can see, and an identity is a party, not an address. Because of this, LayerZero on Canton uses the Virtual Endpoint Rollup (VER). An OApp creates a request contract on the ledger for each endpoint operation. A quorum of independent VER validators runs the endpoint logic and commits the result back to the ledger, where the OApp’s own contracts settle it.

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Canton and LayerZero

Canton applications use the Daml smart contract language. A Daml template defines a contract’s data and the choices (actions) that specific parties can exercise on it. Each party is hosted on a participant node (also called a validator node). The participant node stores only the contracts that its parties can see. The synchronizer orders transactions but does not store contract state.

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What Changes on Canton

Before you send tokens into Canton from another chain, read Send from Another Chain to Canton.

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Canton Guides

Getting Started on Canton

The differences from the EVM, and what a Canton integration needs.

Technical Overview

The Canton model as it affects LayerZero: parties, Daml, disclosure, packages, holdings, and fees.

Protocol Overview

How LayerZero runs on Canton: the Virtual Endpoint Rollup, LayerZero parties, and the message lifecycle.

OFT Deployment

Every step to connect an existing CIP-0056 token to LayerZero with an OFT adapter and wire it to an EVM chain.

Canton Coin

Bridge native Canton Coin on Canton to and from bridged CC on BSC, Solana, HyperEVM, and HyperCore.

LayerZero on Canton is not yet open for self-service integrations. The Canton packages and deployment tooling are not public, so Deploying an OFT on Canton marks each step that you complete with LayerZero Labs. To discuss integrating, contact the LayerZero team.

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Network Details

LayerZero’s Canton testnet deployment runs on the Global Synchronizer DevNet, not on Canton TestNet. For the DVNs that verify Canton Coin messages on Canton mainnet, see the Canton deployment page and DVN Providers.

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Tooling and Resources

For Canton fundamentals, see the Canton Network documentation. For validators, Super Validators, and the Global Synchronizer, see the Splice documentation. The token standard is CIP-0056. You can also ask questions or follow development in the Discord.