Cartesi is an application-specific rollup execution layer with a Linux runtime.
Cartesi Rollups can be deployed as a layer 2 (on top of Ethereum), as a layer 3 (on top of Optimism, Arbitrum, zkEVM chains, etc.), or as sovereign rollups. It opens up the design space for more expressive and computationally intensive blockchain applications.
CTSI is the native token of the project. The current use cases for CTSI include:
As of February 8th 2023, the total token supply of CTSI is 1,000,000,000. The current circulating supply is 654,107,666 (~65.41% of total supply)
Cartesi is an application-specific rollup execution layer with a Linux runtime.
Cartesi’s application-specific optimistic rollup framework enables a blockchain stack robust enough for developers to build computationally intensive and previously impossible decentralized use cases.
Supporting a Linux runtime environment, Cartesi’s RISC-V virtual machine allows developers to build decentralized applications with their favorite libraries, compilers, and other time-tested open-source tooling.
As layer one blockchains such as Ethereum continue to scale data availability, execution environments and computational layers such as Cartesi are poised to scale computational power exponentially.
Cartesi enables developers to create an entirely new wave of DApps not previously possible on Ethereum or layer 2s. It also allows developers to focus on what they’re building instead of where they’re building, or what inconvenient limitations they may otherwise need to contend with.
With each Cartesi DApp running on its own rollup, innovation can flourish without popular applications cannibalizing scarce blockspace at the expense of less established network participants. Decentralized applications are afforded all the computing power they need while maintaining cost predictability.
Cartesi Rollups are also highly customizable, giving DApps the possibility to charge different prices for different actions, choose their own data availability preferences, define their own validator sets, enable controlled private data disclosure, and more.
Cartesi is driven by a clear vision of the revolution that is about to take place in decentralized technologies. Cartesi Rollups is a laser-focused answer to the needs of this new environment.
Cartesi’s RISC-V virtual machine allows developers to import decades of open-source wisdom to blockchain applications and build decentralized applications with their favorite libraries, compilers, and other time-tested open-source tooling.
As a blockchain infrastructure technology project, Cartesi aims to provide the technological foundation from which builders, entrepreneurs, and projects will develop decentralized applications. The Cartesi technology suite is currently comprised of:
Cartesi Rollups: A modular execution layer based on an application-specific rollups design. The DApp-specific rollups architecture is a solution where each DApp will have its rollups instance, allowing computational gains higher than what is currently available in other general rollups solutions. Moreover, Cartesi's Linux VM allows a rich programming environment, bringing the DApp development experience closer to what is seen in mainstream markets. Cartesi Rollups is currently on testnet, and several developers, builders, and companies are working to build initial DApps and exploring the new frontier of what is possible to be done on blockchain. More than 7 DApps have been built from AI-machine learning, gaming, and IoT segments.
Cartesi Compute: A computational oracle for other L1 or L2 DApps. It offers an extra computational resource for smart contracts on the blockchain, which will call Cartesi to execute complex functions in a fully verifiable way. Cartesi Compute decentralizes computational tasks so that any honest validator node can enforce a correct result against a majority of validators presenting false claims. This project is currently entering its final stages and planning to be released soon.
Cartesi Explorer: The Cartesi explorer is a product that allows CTSI users to interact with the Noether PoS system and stake CTSI. The explorer is currently being upgraded to support Cartesi Rollups and provide extensive insight into transactions and statistics of DApps.
Noether: Noether is Cartesi’s proof-of-stake system for incentivized blockchain interactions. Node runners and stakers participating in Nother are financially rewarded for promptly executing future Cartesi Ecosystem services, such as the decentralized sequencer, voucher execution, liquidity providers, data availability, and validator claims.
Token Name | CTSI |
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Token Type | ERC-20 |
Seed Sale Allocation | 2.00% of the total token supply |
Seed Sale Token Price | 0.005 USD |
Seed Sale Date | August 1st - 31st, 2017 |
Amount Raised Seed Sale | 100,000 USD |
Private Sale Allocation | 5.00% of the total token supply |
Private Sale Token Price | 0.01 USD |
Private Sale Date | April 6th - May 21st, 2019 |
Amount Raised Private Sale | 500,000 USD |
Strategic Sale Allocation | 0.67% of the total token supply |
Strategic Sale Token Price | 0.03 USD |
Strategic Sale Date | December 22nd - 31st, 2019 |
Amount Raised Strategic Sale | 200,000 USD |
Launchpad Sale Allocation | 10.00% of the total token supply |
Launchpad Sale Price | 0.015 USD |
Amount Raised on Launchpad Sale | 1,500,000 USD |
Initial Circ. Supply When Listed on Binance | 192,733,334 CTSI (19.27%) |
Total Supply | 1,000,000,000 CTSI |
The Cartesi Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Cartesi technology and the decentralization of the Cartesi network. The Foundation’s mission is to be a supporting member of the Cartesi community alongside the many devoted contributors and participants that give Cartesi life through funding, education, grants, strategic alliances, and other focused activities.
The Cartesi Foundation releases regular transparency reports that include details on the foundation unlocks and where the CTSI is spent or allocated for governance purposes. The reports can be viewed via the transparency section on their blog here.
The Cartesi Foundation envisions a macroeconomy in the future involving minting and burning CTSI, which is yet to be implemented and not presented in the following chart. More details on the CTSI macroeconomy article can be reviewed here. CTSI rewards will come from the mine reserve until it is completely depleted, which will happen no earlier than 2026.
With Cartesi Rollups approaching mainnet and establishing its initial network of collaborators, it is introducing key changes toward decentralization. Cartesi's initial development team will keep its work on the roadmap, while the Foundation will sponsor new developers and teams to collaborate with new features and maintain the codebase. When it comes to proposing new features, gathering community feedback, and documenting design decisions, the Cartesi Foundation intends to use a Cartesi Improvement Proposal (CIP) system alongside its Community Grants Program. It is a formalized design document for the Cartesi community that gives information or describes a new feature for the Cartesi network, its processes, or the ecosystem in a concise and technically efficient way for the Cartesi community to understand. This CIP process allows the community to shape the future of Cartesi.
The token for Cartesi, CTSI, has been designed to intermediate protocol governance and to provide additional convenience and promptness to Cartesi DApps.
CTSI will also play an increasingly important role in terms of convenience and promptness for DApps through Noether. Noether is Cartesi’s proof-of-stake system for incentivized blockchain interactions. Node runners and stakers participating in Nother are financially rewarded for promptly executing future Cartesi Ecosystem services, such as the decentralized sequencer, voucher execution, liquidity providers, data availability, and validator claims.
Noether is also part of Cartesi's governance system. CTSI holders willing to participate in governance voting must first have their tokens delegated to a Noether pool manager.
Cartesi currently has a team of over 50 contributors, including over 10 external teams.
Please refer to the official site for the full list of contributors.
Cartesi publishes regular development recaps and also amplifies updates from all of its contributors on its community channels. View Cartesi Foundation’s regular updates and completed milestones here.
The Cartesi ecosystem has over 10+ external contributing teams, as well as 20+ DApps currently being built.
Several important contributors and relationships are outlined below. For a full view of DApps being built in the Cartesi ecosystem, see the showcase page here.
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