Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Tenzro Network, Tenzro Ledger, and TNZO token.
General
What is Tenzro Network?
Tenzro Network is a decentralized infrastructure protocol designed for the AI age, enabling humans and agents to access intelligence (AI models) and security (TEE enclaves for key management and confidential computing). The network supports autonomous systems taking action and conducting financial transactions.
What is Tenzro Ledger?
Tenzro Ledger is the L1 settlement layer — a purpose-built blockchain providing identity, security (TEE-based key management, ZK proofs), verification (credentials, attestations, proofs, inference results), and settlement (all in TNZO).
What is TNZO?
TNZO is the governance token used to pay transaction fees (gas), settle payments for AI inference and TEE services, stake for validation and governance, and reward providers who secure the network.
What is the current development status?
Tenzro Testnet is live. Developers can connect to the network, request testnet TNZO from the faucet, and start building. The platform is under active development with mainnet on the roadmap.
Technology
What consensus mechanism does Tenzro use?
HotStuff-2 BFT consensus with O(n) linear communication complexity. Validators running in TEEs (Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro, NVIDIA GPU CC) receive 2x weight in leader selection.
What VMs does Tenzro support?
Multi-VM runtime supporting EVM (Ethereum-compatible), SVM (Solana VM), and DAML (Canton/enterprise). Transactions are routed to the appropriate VM based on VmType.
Does Tenzro support account abstraction?
Yes. Full ERC-4337 account abstraction with EntryPoint, smart accounts, paymasters, and modules (SocialRecovery, SessionKey, SpendingLimit, Batching).
What ZK proof system does Tenzro use?
Groth16 SNARKs on BN254 (~128-bit security) with GPU-accelerated proving. Pre-built circuits for inference verification, settlement proof, and identity proof. Hybrid ZK-in-TEE combines cryptographic proofs with hardware attestation.
What TEE providers are supported?
Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro Enclaves, and NVIDIA GPU Confidential Computing (Hopper/Blackwell/Ada Lovelace). Runtime detection with attestation verification.
What cross-chain bridges are supported?
LayerZero V2 (omnichain messaging), Chainlink CCIP (DON-verified transfers), deBridge DLN (intent-based swaps), and Canton adapter (DAML 3.x enterprise ledger).
Identity & Payments
What is TDIP (Tenzro Decentralized Identity Protocol)?
TDIP is Tenzro's unified identity protocol for both humans and machines. It provides W3C DID-compatible identities (did:tenzro:human:uuid and did:tenzro:machine:controller:uuid), verifiable credentials, delegation scopes, and auto-provisioned MPC wallets.
Is PDIS still supported?
Yes. PDIS (Personal Data Identity Standard) is fully supported as a secondary identity standard alongside TDIP. Both did:tenzro: and did:pdis: formats are parsed and interoperable.
What payment protocols are supported?
MPP (Machine Payments Protocol), x402 (Coinbase HTTP 402), and Tempo network integration for stablecoin settlement. All protocols integrate with TDIP for identity-bound payments and delegation scope enforcement.
How do delegation scopes work?
Delegation scopes define fine-grained permissions for machine identities (AI agents). Controllers can set max transaction value, max daily spend, allowed operations, allowed contracts, time bounds, allowed payment protocols, and allowed chains.
AI Infrastructure
How does AI inference work on Tenzro?
Users discover models via the model registry, request inference through payment protocols (MPP/x402), providers deliver results with ZK proofs of correctness, settlement occurs via escrow release after proof verification. Micropayment channels enable per-token billing.
Can models run in TEEs?
Yes. Model providers can run AI models inside TEEs to protect model weights and user inputs. TEE attestations prove the model is running in genuine hardware with expected measurements.
What is the A2A protocol?
Agent-to-Agent protocol for secure, authenticated communication between AI agents. Supports message types for inference requests, payment requests, data requests, and capability queries. Integrates with MCP (Model Context Protocol) for interoperability with Claude and other MCP-enabled systems.
How do AI agents get wallets?
Every agent identity (machine identity in TDIP) receives an auto-provisioned MPC threshold wallet (default 2-of-3) during registration. No seed phrases required.
Economics
What is the network fee?
Default 0.5% on all settlements. Network fees flow to the treasury and are distributed to validators and providers through governance. Configurable by on-chain governance.
What is stTNZO?
Liquid staking token. Users stake TNZO to receive stTNZO with rebasing exchange rate. Supports multi-validator delegation, 10% protocol fee, and 7-day unbonding period. Enables liquidity for staked TNZO.
What is the token allocation?
Community allocation: 35-40%. Specific allocations to be determined by governance. Total supply managed on-chain via the token module.
How do providers earn revenue?
Model providers earn from inference requests (per-token pricing). TEE providers earn from confidential computing services. Validators earn from block rewards and transaction fees. All payments settled in TNZO.
Development
What SDKs are available?
Rust and TypeScript SDKs are coming soon. In the meantime, developers can interact with the network directly through the JSON-RPC endpoints at rpc.tenzro.network, the MCP server, and the A2A protocol server.
Is there a testnet?
Yes. Tenzro Testnet is live. You can connect to the network at rpc.tenzro.network, request testnet TNZO from the faucet, and interact with all protocol endpoints including MCP and A2A servers.
How do I contribute?
Tenzro Network is open source under MIT OR Apache-2.0. Visit our developer documentation for contribution guidelines and ways to get involved with the project.
What programming language is Tenzro written in?
Tenzro is built with Rust for performance, safety, and security. The desktop application combines native Rust capabilities with a modern web-based interface.
Performance
What is the throughput?
Target 1,000-10,000 TPS depending on transaction complexity and VM execution. Block-STM parallel execution provides 2-10x speedup on parallel workloads.
What is the finality time?
Sub-second (~500ms) with two network round-trips in HotStuff-2. Deterministic finality — finalized blocks are immutable, no reorganizations.
How fast is ZK proof generation?
CPU: ~1 proof/second. GPU (NVIDIA H100): ~100 proofs/second (100x faster). Verification: 3-5ms. Proof compression available (30-70% size reduction).
What is the block size limit?
Max gas limit: 30,000,000. EIP-1559 target gas: 15,000,000. Dynamic base fee adjustment (±12.5%) with fee burning.
Security
Has Tenzro been audited?
Third-party security audits are planned as part of our mainnet launch preparation. Security is a top priority for the Tenzro team and community.
How are validator keys managed?
MPC threshold wallets (2-of-3) with key shares stored in TEE enclaves. Signing happens inside TEE without exposing private keys.
What prevents double-spending?
HotStuff-2 BFT consensus with deterministic finality ensures all validators agree on transaction ordering. Nonce-based replay protection prevents duplicate transactions.