Frequently Asked Questions

Tenzro Network is decentralized infrastructure for the AI age, enabling humans and agents to access intelligence (AI models) and security (TEE enclaves for key management, custody, and confidential computing).

The network supports autonomous systems taking action and conducting financial transactions, either on behalf of humans or autonomously.

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).

TNZO is the native governance token of Tenzro Network. It serves multiple purposes:

• Gas fees: Pay transaction fees on the Tenzro Ledger
• Settlement: Pay for AI inference and TEE services
• Staking: Stake for validation and governance participation
• Rewards: Earn rewards for securing the network and providing services

TNZO has 18 decimal precision and can be liquid staked to receive stTNZO, which accrues staking rewards automatically.

Running a Tenzro node is straightforward:

1. 1.Download and install the Tenzro node software from the official repository
2. 2.Choose your node role: validator, model-provider, tee-provider, or light-client
3. 3.Configure your node with bootstrap nodes and RPC endpoints
4. 4.Start the node and begin participating in the network

Validators must stake TNZO to participate in consensus. Model and TEE providers earn rewards for serving requests.

Tenzro Ledger supports multiple virtual machines in a unified runtime:

• EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine): Full Ethereum compatibility with dynamic fee market, account abstraction, and standard precompiles
• SVM (Solana Virtual Machine): Solana program execution with parallel transaction processing
• DAML (Canton): Enterprise smart contract execution with privacy-preserving sub-transaction protocols

All VMs benefit from parallel execution, Tenzro-specific precompiles (TEE, ZK, Model, Settlement), and unified gas metering.

Tenzro supports multiple payment protocols for flexible, efficient value transfer:

• MPP (Machine Payments Protocol): HTTP 402-based payment flow with challenge/credential/receipt flow and session management
• x402: Coinbase's HTTP 402 payment protocol for web-native payments
• Tempo Integration: Direct participation in the Tempo network for stablecoin settlement
• Micropayment Channels: Off-chain per-token billing for AI inference with on-chain settlement

All payments are identity-bound via TDIP (Tenzro Decentralized Identity Protocol) and can enforce delegation scopes for machine actors.

TDIP is Tenzro's unified identity standard for both humans and machines, based on W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs).

DID Format:

• Humans: did:tenzro:human:{uuid}
• Machines: did:tenzro:machine:{controller}:{uuid}

Key Features:

• W3C-compatible DID Documents with verifiable credentials
• Auto-provisioned MPC wallets for every identity
• Fine-grained delegation scopes for machine actors
• KYC tier support (Unverified, Basic, Enhanced, Full)
• Cascading revocation for credential chains

Tenzro provides hardware-based confidential computing through TEE abstraction supporting multiple platforms:

• Intel TDX: Trust Domain Extensions for isolated VM execution
• AMD SEV-SNP: Secure Encrypted Virtualization with memory encryption
• AWS Nitro: Cloud-based hardware security modules
• NVIDIA GPU: Confidential Computing on Hopper/Blackwell/Ada Lovelace architectures with NRAS attestation

Use Cases:

• Secure key management and custody without seed phrases
• Private AI inference with model confidentiality
• Attested consensus with TEE-weighted validators (2x weight)
• Hybrid ZK-in-TEE execution combining proofs with hardware attestation

Tenzro has three types of providers, each with different requirements:

stTNZO is Tenzro's liquid staking derivative token. When you stake TNZO in the liquid staking pool, you receive stTNZO in return.

Key Features:

• Rebasing exchange rate: stTNZO automatically accrues staking rewards through an increasing exchange rate
• Multi-validator delegation: Deposits are distributed across multiple validators for decentralization
• Liquidity: Use stTNZO in DeFi while earning staking rewards
• 7-day unbonding: Withdrawals are processed after a 7-day waiting period
• Protocol fee: 10% of staking rewards go to the protocol treasury

Example: If you deposit 100 TNZO when the exchange rate is 1.0, you receive 100 stTNZO. After earning 10% rewards, the rate becomes 1.1, so your 100 stTNZO is now worth 110 TNZO.

Yes, Tenzro Network is fully open source and will be publicly available soon.

The codebase includes:

• Complete blockchain implementation with modular architecture
• Desktop application and web interfaces
• SDKs for multiple programming languages
• Developer tools and comprehensive documentation
• API specifications and protocol definitions

Contributions are welcome! See the repository for contribution guidelines and development setup instructions.