Tenzro Ledger
L1 Settlement Layer for the AI Age
Purpose-built blockchain enabling identity (TDIP/W3C DID), security (TEE-based key management, ZK proofs), verification (credentials, attestations, proofs, inference results), and settlement (all in TNZO).
What is Tenzro Ledger?
Tenzro Ledger is the L1 settlement layer — a purpose-built blockchain for the AI age. It provides the foundational infrastructure for verifiable settlement, identity management, and security attestations required by the Tenzro Network protocol layer.
Built on HotStuff-2 BFT consensus with sub-second finality and O(n) linear communication complexity, Tenzro Ledger supports three virtual machine runtimes (EVM, SVM, DAML) with unified gas metering and Block-STM parallel execution for maximum throughput.
The TNZO token serves as the native asset for transaction fees (gas), AI inference settlement, validator staking, and on-chain governance. All network fees flow to validators and treasury with automatic EIP-1559 base fee burning.
Multi-VM Execution Runtime
Deploy smart contracts across three virtual machine runtimes with unified gas metering, parallel execution, and shared state management.
EVM
Ethereum-compatible execution with full EVM opcode support, Keccak-256 hashing, and deterministic contract address derivation. Deploy existing Solidity contracts without modification.
- Complete EVM opcode set
- EIP-1559 dynamic gas pricing
- ERC-4337 account abstraction
- Precompile contracts (ecRecover, SHA-256)
SVM
Solana VM support with BPF program execution, PDA derivation, and compute units metering. High-throughput applications benefit from parallel transaction processing via Block-STM.
- BPF program runtime (agave-svm)
- Program Derived Addresses (PDA)
- Compute units metering
- Parallel execution with MVCC
DAML
Canton/DAML runtime for enterprise smart contracts with privacy-preserving execution and multi-party workflows. DAML 3.x compatibility for regulated finance applications.
- Privacy-preserving contracts
- Multi-party workflows
- Canton domain synchronization
- Regulatory compliance primitives
HotStuff-2 BFT Consensus
High-Performance Consensus
Two-phase consensus protocol (PREPARE, COMMIT, DECIDE) with O(n) linear communication complexity. Sub-second finality ensures rapid transaction confirmation for real-time applications.
TEE-Weighted Leader Selection
Validators with TEE attestations receive 2x weight in leader selection, incentivizing hardware security. Epoch-based rotation ensures fair block proposal distribution across the validator set.
Identity & Verification
TDIP (Tenzro Decentralized Identity Protocol)
Unified identity standard for humans and machines with W3C DID format and verifiable credentials. All identities are on-chain with cryptographic proofs and delegation scope enforcement.
did:tenzro:human:{uuid}KYC tiers, controlled machines, credential inheritance
did:tenzro:machine:{controller}:{uuid}Delegation scopes, capability attestation, auto-provisioned wallets
ZK Proof Verification
Groth16 SNARKs on BN254 curve with GPU-accelerated proving. Hybrid ZK-in-TEE combines cryptographic and hardware attestations. Pre-built circuits for inference, settlement, and identity proofs.
TEE Attestations
Remote attestation verification for Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro, and NVIDIA GPU. Certificate chain validation ensures hardware integrity. 24-hour attestation report expiry enforced on-chain.
Settlement Infrastructure
TNZO Token Economics
18-decimal precision governance token used for transaction fees (gas), AI inference payments, validator staking, and on-chain voting. Network fee: 0.5% of service payments.
Micropayment Channels
Off-chain payment channels for per-token billing with on-chain settlement finality. Open channel with escrowed TNZO, stream payments, and close with batch settlement to minimize gas costs.
Key Constants
| Constant | Value |
|---|---|
| Max gas limit | 30,000,000 |
| Default gas limit | 10,000,000 |
| EIP-1559 target gas | 15,000,000 |
| Min base fee | 0.1 Gwei |
| Max base fee | 1000 Gwei |
| Default chain ID | 1337 |
| Max contract size | 24,576 bytes |
| Max call depth | 1,024 |
| Network fee | 0.5% |
| Liquid staking fee | 10% |
| Unbonding period | 7 days |
| Block-STM max reexecutions | 16 |
Build on Tenzro Ledger
Deploy smart contracts across EVM, SVM, and DAML runtimes with unified settlement and identity infrastructure.