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ChainSafe

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Open-source blockchain infrastructure and Canton Network validator

Upvotes

346

Views

2,513

Score

88

Rank Score

#28

Rank Upvote

#360

Rewards

6.04M CC

as of 22 Jun 2026 · ~$623.4K at today's price

Nodes

4

Rank Rewards

#87

as of 22 Jun 2026

Algorithm Analysis: ChainSafe

88/100
Activity80/100
Maturity91/100
Community82/100
Transparency82/100
Documentation85/100

ChainSafe is a strong player in the blockchain infrastructure space, with a solid foundation of open-source projects and a live product. Their funding and active role as a validator on the Canton Network enhance their credibility, while their comprehensive documentation supports developers. However, increasing their validator count and expanding community engagement could further strengthen their position.

Last analyzed: Apr 14, 2026

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ChainSafe on Canton

Canton Super Validator and builder. Ships ERC-20/CIP-56 middleware for EVM-to-Canton asset bridging and DAML Autopilot, an AI-assisted Canton dev tool.

About ChainSafe

ChainSafe is an open-source blockchain infrastructure company based in Toronto, building protocol clients including Lodestar (Ethereum consensus) and Forest (Filecoin). Operates as a Canton Network validator and builder contributing infrastructure and developer tooling.

Features

What the product does

Lodestar Client

TypeScript implementation of the Ethereum consensus client, promoting client diversity for network resilience.

Forest Client

Rust implementation of the Filecoin protocol, providing an alternative node implementation.

Cross-Chain Bridges

Building bridge infrastructure for secure asset and message passing between blockchains.

Open-Source Developer Tools

Comprehensive suite of open-source libraries and SDKs for blockchain application development.

ChainSafe Team

AH

Aidan Hyman

CEO & Co-founder

PC

Priom Chowdhury

Co-founder

ChainSafe On-chain

Validator nodes + featured apps linked to this project
Lifetime totals as of 22 Jun 2026 (round 101,404)

3 Validators
chainsaf…65a19b+2 more
5.83M CC~$602.4K at today's price
1 Featured App
daml-aut…65a19b
203.0K CC~$21.0K at today's price
Total rewards
6.04M CC
~$623.4K at today's price

ChainSafe FAQ

ChainSafe is a Toronto-based open-source company building blockchain protocol clients (Lodestar, Forest), bridges, and developer tools.
Lodestar is ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of the Ethereum consensus client, contributing to Ethereum client diversity.
ChainSafe contributes open-source infrastructure and developer tooling to the Canton Network ecosystem.

Connected Projects

ChainSafe operates as a Canton Network Super Validator and co-development partner, leveraging ~9 years of Ethereum protocol experience (Lodestar consensus client, Forest Filecoin client, Gossamer Polkadot framework) to build infrastructure that bridges EVM ecosystems with Canton's privacy-enabled DAML stack. Their flagship Canton products are the ERC-20 to CIP-56 middleware (translation layer enabling Ethereum users to send, hold, and approve CIP-56 tokens using MetaMask and standard ERC-20 workflows, with native CIP-56 minting when ERC-20 assets are locked on Ethereum) and DAML Autopilot (AI-powered development assistant with 3,600+ compiler-validated patterns, built-in safety checks, and CI automation).