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Sapphire ParaTime

Sapphire is our official confidential ParaTime for smart contract development with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility.

  • Confidential state, end-to-end encryption, confidential randomness
  • Easy integration with EVM-based dApps, such as DeFi, NFT, Metaverse and crypto gaming
  • Scalability: increased throughput of transactions
  • Low-cost: 99%+ lower fees than Ethereum
  • 6 second finality (1 block)
  • Cross-chain bridges to enable cross-chain interoperability

If you are not bound to EVM and you wish to develop dApps with more fine-grained confidentiality, check out the Cipher ParaTime.

Getting Started​

Develop and deploy a dApp on Sapphire:

  • follow along with a video walkthrough via quickstart
  • start with a working dApp demo
  • explore showcase dApps deployed on Sapphire on the playground

Understanding EVM compatibility​

Get to know the differences between Sapphire and Ethereum, and learn about the high level concepts of developing a confidential smart contract with our guide.

Building on Sapphire​

Take your existing dApp building knowledge and add Sapphire with our developer cheatsheet.

Network Information​

See crucial network information here.

Faucet​

Visit the faucet to obtain testnet tokens for development purposes.

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