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
Getting Started
Develop and deploy a dApp on Sapphire:
- follow along with a video walkthrough via Quickstart
- start with a working dApp starter demo
- explore showcase dApps deployed on Sapphire on the list of demos
Understanding EVM compatibility
Get to know the differences between Sapphire and Ethereum, and learn about the high level Concepts of developing dApps.
Develop on Sapphire
Take your existing dApp building knowledge and add Sapphire with our developer cheatsheet or visit the Develop on Sapphire chapter.
Network Information
Check out the RPC endpoints, block explorers and indexers at Network Information.
Faucet
Visit the faucet to obtain testnet tokens for development purposes.
See also
ROFL
A framework that enables offchain computation with private data and verifiable results
Oasis Privacy Layer
Cross-chain solution bringing privacy to existing apps on Ethereum and other networks
Web3 Gateway
Web3 gateway for Emerald and Sapphire ParaTimes