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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

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 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.

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