Introduction

Welcome to Namada's docs!

About Namada

Namada is a Proof-of-Stake layer 1 protocol for asset-agnostic, interchain privacy. Namada is Anoma's first fractal instance and is currently being developed by Heliax, a public goods lab.

Key innovations include:

  • ZCash-like transfers for any assets (fungible and non-fungible)
  • Rewarded usage of privacy as a public good
  • Interoperability with Ethereum via a custom bridge with trust-minimisation
  • Vertically integrated user interfaces

Overview of features

  • Proof-of-Stake with governance to secure and evolve Namada
  • Fast-finality BFT with 4-second blocks
  • Near-zero fees
  • Trustless 2-way Ethereum bridge via IBC implementation on ETH
  • IBC bridges to chains that already speak IBC (all Cosmos chains)
  • MASP
  • Convert Circuit (shielded set rewards)
  • A reference interface
  • Ledger application

For high-level introductions, we recommend:

To learn more about the protocol, we recommend the following in-depth resources:

About this documentation

This book is written using mdBook, the source can be found in the Namada repository.

Contributions to the contents and the structure of this book should be made via pull requests.