Quick Summary
c8ntinuum is a forward-compatible EVM chain. Your existing Solidity contracts, development tools, and workflows work without modification. The enhancements below are additions that don’t break any existing patterns.Ethereum Compatibility
What’s Unique to c8ntinuum
Precompile Categories
c8ntinuum exposes a curated set of precompiles that go far beyond standard Cosmos EVM: Interoperability & Verification- IBC light clients (
ics02) and token transfers (ics20) - zkVM proof verification — SP1 Groth16/Plonk verifiers and Poseidon hash
- Ed25519 signature verification
- Post-quantum signatures: ML-DSA, SLH-DSA
- FROST signature verification (complete single-signer or aggregated signatures)
- Additional signature schemes: Schnorr (secp256k1), Schnorrkel (sr25519), P-256
- Verifiable randomness (
ecvrf) - JSON parsing (
json) - Address compression (
addresstable) - Bech32/EVM address bridging (
bech32)
- Bank, Staking, Distribution, Governance, Slashing
- ERC-20 token surfaces
- Custom validator rewards
Pre-deployed Contracts
c8ntinuum ships with widely-used ecosystem contracts at well-known addresses, removing the bootstrap tax:
The wrapped CTM contract (symbol
WCTM) uses c8ntinuum’s own address, not the canonical WETH9 address. On Ethereum and BNB Chain, that same address is the CTM token, a different contract.
See Pre-deployed Contracts for the full list.
Dual Address System
Every account has two representations:Dual Chain ID
- Cosmos Chain ID (string):
c8ntinuum_8-1— for consensus, IBC, and governance - EVM Chain ID (integer):
8— for EIP-155 transaction signing and wallet configuration
Development Tools
Standard Ethereum tools connect through c8ntinuum’s EVM JSON-RPC endpoint:Next Steps
Network Information - Mainnet Beta
Chain ID, RPC endpoints, and explorers
Deploy a Contract
Step-by-step deployment guide
Modules & Precompiles
Access Cosmos modules and advanced cryptographic primitives from Solidity
Differences from Ethereum
What’s different under the hood
Infinity Interop
Quote, submit and follow cross-chain orders through the Infinity hub API and TypeScript SDK.