Overview
Build governed applications across independent Canton nodes
Decentralization Manager is BitSafe’s open-source application framework for creating and operating Decentralized Parties on Canton Network. It coordinates the topology, packages, peer participation, governance, and operational workflows required when multiple organizations control one shared Canton party.
What is a Decentralized Party?
A Decentralized Party is a Canton party identity hosted and governed across independent participant nodes. Its membership and approval rules can evolve through approved workflows while the party identity remains stable.
What Decentralization Manager provides
Create and operate Decentralized Parties.
Coordinate encrypted peer-to-peer workflows between operator instances.
Distribute and compare Daml packages across participants.
Propose, confirm, execute, cancel, and expire governed actions.
Coordinate membership and application-contract changes.
Extend the governance lifecycle with application-specific Daml modules.
Choose a path
Understand components and coordination
Try it in development
Create a Decentralized Party
Build a governed application
Deploy and operate
Review security
Integrate through the operator API
Operating boundary
Each participating organization runs its own Decentralization Manager instance and controls its authentication, local state, Canton credentials, peer records, and upgrade process. A workflow initiator can coordinate a supported workflow, but that temporary role does not create permanent control over the Decentralized Party.
Technical sources
Next step
👉 See how the system is organized: Decentralization Manager architecture overview.
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