Splice

Splice is the open-source software that implements the applications running on Canton's Global Synchronizer. Its best-known component is Amulet, the token instrument the world knows as Canton Coin, covering minting, transfers, traffic-fee burning, and the reward logic that pays super validators, validators, and featured applications.

Beyond the token, Splice includes the operational surface of the synchronizer economy: the wallet functionality validators use to manage earned CC, the name service for human-readable identifiers, and the scan components that expose public network activity. Super validators and validators run Splice software as part of participating in the network.

The project is developed in the open under neutral stewardship rather than as one vendor's product, which matters for the same reason the Global Synchronizer is operated by many super validators: the infrastructure institutions settle on must not be controlled or changeable by a single party. Changes flow through the network's public governance process.

For most traders, Splice stays invisible, but it defines the rules their assets obey. When documentation mentions Amulet contracts or scan data, it is describing Splice components at work under the CC in your wallet.