# Canton Network Workshop I Jatin Pandya

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2026-08-09
- Duration: 19:11
- Topics: Canton Network, Jatin Pandya, Canton Foundation, ETHGlobal New York 2026, DAML, workshop, privacy, private DeFi, capital markets, tokenization, RWAs, repo, TradFi, payments, neobanks, agentic commerce, AI agents, global synchronizer, validators, parties, sub-transaction privacy, need-to-know, smart contracts, templates, signatory, observer, choices, C-port, deployment, devnet, Solidity, TypeScript, Haskell, MCP, JP Morgan, DTCC, Goldman Sachs, institutions, hackathon
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-3_oo-n_OA6s
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oo-n_OA6s

## Description

In this workshop at ETHGlobal New York 2026, Jatin Pandya, a developer advocate at the Canton Foundation, gives hackers a heads-up on Canton's hackathon tracks and a 101 on the network and its DAML smart contract language. He runs through the four prize tracks. First is private DeFi and capital markets: taking the DeFi use cases people already know (DEXes, perps, margin management, dark pool matching, lending, borrowing, collateralized protocols) and adding a natively built-in privacy element, since privacy, not TPS, is now the talk of the town. Second, the one he is most excited about, is privacy-native TradFi, RWAs, and tokenization: repo agreement automation and management platforms, tokenized bond issuance, and supply chain finance built on Canton's need-to-know privacy model. Third is payments and neobanks on top of Canton, tying into institutions like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and DTCC. Fourth, more exploratory, is agentic commerce, exploring how AI agents would interact with a privacy-preserving blockchain.

Jatin points to his existing video workshop, revamped documentation (with an MCP server and a native LLM model that surfaces the right docs or SDK), and a dedicated module comparing Solidity and DAML concept by concept, noting DAML feels like writing English to those who know TypeScript or Haskell. He explains Canton's flipped architecture: rather than one blockchain with RPC calls, a single global synchronizer operated by the foundation coordinates atomicity across per-entity validators (JP Morgan, DTCC, and others each run their own), with data visible only to the relevant parties and sub-transaction privacy so two parties in a trade can keep it hidden from everyone else. He clarifies that Canton uses parties rather than wallet addresses, and that DAML is access-based, structured around templates (blueprints rather than functions) with signatories, observers, and choices (the functionality). He walks through example templates for a token and a trade proposal (buyer, asset, price, seller as signatory), then demos deployment via the C-port tool at devport.io, where an ETHGlobal New York organization is preconfigured so hackers can build or import from GitHub and deploy to a devnet validator without running their own. He closes by pointing to his full zero-to-deploy video and offering booth help.

00:00 Introduction
00:11 Welcome to the In-Person Workshop
00:33 A TLDR on the Four Prize Tracks
00:33 Track One: Private DeFi and Capital Markets
01:48 Track Two: Privacy-Native TradFi and Tokenization
02:38 Why This Is the Track He Is Most Excited About
02:57 Track Three: Payments and Neobanks
03:18 Working With Major Institutions
03:49 Track Four: Agentic Commerce
04:21 A Quick Heads-Up on Resources
04:40 The Revamped Docs and LLM Model
05:41 The Solidity vs DAML Comparison Module
06:00 Why DAML Feels Like English
06:54 Why Deploying on Canton Is Different
07:24 Introducing the C-port Tool
08:12 The Preconfigured ETHGlobal Organization
09:17 How Canton's Architecture Is Flipped
09:41 The Global Synchronizer and Validators
10:04 Parties Instead of Addresses
10:36 Sub-Transaction Privacy Explained
11:00 Why DAML Is Genuinely Different
11:35 Templates, Signatories, and Observers
12:12 Parties, Not Wallet Addresses
12:36 The Structure of a DAML Model
13:14 Declaring a Token Template
13:43 How Ownership and Signing Work
13:57 A Trade Proposal Example
14:52 How Choices Define Functionality
15:17 Q&A on Defining Trades
16:44 Writing a DAML File in C-port
17:13 Building and Deploying to Devnet
17:42 Where to Get Help With DAML
18:23 Closing and the Full Video Workshop

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*ETHGlobal New York 2026*
This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York 2026, a 3-day hackathon held June 12-14 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2026 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7MZ8T-ict6YshkFDw9WJCu

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