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The Canton Network is a privacy-preserving enterprise blockchain designed for institutional-grade asset management and multi-party workflows. Unlike public blockchains where all transaction data is visible to every participant, Canton is built on a need-to-know model — each participant sees only the data they are a party to. Walley is your self-custody interface into this network, giving you direct control over your identity, assets, and on-ledger actions.

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Your Identity on the Canton Network

Every participant on the Canton Network is represented by a Party — a unique on-ledger identity that is the authoritative reference for everything you own and every contract you are a party to.
A Party is a cryptographically identified entity on the Canton Network ledger. It is created on-ledger during the wallet registration process. Once registered, your Party is permanent and immutable — it cannot be renamed or transferred. All assets, contracts, and transaction history are associated with your Party identifier.
When you create a Walley wallet, Walley registers your Party on the Canton Network ledger automatically. You do not interact with the raw Party identifier directly in most workflows — instead, Walley uses your Party Hint to make your identity human-readable.

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Party Hint

Your Party Hint is the label you choose at wallet registration to identify yourself on the Canton Network. It is always prefixed with walley- — for example, walley-alice or walley-treasury-ops.
Your Party Hint is not the same as your Party identifier. The Party identifier is a globally unique ledger reference generated at registration. Your Party Hint is a human-readable label that helps you and others recognize your wallet address more easily.
Your Party Hint also plays a role in wallet recovery. When you restore access using your recovery phrase, you must supply your Party Hint alongside your 24 words so Walley can locate your on-ledger identity.
Choose a Party Hint that is meaningful and memorable to you, but avoid using sensitive personal information. Your Party Hint may be visible to counterparties in transactions and dApp interactions.

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What Walley Manages for You

Walley acts as your interface to the Canton Network, handling the low-level ledger interactions so you can focus on managing your assets and approving transactions.

Transaction Signing

Walley uses your passkey or recovery session to sign Canton Network transactions locally on your device before they are submitted to the ledger.

Asset Management

View your on-ledger balances, receive assets from other parties, and initiate transfers — all through Walley’s interface.

dApp Connections

Connect Walley to Canton Network decentralized applications. Walley prompts you to approve each permission request and transaction.

API & SDK Access

Developers can integrate with Walley through its API and SDK to build Canton Network applications that interact with your wallet programmatically, subject to your explicit approvals.

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On-Ledger Transactions Are Final

The Canton Network is a distributed ledger. Once a transaction is submitted and confirmed on-ledger, it is permanent and irreversible — there is no undo, no chargeback, and no dispute resolution mechanism that can reverse it.
Always verify the recipient Party, asset type, and amount before you submit any transaction. Walley will prompt you to confirm transaction details, but the final check is yours. A submitted transaction cannot be recalled.
Walley displays a confirmation screen for every transaction that requires your signature. Review all details carefully on that screen before you approve.