Vanta at a glance
Computation with a settlement condition.
Vanta is a market layer for deterministic work. Clients define and fund tasks; operators execute them away from the host chain; verifier adapters decide which results may resolve escrow.
Three surfaces, one outcome
Vanta divides economic coordination, verification, and execution so each layer can be inspected independently.
$VANTA
A proposed application asset for eligible deposits, operator payment, protocol charges, and future objective collateral.
Settlement
A compact contract set fixes task terms, holds value, selects immutable verifier versions, and closes each lifecycle once.
Operators
Independent nodes watch for supported tasks, perform execution, prepare evidence, simulate submission, and publish results.
What the protocol does
Vanta is an application protocol deployed on a host chain, not a replacement for that chain. Its operators do not produce host-chain blocks. They compete to satisfy explicit computation statements whose settlement rules are already committed.
Every task fixes a program reference, input commitment, verifier, deadline, and reward. A valid submission binds its output and beneficiary to that exact task. Acceptance creates withdrawable balances; an unresolved expiry restores the full funded amount to its requester.
Release boundary
| Reference | Four-contract architecture, task commitments, escrow conservation, expiry refunds, operator workflow, and a transparent demonstration verifier. |
|---|---|
| Required next | Succinct proof adapters, token-aware escrow, reserved execution, objective collateral, public indexing, and delayed administration. |
| Not announced | Canonical contracts, a public network, verified addresses, token supply, allocation, launch timing, bridge support, or production custody. |
Choose a path
Start with the $VANTA role for asset boundaries, architecture for system components, or the protocol paper for the full model and assumptions.
The node interface begins with the event stream and ends at verified settlement.
Read the operator model