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Introduction

Dchain is an application specific blockchain to host regulated decentralised applications in a public manner.

It provides the environment hosting legally binding single source of truths for real world assets to be collateral in securitisation processes. I.e. digital securities that live entirely onchain with no offchain dependencies and intermediaries to perform the tokenisation process.

It is designed to to be the assurance layer for compliant onchain securitisation.

Dchain is the selected blockchain infrastructure for PlatformD. There are unique conceptsprovided by Dchain to regulated decentralised applications deployment:

  1. Onramping Verifiable Offchain Data
  2. Utilities for Compliance

Why General-Purpose Blockchains Aren’t Enough​

Popular Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) blockchains that are built for general applications, not regulated financial markets, fall short in three critical ways:

  1. Compliance gaps: No native tools to enforce regulatory standards across all network participants.
  2. Misaligned incentives: Tokenomics focused on speculation and transaction fees, not the value of underlying financial products.
  3. Weak accountability: Governance power concentrated among large token holders, with no mechanism to ensure responsibility or regulatory alignment.

These limitations make it impossible to run high-value, regulated financial processes, such as settlement, issuance or securitisation, directly on such chains.

Infrastructure Built for Finance​

Dchain is a next-generation blockchain designed from the ground up to host regulated financial applications and their embedded Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs).

It combines accountable consensus, informed governance, and value-aligned tokenomics to deliver what institutional markets need most: trust, speed, and compliance. Here’s how it works:

1. Credentialed Validators: Verified, Not Just Staked​

In traditional PoS systems, validators are chosen based on how many tokens they stake. On Dchain, financial and regulatory standards are enforced at the protocol level.

Validators must present Verifiable Credentials (VCs) proving compliance with codified requirements (e.g., KYB, information security standards). Each block production round verifies these credentials through Verifiable Presentations (VPs). If a validator fails to submit a valid VP, their vote is rejected and they are penalised.

Why this matters: Think of it as continuous, automated KYB for block producers, ensuring that every participant meets institutional requirements without manual oversight.

Key benefits:

  1. Uniform compliance across all validators
  2. Real-time revocation checks — no expired or invalid credentials
  3. Guaranteed validator integrity for applications built on Dchain

2. Informed Governance with Clear Accountability​

Most blockchain governance is either too slow or too easily captured by large token holders.

Dchain fixes this with a two-tier system:

  1. DT Token Holders: Anyone holding DT tokens and verified credentials can propose and vote on changes. Proposals auto-execute after a cooling period unless vetoed.
  2. Oversight Committee: A group of informed stakeholders (e.g., application operators, auditors, technical experts) with veto power to act on urgent regulatory or security issues.

Importantly, delegation only applies to block production, not governance voting — preventing the concentration of decision-making power.

Key benefits:

  1. Fast, informed decisions in response to regulatory events.
  2. Transparent participation with verifiable, credential-based access.
  3. No “governance whales” dominating proposals or votes.

3. Value-Aligned Tokenomics​

Dchain’s tokenomics are designed around a simple principle:

The network’s value should grow with the value of assets it securitises.

When applications like PlatformD notarise and securitise assets, they burn DT tokens in proportion to the value of those assets.

Costs are predictable and tied to economic activity, not volatile gas fees or transaction spam.

Key benefits:

  1. Incentives favour high-quality, high-value assets, not just transaction volume.
  2. Predictable, stable costs for financial applications.
  3. Network growth driven by real economic utility, not speculation.

4. Built-In Compliance Utility​

Regulated applications need seamless, scalable compliance tools. Dchain provides native support for privacy-preserving verifiable credential verification, starting with the SD-JWT standard (aligned with Europe’s eIDAS 2.0 framework).

Key benefits:

  1. No need for centralised whitelists or manual onboarding — compliance scales automatically.
  2. Applications can plug and play, simply registering the VPs required to gate access.
  3. Future-proof design ready for emerging privacy-tech like zero-knowledge proof credentials (e.g., AnonCreds).

The Infrastructure Advantage

By solving compliance, governance, and incentive alignment at the protocol level, Dchain frees developers to focus on building innovative financial products.

Additional features like abstract accounts, order-matching engines, and asset-notarisation schemas make it a complete foundation for the next generation of capital markets.