Panama City, Panama, 9 September 2026 – Canopy, the agent-native development framework for launching sovereign onchain apps, has officially launched its mainnet. For the first time, anyone can describe an app to an AI coding assistant like Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex, and watch it go live as a fully sovereign onchain app in a single working session. Canopy provisions the virtual chain, connects it to real validators, secures it out of the box, and exposes it to a permissionless interoperable network, all without the developer writing a single line of Web3 code.
Andrew Nguyen, Co-Founder and CTO of Canopy, said:
“With mainnet live, developers can go from prompt to deployed in one session, and scale from prototype to production on the exact same codebase. Whether it’s consumer apps, DeFi protocols, or entirely new categories, there’s no longer any need to choose between shipping fast and staying decentralized. You just build, and the network does the rest.”
The launch follows a public testnet that saw the fastest-growing agent-native stack onboard 475,000 users and 42,000 developers. With mainnet live, Canopy’s popular open-source stack (15.5k GitHub stars, 17.4k forks) turns everyday AI coding tools into onchain deployment engines. Canopy’s APIs are deliberately designed around how AI generates code, not against it: developers write standard code in familiar languages, and Canopy handles the Web3 underneath, including wallets, gas, transactions, consensus, and validation.
Canopy’s architecture departs from both monolithic Layer-1 (L1) ecosystems and semi-centralized scaling layers. The network is recursive and peer-to-peer: every new virtual chain deployed is additive, horizontally scaling Web3 capacity rather than fragmenting it. That translates into immediate economic security for builders, exponential resources as the network grows, and permissionless native interoperability between every app.
Adam Liposky, CEO of Canopy, said:
“Canopy is the backend framework for a generation of builders who collaborate with AI. Instead of writing to a database, you’re writing to a blockchain, and everything underneath just works. This is just the beginning.”
At the core of every application is NestBFT, Canopy’s hybrid consensus mechanism that combines Proof-of-Stake with a novel Proof-of-Age component. Proof-of-Age strengthens long-range attack resistance without sacrificing throughput, addressing one of the most persistent weaknesses in delegated proof-of-stake systems.
The production stack ships with everything a builder needs:
- Canopy Templates: Start from a language you already know and reach a running virtual chain in under 200 lines of code, no specialized blockchain syntax required.
- One-Click Deployment: Launch a live virtual chain with real validators in minutes, connected instantly to Canopy’s shared validator network. No DevOps team required.
- Canopy Explorer + Wallet: Real-time visibility into every block, transaction, and validator, built in from day one with no third-party setup.
The results speak for themselves. During testing, the network processed over 10.6 billion in testnet CNPY volume across over 1.1M deployments, validating the architecture under real load and providing the foundation for a stable, production-ready mainnet.
With mainnet live, builder sovereignty, progressive decentralization, and instant deployment now define the onchain developer experience. Developers can start building today at canopynetwork.org.
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