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What you need to know

The short version for builders, protocols, and anyone evaluating Taifoon as infrastructure.

Taifoon monitors 41 blockchain networks simultaneously at the node level — every block header, every finality event, every gas spike — before data reaches any public API, explorer, or aggregator. It validates cryptographic finality across all chains in real time, confirming transactions are truly settled, not just broadcasted. On top of that, it runs protocol intelligence: tracking how value moves between chains, detecting liquidity shifts, and identifying macro trends across the entire multi-chain ecosystem.

Raw chain data is indexed into Merkle Mountain Ranges and anchored under a single SuperRoot every 10 seconds. Any event on any chain can be proven to any other chain — no committee, no bridge, no oracle, just math. The V5 proof blob contains 6 layers: SuperRoot, ChainHeader, SuperRootProof, BlockProof, ChainEvent, and FinalityCommitment. Any party can verify the proof on-chain independently.

Taifoon distills cross-chain intelligence into 15 distinct signal types — including gas anomalies preceding major on-chain events, coordinated capital rotations across L2s, whale transfer patterns, liquidity migration between DEXs, finality delays, and token launch detection. Signals are delivered via gRPC streams in under 100ms to integrated subscribers.

Bridges move assets. Oracles relay price feeds. Taifoon does neither. It's a cryptographic observation layer that proves what happened on any chain to any other chain — without moving anything. You don't need to trust Taifoon, any single chain, or any third-party feed. The proofs are trustless and the data is pre-public.

No. Taifoon is a single infrastructure grid where traders, protocols, builders, spinners, and rollups feed value into the same autonomous economy. Traders create signal demand. Protocols consume proofs for cross-chain settlement. Builders ship tooling. Spinners power the gRPC infrastructure and earn execution fees. Rollups contribute block headers. Every participant strengthens the network for everyone else — one flywheel, one deterministic root.

Five integration paths, one proof layer: DeFi protocols needing cross-chain settlement verification. Trading desks and AI agents consuming sub-100ms signals. Infrastructure providers (oracles, indexers, RPC nodes) binding off-chain responses to on-chain anchors. Bridges and messaging protocols adding a trustless verification layer. Chains and rollups plugging into universal finality.

41 networks in production: Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Linea, Scroll, zkSync Era, Blast, Mode, Lisk, Abstract, ApeChain, RARI Chain, Zora, Unichain, X1, Fraxtal, Lyra, Sei EVM, Flow EVM, HyperEVM, Monad, Fantom, Gnosis, Avalanche, Solana, Polkadot, Kusama, Astar, Moonbeam, Peaq, Tron, and Bitcoin. Each chain has its own finality type mapped in the V5 proof system — 14 finality types in total.

The SuperRoot is the single cryptographic hash that anchors the state of all 41 chains. It is recalculated every 10 seconds by combining the per-chain MMR roots into one Merkle tree. This means any block, on any chain, can be proven against a single on-chain anchor. The SuperRoot is posted on-chain and is verifiable by any smart contract.

Typical integration requires 1-2 engineers part-time for 2-4 weeks. Taifoon handles the proof verification — you focus on integrating it into your existing flows. The SDK, proof API, and integration docs are all available from day one. Early-stage projects are welcome — architecting with Taifoon from the start is often easier than retrofitting later.

Yes. No fees, no equity, no token allocation required. We ask that you ship the integration to production, allow us to reference you as a Taifoon integration, and participate in a brief case study. Builder tier gives you testnet + sandbox access with 100 proofs/day. Protocol tier ($65/mo) gives you production proofs at scale.

We ask that you: (1) actually ship the integration to production, (2) allow us to reference you as a Taifoon integration, and (3) participate in a brief case study. That's it.

Typical integration requires 1-2 engineers part-time for 2-4 weeks. We do the heavy lifting on proof verification — you focus on integrating it into your existing flows.

Absolutely. Early-stage projects are welcome. We can help you architect with Taifoon from the start, which is often easier than retrofitting later.

A V5ProofBlob JSON with 6 layers: L1 SuperRoot (the global anchor), L2 ChainHeader (the specific block header), L3 SuperRootProof (Merkle siblings from chain root to SuperRoot), L4 BlockProof (twig siblings from block to chain root), L5 ChainEvent (encoded transaction or receipt, zeroed for block-level proofs), and L6 FinalityCommitment (chain-specific finality data). Typical proof size is 0.5-2 KB with sub-500ms generation.