Yuval Rooz on network sustainability
From Canton: The World's Most Ambitious Blockchain Network Feat. Yuval Rooz (CEO, Digital Asset) · · Blockchain Won't Save The World
“I truly believe that at the end of the day, um any network that doesn't provide true real world utility value is going to fail eventually. I can't tell you how long, but it will eventually fail. I think the world is efficient in the sense that people do move to value. And and value could also be short-term entertainment. Um, the the problem with entertainment is you if you can't feed the machine, eventually it will stop. Right? And I think you've seen in crypto plenty of those short-term ideas that got a lot of interest, a lot of excitement, and as fast as they exploded, they died.”
On , Yuval Rooz, CEO & Co-Founder at Digital Asset, spoke about network sustainability during Canton: The World's Most Ambitious Blockchain Network Feat. Yuval Rooz (CEO, Digital Asset) on Blockchain Won't Save The World.
About Yuval Rooz
Yuval Rooz, CEO and co-founder of Digital Asset, has been discussing the Canton Network's design and tokenomics in several interviews. In an August 2023 appearance, Rooz described Canton as a network that allows applications with different privacy models to compose transactions, contrasting it with public chains where all participants see the same data. He stated that Canton does not believe in a model where validators must charge gas fees, and he argued that networks without real-world utility will eventually fail. In April 2026, Rooz explained that the Canton Network is researching multiple burn models for its CC token on private subnets, stating that charging the same rate as the global synchronizer would make certain use cases uneconomical. He said the goal is to incentivize users to put as much activity on the ledger as possible. Rooz also described CC tokenomics as resembling a "decentralized company" where network revenue is used to buy back and burn tokens. He stated that most blockchain tokenomics derive value from speculation, and he argued that the Canton Network's focus is on generating activity rather than promising price appreciation. In a debate, Rooz defended Canton's permissioned features, stating that public verifiability is coming but that issuers of real-world assets will retain control over their data. He also noted that Morgan Stanley began offering crypto exposure in late 2025.