The ledger of record
Everything on Tempo. On the record.
The protocols, stablecoins, partners and validators on the payments chain from Stripe and Paradigm. Each fact sourced and dated.
Entities149sourced
Throughput20Ktestnet
Block time~600msper block
Validators7permissioned
Native tokennonegas in stablecoins
Partners60+integrated
The record
Ranked by evidence
- 01
TempoCoreThe payments-first Layer 1 blockchain, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm.90%confidence
- 02
StripeCoreCo-incubator of Tempo, co-author of MPP, and an anchor validator.89%confidence
- 03
Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)CoreAn open standard for machine and AI-agent payments, co-authored by Stripe and Tempo.85%confidence
- 04
TIP-20CoreTempo's payment-oriented token standard, an ERC-20 superset for stablecoins.85%confidence
- 05
MorphoCoreLending and borrowing protocol; the DeFi layer arrives on Tempo.80%confidence
The pulse
What changed
Flutterwave partners with Tempo for stablecoin settlement
Flutterwave
Deel launches DLUSD wallet on Tempo
DLUSD
MoneyGram named anchor remittance validator on Tempo
MoneyGram
Morpho goes live on Tempo
Morpho
Visa launches a validator node on Tempo
Visa
On the docket
Open questions
- Independent production throughput figures (the '100K+ TPS' is a stated design target)Tempo
- Founding year disputed: claude and gemini cite 2010, codex cites 2009.Stripe
- Whether MPP is Tempo-exclusive or multi-chainMachine Payments Protocol (MPP)
Gaps stay on the record until a source closes them. Read the methodology
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Explainers & tools
- Tempo vs Tron for stablecoin paymentsTron carries the most stablecoin volume in the world today; Tempo is a payments-first chain built from scratch for the job. Here is how they compare on fees, finality, and design — and which fits which use.Read · 4 min →
- What is a stablecoin?A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value — almost always one US dollar — by being backed by reserves or managed by code. They are how dollars move on a blockchain.Read · 4 min →
- How to accept stablecoin payments as a businessAccepting stablecoins as a business means choosing a gateway or wallet, connecting an off-ramp, handling accounting, and building a settlement workflow — all of which are solvable problems with established tooling in 2026.Read · 6 min →
- Stablecoins in Africa: cross-border payments and dollarizationSub-Saharan Africa pays the world's highest remittance fees — averaging 7.9% — and has the fewest banking options. Stablecoins are filling both gaps, with USDT adoption accelerating across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Egypt.Read · 5 min →
The contents
The index
The network
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