Protocol & Core
Protocol & Core
The Tempo chain itself and its enshrined components: token standard, consensus, DEX, payment lanes, zones, and the Machine Payments Protocol.
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Core · Tempo foundation
TempoThe payments-first Layer 1 blockchain, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm.
mainnet
Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)An open standard for machine and AI-agent payments, co-authored by Stripe and Tempo.
mainnet
TIP-20Tempo's payment-oriented token standard, an ERC-20 superset for stablecoins.
mainnet
Established · High-confidence entries
Reth
The Rust EVM execution client Tempo runs on.
Simplex BFT
Tempo's Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus, implemented by Commonware.
Stablecoin DEX
Tempo's enshrined, orderbook-based exchange for same-asset stablecoin swaps.
Tempo Zones
Private execution environments connected to Tempo Mainnet.