Documentation
Introduction
Tint is a test blockchain whose payments are private by construction, and Tint Wallet is the iPhone wallet that goes with it.
Test network: the coins have no value
What Tint is
On a typical blockchain every payment shows its sender, its recipient and its amount to everyone. On Tint a payment is a shielded note: the network checks a zero-knowledge proof that the payment is valid, and records neither who paid, nor who was paid, nor how much.
The scheme is Orchard with Halo 2 proofs, the same cryptography Zcash uses, which needs no trusted setup. Tint is its own network: its own blocks, proof-of-stake validators, more than one coin and an exchange built into the chain.
The coins
| Coin | What it is | Decimals |
|---|---|---|
TINT | The native coin. Pays validators; the coin the exchange pool is quoted against. | 8 |
TUSD | A test dollar on the Tint chain (asset 1). Nothing backs it. | 8 |
Each coin has its own shielded pool of notes, and a payment pays its fee in the coin it moves. Details are in Concepts.
The pieces
- Tint Wallet for iPhone: private payments on Tint, and accounts on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum and Polygon. It is in closed testing on TestFlight. See Getting started.
- `tintd`, the validator program: runs a node, creates a local test network, sends coins from a seed file. See Run a node.
- The node's HTTP interface, which wallets use. See the RPC API reference.
- The bridge between TUSD and USDT on Ethereum and BNB Chain, being built and tried on test networks first. See Bridge.
Where to go next
- New to the wallet: Getting started.
- Curious what is hidden and what is not: Concepts and Security model.
- Building on the network: RPC API and Run a node.
- Unfamiliar word: Glossary.