Sovereignty
Control the network configuration, participating validators, access rules and data governance.
Your network, your rules
XDC Subnet
Create a configurable network within the XDC ecosystem for private applications, specialized workloads and interoperable workflows.
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A network tailored to your organization
Scalability
Create infrastructure for an application’s workload and adjust capacity as requirements evolve.
Security
Use the XDC 2.0 consensus design, monitoring and checkpoint verification within the deployment’s operating assumptions.
Privacy
Limit access to authorized participants and keep application transactions within a permissioned environment.
Customer-owned architecture
The subnet, relayer, checkpoint contract and wallet interfaces are part of a deployment controlled by the customer.
Customer subnet
An XDC 2.0 consensus engine runs with system settings, validators, governance and access rules chosen for the deployment.
Relayer
A relayer periodically submits critical consensus data from the subnet to XDC Mainnet.
Mainnet checkpoint contract
A smart contract verifies and records the submitted checkpoints, creating a public integrity reference.
Wallet APIs
Wallet interfaces connect users and applications to the subnet’s transaction workflows.
Explorer and forensic monitoring
Network tools provide transaction visibility and consensus monitoring within the deployment’s access policy.
Interoperability & mainnet checkpointing
A subnet can maintain its own validators and permissioned application state. A relayer sends consensus checkpoints to a smart contract on XDC Mainnet, producing a public record for integrity checks without publishing the underlying private transactions.
XDC Zero handles communication between a subnet and XDC Mainnet. Endpoint contracts send and receive messages, a relayer transports the payload, and an oracle provides block-header data for validation. Applications can build data exchange and asset-transfer workflows on these components.
Checkpointing and cross-chain execution solve different problems. Each deployment must define its verification rules, operator responsibilities and failure handling. Proposed XIM research extends this model toward heterogeneous ledgers and authenticated financial gateways; it is not a production service.
Build for your use case
Private blockchain networks
Create an application network with confidential records, defined membership and organization-specific rules.
Cross-chain transactions
Coordinate messages and asset-transfer workflows between networks using an explicitly chosen verification policy.
Supply-chain security
Track the movement and provenance of goods and materials with a shared transaction record.
Decentralized applications
Deploy smart-contract applications on infrastructure configured for their security, access and scaling requirements.
Operational advantages
Cost control
Configure infrastructure and transaction models around the application’s needs; evaluate total operating and mainnet checkpoint costs.
Speed and capacity
Isolate application workloads and tune deployment resources as usage grows.
Security operations
Combine consensus controls with monitoring, operational procedures and checkpoint validation.
Guarded privacy
Define who can access network data and who can submit or validate transactions.
Validator & partner network
The XDC Subnet overview highlights SBI VC Japan, Deutsche Telekom, Contour and Zanzibar NBN in the wider validator and partner ecosystem. A subnet’s own operators and security policies remain deployment-specific.
Guides, videos & research
Gasless subnet whitepaper
September 2024 technical proposal by Mohuya Chakraborty and Atul Khekade.
Subnet architecture
Components and design in the official network documentation.
XDC Zero
Endpoint, relayer and oracle messaging components.
Docker installation guide
Prepare Docker, generate configuration, deploy nodes, create a checkpoint contract and start subnet services.
Set up your own subnet
Video walkthrough of subnet setup.
Introducing XDC Subnet
Video introduction to the subnet model.
Create your subnet
Discuss the network configuration and integration requirements for your organization.
Subnet assistance
Contact the team about creating an XDC Subnet.
Developer support
XDC developer forum
Ask technical questions and share implementation experience.
Developer Telegram
Join the XDC developer community.
XDC documentation
Network, smart-contract and node documentation.
CodeRun.AI
AI-assisted technical support and development tools.
SOURCE & CONTEXT
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