Overview
BETH brings native ETH into Canton workflows
BETH is a wrapped native ETH token on Canton Network, built on BitSafe infrastructure and designed to represent ETH at a 1:1 ratio. It gives institutions and application teams a path to hold, transfer, mint, redeem, and integrate ETH-denominated value within Canton applications.
This page explains the product and routes readers to the right task. Setup, lifecycle details, contract interfaces, backing evidence, and security controls have their own pages.
What you can do
Hold and transfer BETH between authorized Canton parties using compatible applications.
Mint BETH following an eligible native ETH deposit to the Ethereum bridge.
Redeem BETH to an Ethereum address that can receive native ETH.
Integrate supported BETH workflows through pinned libraries, APIs, and the bridge interface.
Review bridge governance, privacy boundaries, backing evidence, and operational controls.
Direct minting and redemption require onboarding and the BETH Minter credential. A deployed bridge does not, by itself, establish general availability or provider support.
Choose a path
Find a wallet, venue, or lending provider
Understand the lifecycle
Choose an operation
Build an integration
Review architecture and controls
Check versions and upgrade requirements
Product boundaries
BETH represents native ETH, not WETH or stETH. The current design does not stake reserve ETH or automatically provide staking rewards.
ETH is held by the Ethereum bridge, while BETH holdings and transfers are recorded on Canton. A Canton transfer does not move ETH on Ethereum for each transfer. Canton's configurable sub-transaction privacy applies to entitled Canton contract data. Ethereum deposits, bridge balances, and redemptions remain visible on Ethereum.
BETH's design links issuance to eligible ETH deposits and redemption to BETH burns. The evidence, accounting boundaries, pending-redemption treatment, and limitations belong in Proof of Reserve. Ethereum redemption authorization and bridge administration are separate trust boundaries.
Technical sources
Next step
👉 Understand the operating model: How BETH works.
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