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PR: CIP-0077 Adoption Bonus timing / milestone recognition

This Pull Request (PR) proposes an adjustment to the Adoption Bonus timing/milestone recognition criteria under CIP-0077 to better reflect the realities of Tier-1 financial institution onboarding and Canton ecosystem dependencies.

Background

Taurus has multiple confirmed G-SIB / Tier-1 institutional projects progressing toward issuance/tokenization on Canton. These projects are active, resourced, and in execution phases, but their delivery timelines extend beyond the current May 10th 2026 Adoption Bonus deadline.

The delays are not linked to lack of adoption or execution from Taurus, but to structural institutional and ecosystem dependencies encountered during implementation.

Rationale for our ask

  • New technical recommendation released 4 months after Taurus delivery. Recommended Wallet features to support interacting and trading with Tokenized Assets – released in March 2026 with recommended implementation timeline until May 21st ie. post our own adoption deadline.
  • Banking clients need to onboard Canton as a 3rd party. At least one large client needs to go through TPRM (Third-party risk management with Canton) to onboard the Canton Registry App.
  • CIP-103 implemented by Taurus (CIP-56 insufficient for some client use cases).
  • Client not familiar with DAML creating delay for any Canton token issuance but most importantly missing features in Utilities package (clawback & freeze of an asset)

These dependencies materially impacted timelines and are typical of Tier-1 / G-SIB production deployments.

Proposed adjustment

We propose:

  • Extend the Adoption Bonus deadline to December, 31st 2026
  • Increase the TVL target to increase Canton adoption (from 1M$ to 2M$)

Signed-off-by: ClementineDrouot <clementine.drouot@taurushq.com>
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@hythloda This one will need to go to the Accountability Committee.

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Taurus came to accountability on March 10, 2026 and April 28, 2026. Next step is Tokenomics.

PR: CIP-0077  Adoption Bonus timing / milestone recognition
https://github.com/canton-foundation/cips/blob/main/cip-0077/cip-0077.md 
This Pull Request (PR) proposes an adjustment to the Adoption Bonus timing/milestone recognition criteria under CIP-0077 to better reflect the realities of Tier-1 financial institution onboarding and Canton ecosystem dependencies.
Background
Taurus has multiple confirmed Tier-1 institutional projects progressing toward issuance/tokenization on Canton. These projects are active, resourced, and in execution phases, but their delivery timelines extend beyond the current May 10th 2026 Adoption Bonus deadline. 
The delays are not linked to lack of adoption or execution from Taurus, but to structural institutional and ecosystem dependencies encountered during implementation.
Rationale for our ask 
·	Some banking clients will need to onboard Canton as a 3rd party. At least one of our large clients needs to go through TPRM (Third-party risk management with Canton) to onboard the Canton Registry App – which is needed to register their tokenised instrument.
·	New technical recommendation released 4 months after Taurus delivery. Recommended Wallet features to support interacting and trading with Tokenized Assets – released in March 2026 with recommended implementation timeline until May 21st ie. post our own adoption deadline.
·	CIP-103 implemented by Taurus (CIP-56 insufficient for some client use cases).
·	Issuance client identified missing important features in Canton Utilities package (clawback & freeze of an asset) creating internal approval workflows and delay.
These dependencies materially impacted timelines and are typical of Tier-1 / G-SIB production deployments.
In parallel, Taurus has made significant long-term investments into the Canton ecosystem and currently maintains one of the deepest technical integrations (token, nodes, issuance, CIP-56, CIP-103, wallet gateway), facilitating institutional adoption of Canton beyond simple issuance volumes.
Proposed adjustment
We propose:
·	extending the Adoption Bonus deadline to December 31st 2026;
·	increasing the TVL threshold under Category 2 from $1M to $4M per client to further support meaningful Canton adoption;
·	maintaining the current bonus weight structure (+0.5 weight per live deployment under Category 1 or Category 2, max total of 2).
In addition, to better align incentives with long-term ecosystem participation and retention rather than short-term issuance activity only, we propose linking the retained bonus weight to sustained TVL and ecosystem engagement. Under this approach:
·	Bonus weight would be granted upon successful production deployment / issuance on Canton (min. TVL of $4M on Canton) and granted for a 12-month period following issuance; 
·	If, following this 12-month period, the corresponding client fully redeems / burns the issued assets, the associated bonus weight would be removed, except in cases where such offboarding is primarily driven by Canton-related compliance, security, or ecosystem complexity considerations outside Taurus’ control.
We believe this approach better aligns incentives with the long-term growth, retention, and operational maturity of the Canton ecosystem.
  


Signed-off-by: ClementineDrouot <clementine.drouot@taurushq.com>
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