| Primary purpose | A shared execution environment for many kinds of applications and assets. | A dedicated institutional network designed around agreed banking, asset, governance, and operational policies. |
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| Institutional control | A bank using a public chain does not determine the chain’s network-wide validator or protocol policy. | Network participation and supported governance-controlled parameters are configured for the institution or consortium. |
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| Native asset | The native asset commonly funds gas; application tokens are usually implemented separately. | The native asset ledger is integrated with supported contract-governed banking controls. Customer-facing fee policy remains distinct from technical gas accounting. |
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| Issuance and supply | Native issuance follows the network’s protocol; application-token mint/burn rights depend on individual contracts. | Authorized institutional issuance, mint/burn, supply administration, and approval policies are part of the agreed asset design. |
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| Restrictions | An application may add restrictions in its own contracts; a basic chain deployment does not itself define a bank’s control model. | Supported amount holds, wallet/account restrictions, and applicable pause/unpause controls are configured as banking functions. |
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| Customer fees | Direct EVM use typically requires gas funding, unless an application adds a compatible sponsorship or fee-abstraction flow. | An integrated Paymaster-mediated approach supports agreed sponsorship and eligible customer-facing payment arrangements; gas still needs funding. |
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| Governance | Protocol governance and application administration depend on the chosen chain and individual applications. | Administrative, democratic, or hybrid governance is configured with institutional voting and approval responsibilities. |
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| Explorer | An explorer commonly presents public chain activity; application-specific interpretation may need extra development. | A dedicated banking explorer is included, with agreed branding, supported institutional events, network visibility, and access arrangements. |
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| Banking integration | Core banking, treasury, identity, reconciliation, and operational integration remain application projects. | EVM interfaces and agreed API/SDK integration form part of the product; institution-specific connectors are separately assessed and scoped. |
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| Customer privacy | On-chain data visibility follows the network and application design; an address is not a complete banking customer record. | Public network information is distinguished from private banking records, with access boundaries defined for the chosen deployment. |
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| Operations and delivery | Node hosting, monitoring, licensing, support, and recovery may come from separate products or teams. | Managed or bank-hosted delivery brings the agreed software, infrastructure, integration, and operating responsibilities into one commercial scope. |
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| Performance and assurance | Throughput, resilience, security assurance, and compliance suitability depend on the specific implementation. | Capacity, service levels, recovery objectives, and independent assessments are agreed and validated for the deployment, not assumed from the package name. |