Tempo: The Blockchain Designed for Payments
Tempo is a purpose-built, layer 1 blockchain for payments, developed in partnership with leading fintechs and Fortune 500s. With support for all major stablecoins, Tempo enables high-throughput, low-cost global transactions for any business use case. Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them: existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused. Tempo is a blockchain designed and built for real-world payments. // Multifaceted and borderless Designed to meet the needs of modern payment processing, enhancing speed, efficiency, and reliability. Tempo was started by Stripe and Paradigm, with design input from Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Lead Bank, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more. If you’re a company with large, real-world economic flows and would like to help shape the future of Tempo, get in touch. // Purpose-built for payments An in
Purpose-built for stablecoins Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them: existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused. Tempo is designed for payments at scale. Performant & scalable for any payments flow Designed for real-world use cases at scale 01 Dedicated payment lanes Guaranteed blockspace for payments at the protocol level. Fees stay low and stable even when network activity spikes. 02 Stablecoin-native gas Pay fees in USD stablecoins. No volatile gas tokens, predictable…
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