# Five North

> Infrastructure & capital behind Canton Network

Five North builds and operates infrastructure on Canton Network, including validator services, a non-custodial wallet, a blockchain explorer, and open-source developer tools.

Five North is a company and Super Validator on Canton Network that builds infrastructure products and developer tooling for teams working on the network. It develops Loop, a non-custodial Canton wallet; Lighthouse, a public blockchain explorer; and open-source tools including SDKs, APIs, and a hosted node service. Five North also operates a Canton-focused fund that invests in applications and infrastructure projects on the network.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north

## Products

- [Loop](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): Loop is a self-custodial digital wallet for the Canton Network. Users manage private keys locally through an encrypted passkey stored on their device and interact with Canton Coin and compatible digital assets. The wallet includes swap functionality and bridging capabilities delivered through third-party services. (Wallet, Live, Main Product)
- [Lighthouse](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): Lighthouse is a public blockchain explorer and data platform for the Canton Network. Users can search transactions, parties, validators, smart contracts, governance activity, and token data. The explorer displays live network metrics including transaction rates, Canton Coin price, total supply, validator counts, and featured applications. (Block Explorer, Live)
- [5N ID](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): 5N ID is a verifiable digital identity protocol on the Canton Network. Users connect external accounts including Google, GitHub, X, and LinkedIn, each cryptographically signed on-chain, to build a trust score. The protocol issues verifiable credentials without exposing personal data using zero-knowledge methods, and identities are registered as on-chain assets through a one-time purchase. (Decentralised Identity, Live)
- [Five North Fund](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): Five North Fund is a Canton Network-focused venture fund that deploys capital into infrastructure, primitives, and middleware enabling regulated enterprise digital asset adoption. Target investments include asset tokenization, privacy technology, compliance tooling, and Canton ecosystem middleware. (Venture Fund, Live)
- [Five North Developer Tools](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): Five North Developer Tools is a suite of open-source developer infrastructure for building applications on the Canton Network. It includes the Loop SDK for wallet integration, the ID SDK for identity verification, 5N Infra for managed node hosting, 5N Dashboard for node deployment and monitoring, and 5N Time Machine for ledger data archival into PostgreSQL. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [Five North Super Validator](https://thegrid.id/profiles/five_north): Five North operates a Super Validator node on the Canton Network, one of 13 nodes responsible for network consensus, governance participation, and securing the Global Synchronizer. Super Validators participate in Canton Network governance and earn Canton Coin rewards for their infrastructure contributions. (Validator, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://fivenorthgroup.com)
- [Documentation](https://docs.fivenorth.io)
- [Blog](https://www.fivenorthdigital.com/fund)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/fivenorth-io)

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