BelizeChain Core
The BelizeChain node is the sovereign Layer-1 runtime at the center of the ecosystem — a Substrate-based chain purpose-built for Belize.
Highlights
- 19 custom runtime pallets covering economy, identity, compliance, governance, and infrastructure
- Dual-currency system: DALLA (native token) and bBZD (Belize-Dollar-pegged stablecoin)
- Proof of Useful Work (PoUW) consensus
- ink! 5.1.1 smart contracts via
pallet-contracts - Post-quantum bridges to Ethereum and Polkadot
Local Development
For local development, build and run a development node from source:
cargo build --release
./target/release/belizechain-node --dev
Note: --dev starts a throwaway local chain for development only. The live network is the Ceiba testnet, which runs as a containerized stack.