Chain Key
Discover › Chain Key lists the network’s threshold keys: ECDSA secp256k1, Schnorr BIP340, Ed25519 and vetKD. These let canisters sign for other blockchains and derive keys.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Signing subnet | The subnet that signs with the key. |
| Held by | How many subnets hold it: the signer and its backups. |
| State | Signing when a subnet signs with it; Held only otherwise. |
Open a key for its Signing settings: pre-signatures kept ready, queue limit, request timeout and how often the key rotates.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- Signature counts, latency and key health aren’t published, so they aren’t shown.
- Chain-key tokens such as ckBTC and ckETH run on the fiduciary subnet. Open it from Subnets.