TigerBeetle Ledger

The immutable state machine for the Sovereign Stack

Core Principle

Finality

Core Principle

Deterministic Rules

Core Principle

Scarcity Enforcement

Ledger Rules

  • Double-entry (every debit has a credit)
  • No negative balances
  • No UPDATE operations (append-only)
  • No DELETE operations
  • All IDs monotonic and unique
  • Idempotent transactions

Account Types

USER

Code: 1

End-user wallet

MERCHANT

Code: 2

Business receiving payment

TREASURY

Code: 3

Root treasury (minting source)

Recent Transfers

PAYMENT

Code: 3

100 SOVR

ESCROW_LOCK

Code: 20

500 SOVR

ANCHOR_AUTHORIZATION

Code: 10

75 SOVR