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: 1End-user wallet
MERCHANT
Code: 2Business receiving payment
TREASURY
Code: 3Root treasury (minting source)
Recent Transfers
PAYMENT
Code: 3
ESCROW_LOCK
Code: 20
ANCHOR_AUTHORIZATION
Code: 10