Real-World Consensus

Starfish. Because global infrastructure can't fail when it matters most.

Built for real-world conditions – unpredictable network speeds and spikes in demand. Starfish strengthens IOTA for enterprise and global-scale use.

Real networks. Real resilience.

Starfish ensures steady progress, whatever the conditions
A starfish can regenerate from a single arm. Similarly, Starfish reconstructs transaction data from protocol shards – so the network keeps moving, even when parts fall behind.
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Why Starfish matters

Reliability isn't optional when global operations are on the line

Slowdowns and delays are part of operating at scale. Starfish ensures they don't become your problem.

What global scale actually requires

The consensus you need when pilots become production

Steady progress

Your network keeps moving, even when some participants fall behind.

Fast finality

Irreversible settlement happens quickly, so operations can move with confidence.

Enterprise ready

Built for the workloads global operations actually run on.

Higher resilience

Temporary slowdowns don't cascade into system-wide disruption.

Predictable performance

Consistent behavior across regions, conditions, and load.

Parallel recovery

Recovery happens in the background. Operations stay in the foreground.

From speed to resilience

A stronger foundation for real-world deployment
Mysticeti established high performance. Starfish is how IOTA takes that further: more robust, more scalable, built for the conditions global scale demands.
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Consensus built for real-world demand

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International trade, covered

Paperless trade and digital asset flows cross borders, jurisdictions, and counterparties every day. Starfish ensures IOTA remains reliable across all of them.

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Enterprise, ready

Your production systems need reliability they can count on, not just in testing. Starfish ensures IOTA behaves consistently under the pressure of real operational workloads.

Backed by research

Rigorous science behind every design decision
Starfish advances IOTA’s consensus design with a focus on robustness, communication efficiency, and stable performance under real-world conditions.
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Proof points that matter

Starfish is designed to support scalable, fault-tolerant operation in distributed environments

Scalable by design

Built to support high-throughput operation as activity grows

Fault tolerant

Remains secure and operational when some participants fall behind

Stable latency

What Starfish delivers when your network is under pressure

Distributed validation

Evaluated for environments where validators operate across regions

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