# Is Daml Hub Quietly Becoming Canton’s Weakest Trust Layer?

**URL:** <https://forum.canton.network/t/is-daml-hub-quietly-becoming-canton-s-weakest-trust-layer/8646>\
**Category:** App Development\
**Tags:** damlhub\
**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/is-daml-hub-quietly-becoming-canton-s-weakest-trust-layer/8646 "2026-05-15T14:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhexzzz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/adhexzzz/32/7625_2.png) [@adhexzzz](https://forum.canton.network/u/adhexzzz)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/is-daml-hub-quietly-becoming-canton-s-weakest-trust-layer/8646/1 "2026-05-15T14:58:53Z")

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If Canton is designed as a privacy-preserving, decentralized multi-domain network for institutions, how do you justify relying on Daml Hub as a managed infrastructure layer without creating a hidden centralization point where participant control, Ledger API visibility, operational metadata, and institutional dependency quietly shift trust back to the platform provider rather than the protocol itself?

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**Author:** ![sormeter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/sormeter/32/280_2.png) [@sormeter](https://forum.canton.network/u/sormeter)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/is-daml-hub-quietly-becoming-canton-s-weakest-trust-layer/8646/2 "2026-05-18T23:20:04Z")

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@adhexzzz

Daml Hub has been decommissioned and is not part of the Canton Network stack at all.

Encourage you to have a read through the latest Canton Network docs, potentially this section on Trust Model may be helpful :

> **[Trust Model Overview - Canton Network Docs](https://docs.canton.network/overview/learn/trust-model#trust-model-overview)**
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> Understanding who you trust and what you trust them for in Canton Network

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**Author:** ![adhexzzz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/adhexzzz/32/7625_2.png) [@adhexzzz](https://forum.canton.network/u/adhexzzz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/is-daml-hub-quietly-becoming-canton-s-weakest-trust-layer/8646/3 "2026-06-15T11:14:58Z")

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Thanks for clarifying — I was referencing older architecture assumptions. I’ll read through the Trust Model section and revisit my understanding of how visibility and coordination work in the current Canton stack.