# Katal: A standard framework for finance

## TL;DR

Katal introduces a comprehensive blockchain framework that standardizes the development of decentralized financial applications, integrating consensus, data feeds, and contract standards to enhance interoperability and trustlessness.

## Contribution

It provides a unified platform combining consensus, data feeds, and financial contract standards, streamlining decentralized finance development.

## Key findings

- Enables creation of non-custodial financial services
- Ensures fast and trustless transactions
- Supports interoperability with blockchain ecosystem

## Abstract

Katal is a new blockchain that provides a standard way to build and deploy decentralized financial applications. It brings together all the components necessary for the backend of a financial application, namely: a high-performance consensus, an authenticated data feed system, a standard for financial contracts and connectivity to the rest of the blockchain ecosystem. Katal enables and simplifies the creation of financial services that are non-custodial, trustless, fast, convenient and interoperable.