Blockchain data you can [prove] - not just believe/
Every block carries truth. Somewhere between the chain and your app, that truth gets repackaged, rate limited, and resold.
Shinzō removes the middlemen.
A data read layer that speaks in proofs, not permissions.
Blockchain was supposed to be different
Four words that were meant to redefine how the world handles truth
Somewhere between blocks and APIs, that promise broke.
We built networks no one could control, then handed control of their data to centralized parties.
Most “onchain” apps still read through trusted intermediaries.
Data is extracted, reshaped, and served from private infrastructure.
You cannot verify it without rebuilding the pipeline yourself.
You cannot access it without someone’s permission.
You have to trust that what you are reading is real.
Without verifiable data, blockchains are unfinished.
Shinzō exists to finish what blockchains started.
What Shinzō Is
Shinzo is a trustless data read layer for blockchains.
Instead of asking you to trust an indexer or API, Shinzo turns the network itself into the data source. Validators become the origin of indexed, provable data. A peer network of Hosts carries that data forward, keeps it available, and provides the views for builders to rely on.
The result is simple: a shared read layer where anyone can access, verify, and build on blockchain data without handing control to a single company.
A lightweight engine runs with validators, deriving application ready views directly from consensus events and attaching succinct proofs that link those views back to the chain.
Verifiable, content addressed artifacts replicate over a peer to peer fabric of Hosts for durability, resilience, and sovereignty. Hosts store, serve, and operate views over this data so every team does not have to rebuild indexing alone.
Builders query simple APIs or subscribe to streams. Raw events become balances, positions, histories, and cross chain views, without breaking verifiability or tying you to a single provider.
From your app's point of view, it still feels like reading from one place. Underneath, you are standing on validators, Hosts, and proofs.
Shinzo is built around the same principles blockchains were meant to uphold.
Verifiable
Every answer can be checked against cryptographic proofs that tie it back to the blockchain, instead of trusting that an indexer “probably did it right.”
Trustless
You are not locked into one vendor's backend or schema. The network itself produces and carries the data, backed by math, not reputation.
Permissionless
Understanding onchain reality should not depend on credit cards, quotas, or private contracts. Reading the chain becomes as open as writing to it.
Decentralized
Data is served by validators and Hosts across the network, not by a single company sitting between your users and the chain.
Shinzo is about giving the data layer the same guarantees the base layer already has.
Shinzo is for anyone who cares about how blockchains are read, not just how they produce blocks.
Builders who want to ship products based on truth, not assumptions.
Validators who want their work to secure more than just the next block.
Data Hosts who want to carry and shape verifiable data for the ecosystem.
Protocols and foundations who want their chains to be read with the same integrity they are written with.
On the surface, these are different roles.
Underneath, they are all answering the same question: who do we trust to tell us what the chain says?
Shinzo's answer is: the chain itself.
Shinzō is wired for verification from the ground up.
Content addressed data so integrity can be checked at a glance.
Merkle linked histories so changes can be traced, not guessed.
Recursive proofs that compress months of indexing into a single statement a client can verify.
When privacy is required, capability based access control and selective disclosure can limit who sees what, without breaking the integrity of the underlying data.
Behind the scenes, Shinzō is supported by a protocol that coordinates participation and incentives around data supply, without interfering with how data is produced or verified.
The goal is simple: your app should never have to choose between usable data and verifiable data.
Final Call
The era of trusted APIs is ending.
Blockchains do not need middlemen.
Let the chain speak for itself.