# Why Canton Canton is an enterprise-grade network designed for secure and scalable financial applications. Cantex builds on Canton because it offers: * **Privacy where it matters**\ Transaction details are only visible to the parties involved, giving users control over what they share and with whom. * **Atomic settlement**\ Trades and transfers settle across Canton’s synchronised domains with guaranteed finality and predictable outcomes. * **Performance and reliability**\ Canton is engineered to handle high-value activity and consistent throughput, making it suitable for both everyday retail users and more advanced traders. * **Configurable counterparty models**\ Cantex will support different levels of counterparties, whether fully KYC verified, pseudonymous or mixed. Users and institutions can choose the counterparties they want to interact with, creating a flexible trading environment that can accommodate a wide range of use cases. This combination allows Cantex to provide a trading experience with self-custody, privacy, configurability and performance, suitable for all types of users. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cantex.io/introduction/why-canton.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.