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RISC-V VM
A general-purpose virtual machine built on the open RISC-V instruction set.
Most smart contract platforms lock you into a bespoke language and a proprietary bytecode. RISCy Network runs a virtual machine based on RISC-V, an open, royalty-free instruction set architecture with a mature global toolchain.
That means you can write contracts in Rust, C, Zig, or anything else that targets RISC-V, and compile them with the same battle-tested compilers used across the embedded and systems world. Execution is deterministic, so every node reaches the same result for the same input.
Why it matters
- ▸ Use real languages and existing compilers instead of a niche DSL.
- ▸ Deterministic execution for consensus-safe results.
- ▸ No vendor lock-in to a proprietary bytecode format.
- ▸ Easier auditing with familiar tooling and debuggers.