History

Telos Canton was established by a group of blockchain technology and decentralization autonomous enthusiasts on July 25, 2018. Our slogan is:
"Telos Canton, Fair, Just, Open."

Telos Canton officially became the block producer candidate of Telos by joining the Telos test network on July 26, 2018. It is the first Chinese BP to join Telos.

Logo

With the "ram head" mixed with the design elements of the Telos Logo, this logo symbolizes the combination of Canton’s ancient alias name "City of Rams" and the blockchain, reflecting the vitality of the collision between tradition and modernity, as well as highlighting the unique cultural background of Telos Canton.

Belief

1. Fair, Just, Open
   Fairness is not average, but a reasonable return based on contribution, creating a variety of opportunities, and maximizing the individual's traits and abilities.
   Fairness is reflected in the strict observance of the rules of consensus, the judgment of behavior according to the rules, and the independent of the influence and control of interests.
   Public information includes, and is not limited to, ideas, decisions, finances, executions, and rights, which guarantees transparency and public supervision.
2. The technology and governance model of blockchain can make our world fairer and better, enable more people to realize their dreams.
3. "Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine."- Allen Turing
4. "The telos of an acorn is to become an oak tree."- Aristotle
   Teleology believes that before deciding how resources are allocated, we need to study what the "purpose" of the allocated resources is. The philosophical starting point of Plato and Aristotle is "Telos", which is ancient Greek, meaning purpose, intention, goal or nature.
5. "What belongs to the national belongs to the world."- Lu Xun
   As the world itself is composed of diverse cultures of different nationalities, the essence of the world is diversity, and each national culture is unique. Only by respecting one's own culture, maintaining the uniqueness of its own culture and removing the inferiority of its own culture, can a nationality become the common cultural wealth of all mankind. That is when world culture is defined as world culture. On the basis of recognizing one's own traits, culture and abilities, we can make the world-wide collaboration more unimpeded by accepting and embracing the diversity of different groups of people.

Naming

1. "Canton", though etymologically derived from Cantão (the Portuguese transliteration of "Guangdong"), refers only to the provincial capital instead of the whole province, as documented by authoritative English dictionaries. The local people of the city of Guangzhou (Canton) and their language are called Cantonese in English. Cantonese sensu lato can also be used for the phylogenetically related residents and Chinese dialects outside the provincial capital.
2. Canton has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub today, as well as one of China's three largest cities.
3. Canton, also known as City of Rams, City of Flowers, is one of the most open and inclusive cities in China. Canton is the most mature civil society in mainland China and have the most vocal people and the most outspoken media, which we are proud of.