# Space and Time

> Space and Time builds a decentralized data blockchain that lets developers index blockchain history, load offchain records, query both with familiar SQL, and return results with cryptographic proof. Its central invention, Proof of SQL, is designed to let smart contracts use historical and real-world data without simply trusting the server that computed the answer. The company now positions the network for DeFi, stablecoins, tokenized assets, institutional lending, compliance, APIs, dashboards, and other production applications that span onchain and offchain systems.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Globally remote, United States
- **Founders:** Nate Holiday (Co-founder and CEO), Scott Dykstra (Co-founder and CTO), Jay White (Co-founder and Head of Research)
- **Team size:** About 55 people are visible on LinkedIn; the supplied company record lists 56 employees.
- **Products:** SXT Chain, Proof of SQL, Blockchain Indexing, Verifiable Database, Data APIs
- **Notable:** Raised $50 million in total disclosed funding by August 2024., Launched SXT Chain mainnet in May 2025., Developed Proof of SQL, a ZK coprocessor designed for sub-second proofs over SQL queries.

## Products & services

- **SXT Chain** — A decentralized layer-1 data blockchain that stores tamperproof tables, coordinates indexing and validation, and settles network workloads.
- **Proof of SQL** — A sub-second zero-knowledge coprocessor that proves a SQL query was executed correctly against committed, untampered data.
- **Blockchain Indexing** — Self-service indexing that decodes chain history and smart-contract events into relational tables developers can query with SQL.
- **Verifiable Database** — Infrastructure for loading offchain records into custom tamperproof tables and joining them with indexed onchain data.
- **Data APIs** — Production interfaces for sending query results to apps, dashboards, backend services, AI agents, and smart contracts.
- **Space and Time Studio** — An AI-assisted interface for generating queries, pipelines, APIs, and dashboards from natural-language prompts.
- **Virtual Vaults** — Institutional onchain lending infrastructure that continuously verifies borrower collateral and positions across chains, DeFi protocols, and centralized venues.
- **SXT Token** — The network token used for staking, security, query and insertion payments, and rewards to infrastructure and data providers.

## Achievements

- Raised $50 million in total disclosed funding by August 2024.
- Launched SXT Chain mainnet in May 2025.
- Developed Proof of SQL, a ZK coprocessor designed for sub-second proofs over SQL queries.
- Reported more than 5.3 billion database requests and about 500,000 monthly queries in 2024.
- Integrated Proof of SQL with Google Cloud BigQuery and listed deployments on Google Cloud Marketplace.
- Made the Proof of SQL repository and verifier tooling available through its public GitHub organization.
- Introduced Virtual Vaults for institutional onchain lending in May 2026.
- Allocated a majority of the five-billion-token SXT supply to community rewards and ecosystem development.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published its CLARITY Compliance framework work on market-integrity monitoring for onchain venues.
- **2026-05** — Introduced Virtual Vaults, a verified-data platform for bilateral institutional onchain lending.
- **2026-03** — Sharpened its market focus around verifiable data for tokenized assets, stablecoins, DeFi, and institutional onchain finance.
- **2026-02** — Outlined the SXT network's usage-based economics and participated in Chainlink Rewards Season 1.
- **2025-05** — Launched SXT Chain mainnet and introduced the SXT token for network payments, staking, and security.
- **2024-08** — Closed a $20 million Series A, bringing total disclosed funding to $50 million.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spaceandtime.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-and-time-db
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/spaceandtime
- GitHub: https://github.com/spaceandtimelabs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceandtimeDB
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandtimedb/

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Last updated: 2026-08-12