Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age.
-- Eric Hughes (from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto)
Your privacy matters. Liberdus is a decentralized, open source, encrypted messaging and payment app.
-- Eric Hughes (from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto)
Your privacy matters. Liberdus is a decentralized, open source, encrypted messaging and payment app.
Messaging apps can claim to be end-to-end encrypted while also encrypting your messages with a backdoor key belonging to an authoritarian government that can request the centralized service to provide the messages on demand.
You cannot trust a messaging app unless the source code is open and you can verify that your device is actually running that source code. Liberdus runs in your browser and you can view the source right in your browser.
Most blockchains have no way to let the recipient know why you sent them the payment. Including a small message with the payment is necessary for ecommerce so merchants can properly apply the payment.
Such messages would need to be encrypted so that only the sender and receiver can read the message to ensure privacy. Liberdus allows end-to-end encrypted messages to be sent along with payments or directly.
The Liberdus project offers many features; here are some of the most important ones:
A clean and simple messaging interface with a built in wallet; human friendly usernames can be used instead of addresses; no download or installation required; no spam messages; users can set a message toll
Encrypted messages can be sent directly or along with payments; multiple encryption algorithms available; quantum resistant encryption; conceal sender and receiver
The Liberdus network is operated by thousands of community run validator nodes; validators can be run on standard computers; no ASICs or GPUs required; host the user interface on your own website; no dependency on liberdus.com
210 million maximum supply; fair launch; no presale or team allocation; tokens distributed only when earned; many ways to earn; node operators earn rewards; liquidity providers earn rewards; low transaction fees; transaction fees are burned; bridge to other networks for DeFi
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) votes on network parameters and funding proposals; anyone holding enough coins can participate in voting; on-chain governance that is fair, secure and verifiable
Uses the Shardus protocol layer for consensus and data storage; network throughput grows with number of nodes; dynamic state sharding used for linear scaling; network can autoscale based on usage; sustain low transaction fees; energy efficient
Liberdus is still in development but here is our plan for how it will work:
The Liberdus software will initially be developed by the Liberdus core team with help from the community in an open source, collaborative environment. Developers will receive Liberdus tokens (LIB) for their contributions to the development of Liberdus. Node operators will also earn LIB for helping to run incentivized testnets. Liquidity providers can also earn LIB proportional to their share of the total value locked on Uniswap. Users of the testnet also earn LIB for participation and bounty completion. LIB will exist as an ERC20 token on the Polygon network and earned tokens can be exchanged in DeFi protocols like Uniswap.
The Liberdus DAO, consisting of community members holding enough LIB to show a vested interest in the project will determine the future direction of the network and Liberdus software. A bridge will allow moving Liberdus ERC20 tokens to the mainnet and Liberdus coins on the mainnet to be moved to other networks for use in DeFi. Node operators and liquidity providers will continue to earn LIB. Developers and ambassadors will be able to earn LIB for direct contribution and support of the project. Users of the Liberdus network will be able to earn LIB through message receiver tolls. Shardus token holders and other selected projects will be invited to claim LIB and use the Liberdus network.
Liberdus is only distributed when it is earned. There are many ways you can help and earn Liberdus tokens (LIB) as reward.
• Help with code development, testing and code reviews
• Become an ambassador to spread awareness of Liberdus
• Complete social media bounties
• Just use the network for a chance to win LIB
• Of course you can always buy some LIB
• Join our Discord server and tell us how you would like to help!
Here is the background of the project, and where we are going in the future:
The Shardus project begins working on a dynamically sharded distributed ledger to address the blockchain trilemma.
The Shardus team begins working on Liberdus to demonstrate the Shardus protocol and provide a useful service to the community.
The Shardus team puts Liberdus on hold to work on Shardeum, a smart contract platform based on the Shardus protocol.
With Shardeum nearing completion, Liberdus is revived with its own token to support development and incentivized testnet.
The Liberdus team plans to launch the mainnet in early 2025.
Liberdus will grow the community by inviting selected projects to use the network and claim tokens.
Here are some common questions asked about Liberdus:
From a user perspective Liberdus is a simple, easy to use messaging app that protects your privacy by using end-to-end encryption and a decentralized network of nodes to transfer the messages. Unlike most messaging apps the source code for Liberdus is open for anyone to view and verify. Anyone can also run a Liberdus validator node to confirm that the network is truly decentralized and earn a reward in the process. The Liberdus validator software uses the Shardus protocol so the network can scale easily to accommodate the load efficiently.
Shardus is the protocol layer software to enable application specific chains. Liberdus uses the Shardus software to handle consensus and data storage so the Liberdus software can focus on the application logic. The Shardus team initially developed Liberdus before it was spun off as its own project.
If you're interested in learning more about Shardus and how it works, check out the Shardus website.
Liberdus has a max supply of 210 million coins. Transaction fees and other fees collected by the network are burned to reduce the supply. New coins are minted to pay validator nodes, liquidity providers and other operating expenses. The actual circulating supply will level out well below 210 million.
If you're interested in learning more about Liberdus tokenomics, check out the Litepaper.
Just follow the instructions here.
If you have any issues, support is available in our Discord server.
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"Hey, we're glad you want to support Liberdus! There are a few ways you can help out: "
1. Join our Discord server and engage with us! We need your support and feedback to make Liberdus happen, because Liberdus is the community! Also join our social media channels which are linked at the bottom of the page.
2. Contribute! We're always looking for strong developers and passionate people to help the project. Join our Discord and tell us how you would like to help.
3. Run a node! Liberdus will need community members to run nodes in the network so that there is a good amount of decentralization in the network. No special or expensive hardware is needed; a standard computer will do. You will earn Liberdus coins while you sleep.
4. Become a liquidity provider and stake your LP tokens. More info on how to do this coming soon.
5. Help test the network during development. We regularly have bounties and rewards for community members that actively use the testnet.