Pubkey connects everything. Peer‑to‑peer access without IPs, domains, or platforms.
Decent Network is a permissionless public communication substrate. It lets people and devices address each other by public keys, removing dependence on IPs/domains and third‑party platforms. No company or individual can control it; anyone can help operate it and benefit from it. Built and governed on existing crypto infrastructure via public blockchains — with transparent metering, payouts, and grants — not corporate ledgers.
- Visibility asymmetry on the web: publishers are visible; visitors are effectively invisible. This makes two‑way interaction and portable relationships hard—and raises the cost of building trust.
- Platform power & information asymmetry (amplified by AI): centralized intermediaries gate naming, addressing, access, and data. Opaque data extraction and model training further tilt the field.
- IP & DNS scarcity and capture: IP space is finite; DNS is first‑come‑first‑served. High‑value names are scarce; registries/authorities are concentrated and become single points of control.
- Security & fragility of centralized registries: a few institutions hold critical databases (IP allocation, domain roots). They’re attractive targets and operational chokepoints.
- Bidirectional access is cumbersome: NAT/CGNAT, enterprise firewalls, and platform limits make inbound reachability awkward; teams resort to tunnels, static IPs, and manual DNS.
We need a change: a base layer where peer‑to‑peer is default, addressing is by pubkeys, and participation is permissionless. Decent Network focuses on that minimal, decentralized communication substrate—so safer, friendlier, and more efficient apps (next‑gen social, AI agents, IoT/edge) can be built on top.
- Next‑gen social: build social apps that don’t sit behind a platform’s gate. Identity = pubkey; relationships are portable; creators and communities own their graph.
- AI agents: agents can find, call, and collaborate with other agents and devices by pubkey—without centralized relays or NAT gymnastics.
- IoT & edge fleets: ship devices that are addressable from day one; vendor‑neutral remote ops and telemetry.
- Builders & self‑hosters: publish services from anywhere without buying static IPs or managing DNS/tunnels.
- Permissionless & neutral: a public good, like Bitcoin/Ethereum—but for communication.
- Peer‑to‑peer by design: identity‑routed connections across networks and organizations, without platform custody.
- Open economics: usage is metered on‑chain; node operators earn by contributing capacity; treasury funds public goods via grants/bounties.
- Portable identity: your pubkey is your address across apps; no lock‑in.
- SDK‑first DX: SDK is the developer interface to use the network; connectivity and routing are provided by the network itself.
- Pubkey directory (DHT): signed identity→reachability records.
- Connectivity across networks: the decentralized node network supplies STUN/TURN/relay capacity and NAT traversal (ICE).
- Transports: WebRTC DataChannel / QUIC / HTTP/3 MASQUE / WebSocket.
- Security: E2E by default (session keys, ACLs, tokens); minimal metadata.
- Observability & metering: latency/success/bandwidth; public integrity logs.
import { connect } from '@decent/sdk'
const peer = 'pubkey://0xABCD...'
const conn = await connect(peer)
conn.send('hello')- Unit: Usage Credits (UC) (~$1 soft peg), usage‑based.
- Split: 70% node operators / 20% protocol treasury (ops, grants, bounties) / 10% ecosystem.
- Run a node: community members can operate discovery/relay capacity and earn transparently on chain.
- Social messaging/feeds/live rooms without platform custody.
- Agent‑to‑agent coordination; agent↔device calls; tool servers.
- IoT/edge onboarding at scale; remote ops & command routing.
- Self‑hosting: webhooks, demos, reverse callbacks—no DNS or static IPs.
- Download test app: https://linktr.ee/0xl
- Start building: SDK & docs
- Run a node: join the community network and contribute capacity
Contact: wli@decent.network | GitHub: github.com/decentnetworks | X: @0xwli