The Vision: A True User-Centric Internet
In the digital wild west of today’s internet, your data is the new gold. Big tech corporations are mining your personal information, selling it to the highest bidder, and leaving you with nothing but digital breadcrumbs. But what if there was a way to reclaim your digital sovereignty? Enter Elastos and the Smartweb, a groundbreaking vision that’s about to turn the internet as we know it upside down.
This isn’t about creating an alternative to the internet. It’s about building a parallel digital universe where you and only you are the true owner of your data. Imagine an online ecosystem where your personal information isn’t a commodity to be bought and sold, but a precious asset that remains entirely under your control. The Smartweb isn’t just a technological innovation; it’s a digital bill of rights.
Leveraging the unparalleled security of Bitcoin’s blockchain, Elastos is constructing a new digital infrastructure that promises something revolutionary: genuine data ownership. When you need privacy, you’ll have it. When you want to protect your digital assets, you’ll have the tools. And when you’re ready to monetize your own information, you’ll finally have the power to do so.
This is more than just another blockchain project. This is a fundamental reimagining of how we interact with digital spaces—a future where your data serves you, not corporations. Welcome to the SmartWeb: where digital ownership is no longer a buzzword, but a fundamental human right.
The Problem: Centralized Control of Digital Life
For decades, we’ve accepted a broken internet. Tech giants like Google, Facebook, X, and TikTok have turned our personal information into their most valuable asset. Since the internet became mainstream in the 1990s, people have passively accepted everyday nuisances that compromise their digital rights.
These platforms control users’ data without individual ownership. Information is housed by centralized servers, susceptible to hacks and black market sales. The internet lacks legitimate Property Digital Rights protection, with digital goods sold as revocable licenses. Millions have experienced account suspensions, with centralized moderation and censorship becoming major issues that threaten individual digital freedom.
The Solution: The Elastos World Computer
Elastos is here to revolutionize the digital landscape, bringing forth the Smartweb, the most user-centric environment on Planet Earth. Our vision transcends the current internet paradigm, empowering individuals to truly own, control, and monetize their digital identity, data, and creative works. We’re not just talking about incremental change; we’re proposing a fundamental reimagining of how people interact with the digital world, where users become the true masters of their online existence.
The internet we know is merely an internet of information, but the Smartweb is the internet of value. Digital assets are no longer abstract concepts—they are living, tradable extensions of yourself: your personal data, your movies, your books, your music, your photos. Through peer-to-peer interactions, individuals can now trade, buy, and sell their work directly, eliminating the need for intrusive intermediaries.
Elastos is breaking down the barriers that have long restricted personal digital sovereignty, creating a new ecosystem where every digital artifact becomes a potential source of personal empowerment and economic opportunity.
The Architecture of the World Computer
The Elastos World Computer is a decentralized internet of potentially billions of PCs connecting to create a collective Supernode. Unlike the Ethereum community’s definition, our vision envisions billions of people sharing a computing environment where each user logs into their own space while still being able to connect with others—similar to how Rong Chen and his graduate students peers shared UNIX minicomputers decades ago.
The World Computer requires a comprehensive set of interconnected components that work seamlessly together. At its core, we have the desktop computer serving as the primary access point. This is complemented by the Elastos Decentralized Identity (DID) login system, which provides robust identity verification. A personal storage device called HomeNAS ensures individual data sovereignty, while the decentralized peer-to-peer Carrier protocol enables secure communication. To complete the ecosystem, App Icons emerge as publicly tradeable assets that add flexibility and user empowerment.
PC2- Personal Cloud Compute
The PC2, or Personal Cloud Compute, is a revolutionary personal computing system that functions like an advanced, offline Dropbox – but entirely on your local device. Imagine a computer that provides the seamless file organization and accessibility of cloud storage, yet keeps everything completely private and disconnected from the internet. Its modular design allows you to customize and upgrade components as easily as swapping LEGO blocks, transforming how we think about personal technology.
Unlike traditional cloud-based file storage, the PC2 offers a secure, local environment where you can store, organize, and access your files with the convenience of Dropbox, but without any online connectivity. It’s a system that prioritizes user privacy, flexibility, and personal empowerment, giving you complete control over your digital life while maintaining the intuitive file management you’ve come to expect from cloud services.
Users benefit from a secure sandboxed environment with personal storage vaults under their control. Three trustworthy computing environments intertwine to create a robust and secure digital ecosystem. The NAS represents the user’s personal space, the App-Capsule embodies the vendor’s offering, and the Cloud-Drive acts as a facilitating layer. This three-party system is essential for conducting remote business transactions in the Web3 journey, ensuring transparency, security, and user control.
Elastos Carrier
The Elastos Carrier revolutionizes digital navigation by providing a peer-to-peer infrastructure that transforms how users interact online. Unlike traditional internet browsing, the Carrier operates like a sophisticated sim-card, allowing users to connect through decentralized digital identifiers (DID) directly in the search bar, eliminating the need for conventional URLs. This innovative approach creates a sandboxed environment that enables seamless network connections while rigorously protecting personal data from external risks.
Elastos Carrier establishes a safer, more private Smartweb experience. Users can effortlessly discover and interact with others within their personal network and beyond, all while maintaining stringent data protection. The system’s peer-to-peer guardrails ensure that digital interactions remain secure, transparent, and fundamentally user-controlled, marking a significant leap forward in decentralized internet technology.
The fundamental flaw of today’s internet is the absence of a decentralized carrier that empowers users rather than infrastructure providers. The Elastos World Computer conceals the Internet from users and app developers, making it extremely difficult for PC2 apps to steal user data or launch Internet attacks. As the saying goes: nobody can attack what they can’t see.
Bitcoin Integration: Security and DeFi
Elastos is merge-mined with Bitcoin and protected by more than 50% of Bitcoin’s total hashpower. This means Elastos inherits Bitcoin’s exceptional security, providing a rock-solid foundation for its innovative BeL2 protocol. Bitcoin has long been viewed primarily as a digital asset to store value, but BeL2 aims to change that. Developed by Elastos, this innovative technology creates a way for Bitcoin to do much more than just sit in a digital wallet. By using advanced privacy-protecting technology called zero-knowledge proofs, BeL2 allows Bitcoin to interact with other blockchain systems while keeping transaction details secure and private.
The protocol works like a bridge between Bitcoin and other blockchain networks, enabling more complex financial operations without compromising Bitcoin’s core security. Imagine being able to use your Bitcoin for lending, borrowing, or creating stablecoins, all while keeping the asset on its original blockchain. BeL2 makes this possible by using special coding techniques that allow different blockchain systems to communicate and verify transactions without revealing sensitive information.
Set to launch in April 2025, Elastos is developing practical applications for BeL2. The technology could revolutionize how people use Bitcoin by enabling decentralized financial services that don’t rely on traditional banks or financial institutions. This means users could potentially earn interest, take out loans, or engage in more complex financial activities directly with their Bitcoin, all while maintaining the cryptocurrency’s fundamental principles of security and decentralization.
By breaking down barriers between different blockchain networks and the Bitcoin network, BeL2 represents a significant step forward in cryptocurrency technology. It transforms Bitcoin from a static asset into a dynamic financial tool, opening up new possibilities for how digital currencies can be used. The protocol promises to make Bitcoin more versatile, accessible, and useful for everyday financial transactions while preserving the core values of privacy and security that make Bitcoin unique.
Beyond Blockchain: A Complete Internet Solution
Elastos isn’t just another blockchain or Web3 project. The Smartweb excels in managing data, providing DID and storage services—things traditional blockchains aren’t built to do. We have the technology, vision, and motivation to build a new-aged internet curated for individuals rather than centralized entities.
While Ethereum contributed novel smart contracts to complement Bitcoin’s secure architecture, Elastos uses blockchain as just one part of its infrastructure. Our comprehensive approach integrates multiple advanced technologies. ElastOS, which is Runtime technology, creates protected sandboxed environments, the Carrier protocol manages decentralized peer-to-peer traffic, personalized storage vaults enable self-custody, and our Decentralized Identity (DID) system provides robust identity validation.
25 Years in the Making
The seeds of Elastos were planted by founder Rong Chen 9 years before Bitcoin’s 2009 introduction. For 25 years, we’ve been meticulously building this architecture. The tide is turning toward Elastos, the World Computer, and Smartweb becoming the world’s go-to internet experience—a place to transact, lend, borrow, browse, and build a personal business.
ELA: The Fuel of the Smartweb
ELA powers the Elastos Smartweb with critical functionality that goes beyond traditional cryptocurrency models. Through staking, users participate in Supernode validation, facilitating network transactions and securing block finality via Bitcoin merged-mining. ELA is required alongside BTC for BeL2 arbiters, and users can earn yield through Elastos’ innovative Bonded Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. With a maximum supply of ~28,200,000 ELA and a halving scheduled for December 2025, the coin represents a strategic and limited resource in our ecosystem.
Cyber Republic DAO
Currently known as the Cyber Republic (CR), Elastos is preparing to rebrand its community governance model as the Elastos DAO in the near future. This innovative decentralized autonomous organization functions through a 12-member Council elected annually by the community, where members can propose and vote on critical decisions that shape the project’s future. Unlike traditional top-down management, this system allows every community member to participate actively, with proposals and votes transparently recorded on the blockchain to ensure accountability and trust.
What makes the soon-to-be Elastos DAO unique is its democratic structure and practical impact. Community members can submit proposals on everything from technological improvements to token economics, with the potential to fundamentally influence Elastos’ direction. If Council members underperform, they can be removed through a community vote, ensuring the DAO remains responsive and aligned with the community’s interests. This approach has already led to significant developments, such as reducing token supply, enhancing liquidity, and supporting innovative projects like digital rights management for NFTs.
Get Involved Today
The journey begins with you. Start exploring the Elastos Smartweb by downloading the Elastos Essentials Wallet, which allows you to manage tokens across multiple ecosystems and access DeFi dApps and bridges. Community members can contribute suggestions through Cyber Republic, while developers have the opportunity to deploy Solidity smart contracts on the Elastos Smart Chain.
The internet is centralized and archaic, desperately needing a revamp. Elastos provides the infrastructure and philosophy for a truly decentralized, equitable, and secure internet experience where all people can build wealth.
This is more than technology. This is a digital revolution.
Are you ready to reclaim your digital destiny?
