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75 lines
3.7 KiB
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4NK: the self-custodial cloud infrastructure
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For fifteen years, Bitcoin has proven that a decentralized network can secure value without any trusted intermediary. Every block, every signature, every verification is performed by the users themselves. No need for a centralized custodian: everyone can verify, everyone can hold.
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But outside of payments, the digital world still relies everywhere on trusted third parties:
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centralized clouds and servers,
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messaging platforms,
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digital identity services,
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storage solutions.
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These custodians capture data, impose costs, and create points of failure. They are the equivalent of banks before Bitcoin: convenient, but vulnerable and intrusive.
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4NK: Bitcoin beyond payment
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4NK is a client-side infrastructure layer that extends Bitcoin’s native properties to everyday digital uses:
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The resilience of a distributed proof network → every flow becomes verifiable, without relying on a server.
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Money as a universal mechanism → reliable remuneration for security.
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Cryptography as identity → public keys extended into digital identities.
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How does it work?
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Encrypted messaging: based on non-interactive secret sharing derived from Silent Payments. Each message generates a unique, encrypted, and untraceable secret, with no third party involved.
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Off-chain contracts: signed by Bitcoin wallets, validated by peers, and linked to a layer-2 oracle (Signet) regularly anchored on the Bitcoin mainnet.
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Distributed storage: files kept locally between stakeholders or in a mesh network, never in cleartext, never in a public cloud.
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Payments in one scan: native Lightning integration, no Stripe, no PayPal.
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Everything is operated client-side (Client-Side Validation). No custodian.
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Custodian-killer
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Just as Bitcoin killed the need for a central bank to hold and transfer value, 4NK kills the need for digital custodians to identify, exchange, store, and contract.
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This is not a new blockchain. This is not a token. It is the natural extension of Bitcoin:
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distributed proofs as a foundation,
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money as a universal rail,
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public keys as digital identities,
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secret sharing as sovereign messaging.
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4NK is not a theory
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Notaries: legal acts anchored on a proof layer over Bitcoin.
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SMEs: sovereign document management, serverless messaging.
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Public bodies: integrations underway with operators.
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Healthcare: POC in deployment.
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Every time, the model is the same: replace a custodian with Bitcoin + client-side.
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The result
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Making Bitcoin not only the currency of trust, but also the universal infrastructure layer of the digital world:
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Simpler login: four words + multisignature across devices.
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Simpler payments: compatible with all Bitcoin rails + integrated Silent Payment wallet (web & mobile).
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Cheaper, no CAPEX: more users = more resources.
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Cheaper, no infrastructure: less tooling, less supervision, less complexity.
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More secure: encryption directly by user identities, redundancy included.
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More resilient: no central point, no centralized rights management.
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Fully verifiable cryptographically via the anchoring layer.
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Everything is a contract: compliance with agreements, norms, and standards is cryptographically enforced between final parties, where the proof system is also the payment system.
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As fast as needed: there is always a route to deliver the information.
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Our focus
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Local AI experiences integrated into a “Chat First” UX, replacing legacy workflows.
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Effective support, separate from core development.
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Our ambition
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To make Bitcoin not only the currency of trust, but also the universal infrastructure layer of the internet:
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identity,
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messaging,
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contracts,
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storage.
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An internet where the user is sovereign, verification is local, and custodians belong permanently to the past.
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4NK: the self-custodial cloud infrastructure. |