Core Principles

Privacy

• Privacy-first design: encryption is not optional, it’s built-in.

• Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) enable trustless verification without exposing sensitive data.

• Data belongs to users, not corporations.

Decentralization

• No single authority can censor or shut down workloads.

• Workloads are distributed across a global node network.

• Eliminates single points of failure common in centralized systems.

Transparency

• Infrastructure is open-source, verifiable, and auditable.

• Governance is conducted through on-chain mechanisms.

• No hidden processes every action is visible to the community.

Community

• Pinera is community-driven and community-owned.

• Node operators, developers, and token holders share in governance and rewards.

• Value flows back to the ecosystem instead of centralized corporations.

Resilience

• Applications are unstoppable once deployed.

• Redundancy across storage, compute, and networking ensures uptime.

• Designed to withstand censorship, shutdowns, or attacks.