Node Runner
Stake floor 1 000 ADM. Produces blocks. 28-day unbonding. Subject to liveness, equivocation, and double-sign slashing.
§ Start · /start
Adamant in five steps.
A five-minute scroll. By the end, you can explain what Adamant is, where ADM comes from, how privacy works, how the chain stays alive, and what to read next. No prior crypto knowledge required.
This page describes what the chain will be. It is not yet. That distinction is the point.
§ 01 / What it is
A base layer that holds money.
Adamant is a Layer 1 blockchain protocol. Not a smart-contract playground, not a scaling layer — a settlement layer designed to outlive its builders.
A small set of validators produces blocks. A recursive zero-knowledge proof attests to every transaction since genesis. A phone can verify the whole chain from a single anchor. There is no foundation that can pause it, no admin key that can move funds, no governance contract that can rewrite the rules.
§ 02 / How ADM exists
Burn to mint.
The only way ADM enters circulation during the launch phase: burn an external asset (BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC) at a verifiably-unspendable address; the validator set verifies the burn proof and mints ADM at the launch-phase rate.
100 000 000 ADM total. 70 M drains through burn-to-mint. 30 M drains through validator block rewards. Five-year cap; unclaimed at the cap is destroyed. No foundation allocation, no premine, no investor round (WP §10.2).
§ 03 / How privacy works
Shielded by default, disclosed by intent.
Adamant transactions encrypt sender, recipient, amount and memo on-device before broadcast. The validity proof rides alongside. Observers see the envelope and the proof; only the holder — or a view-key recipient — reads the contents.
Selective disclosure is user-controlled. Issue a view key scoped to a date range, an amount band, a counterparty, or a contract; revoke it whenever. The protocol contains no mechanism by which anyone — including validators, the original implementers, or governments — can compel decryption against your will (WP §4.4).
§ 04 / How the chain stays alive
A small active set, transferable but continuous.
Floor 7. Ceiling 75 at launch. First-come, first-served with mutual-consent slot transfer. Below the floor, the chain halts on disagreement rather than producing blocks under reduced safety.
Node Watcher
Stake floor 100 ADM. Publishes attestations and DA samples. 7-day unbonding. Slashable for false claims.
Genesis cohort
The first 75 active-set slots receive a permanent on-chain marker (non-transferable) and a tradeable Genesis NFT (WP §8.1.9).
§ 05 / Where to go next
Five doors.
Continue from whichever role you arrived as.