FAQ

Is Palliora a blockchain? No. Palliora is the private computer for the open internet. It uses blockchain components, a Guardian network, encrypted data availability and a coordination ledger, but applications and users stay on the chains they already use. See Where Palliora runs. Does Palliora take custody of my assets? No. Palliora and its products never take custody of users’ assets. Privacy applies to the data, not to the assets. Do I need to bridge or move assets? No. Assets stay on their own chain, under their owners’ control. Palliora DeFi never takes custody of users’ assets. Who can see my data? Nobody by default. Data is encrypted before it reaches Palliora and is decrypted only by a Guardian quorum, when a contract allows it, for the computation it allows. In trusted execution mode the compute node running the job sees the input while it works. See Confidential compute. Can anyone unmask me? Only through due process: a signed, publicly logged request approved by a quorum of independent Guardians, revealing only the scoped record. No single party, including Palliora, can do it alone. See Accountable privacy. What if Guardians collude? A quorum would have to collude, every action is signed and recorded, and Guardians stake PALI that can be slashed. How is this different from a mixer? A mixer offers privacy with no way to answer a lawful request, which is why regulators shut them down. Palliora keeps users private and still offers a fair, auditable disclosure process. What’s live today? Everything live today runs on Manas, Palliora’s public testnet. That includes the Guardian network with verifiers, TEE execution on Guardians with the hardware, Palliora DeFi on Hyperliquid and Ethereum, and AI Workbench, Palliora AI’s demo app, at ai.palliora.org. Palliora AI’s SDK is in development. See Status and roadmap. What does it cost? Compute Contracts are priced in PALI from live Guardian quotes, see Fees and incentives. Palliora DeFi charges about 1 basis point per trade. Palliora AI pricing is to be announced. Do end users need PALI? No. Customers pay in fiat or stablecoins. PALI works in the background to pay Guardians and validators. On testnet, the demo apps and the Quickstart still use test PALI. Has Palliora been audited? Yes, a security audit has been completed.