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  • Introduction
    • 🚀 Welcome to Datagram
    • What is Datagram?
  • Alpha Testnet
    • What Is Alpha Testnet?
    • Getting Started with the Alpha Testnet
  • Rewards
    • Datagram Rewards System
    • Datagram Points (Alpha Testnet Rewards)
    • DGRAM Token (Mainnet Rewards)
  • Datagram Architecture
    • Datagram Architecture Overview
    • Node Network
    • Fabric Networks
    • Datagram Core Substrate (DCS)
    • The Hyper Network Layer
  • DATAGRAM DESKTOP APPLICATION GUIDE
    • Datagram Desktop Application User Guide
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  • SETUP DATAGRAM
    • Desktop Application Setup
      • Mac (Silicon, Intel)
      • Windows
    • Partner Substrate Setup
      • Local Machine (Ubuntu/Linux)
      • VPS Servers
  • APIs
    • Get an API Key
  • SDKs
    • Video Conferencing
      • Web (external)
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  • Additional Tools
    • CLI (Command Line Interface)
    • Node License Tools
      • Desktop (Full Core License required)
      • Partner Substrate (Partner Core License required)
  • Documentation
    • Whitepaper
      • 1. Introduction & Project Overview
      • 2. Why Blockchain?
      • 3. Datagram Architecture
        • 3.1. The Datagram Node Network & Fabric Networks
        • 3.2. Datagram Core Substrate DCS: The Connectivity Layer
        • 3.3. The Hyper Network Layer
      • 4. Datagram in Action: Real-World Applications & Adoption
        • 4.1. Key Use Cases
        • 4.2. The Datagram Browser
        • 4.3. Business Implementation
      • 5. Tokenomics
        • 5.1. Tri-Token Model
        • 5.2. Supply & Distribution
      • 6. Datagram Rewards & Emissions Model
        • 6.1. Checkpoints
        • 6.2. Emissions Formula
      • 7. Datagram Governance
        • 7.1. Overview
        • 7.2. Voting Process
        • 7.3. Proposal Lifecycle
        • 7.4. Governance Dashboard
      • 8. Datagram Team
      • 9. Conclusion
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  • Core Purpose and Vision
  • Key Components and Architecture
  • Who Benefits from Datagram?
  • Distinctive Advantages
  • Impact and Use Cases
  1. Introduction

What is Datagram?

Datagram is a Global Hyper Fabric Network designed to provide the essential infrastructure for real-time connectivity applications, as well as launching and scaling Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). By removing the complexity and inefficiencies that hinder decentralized adoption, Datagram delivers a blockchain-agnostic, AI-driven, and fully distributed networking layer.

Core Purpose and Vision

Datagram aims to democratize access to decentralized infrastructure by abstracting away technical complexities. By unlocking underutilized bandwidth, compute, and storage across a globally distributed network, Datagram powers real-time connectivity applications and streamlines the deployment of decentralized infrastructure networks.

Whether you're an enterprise, developer, or DePIN startup, Datagram enables you to deploy secure, scalable, and cost-efficient decentralized networks in just a few steps.

Imagine AWS-like scalability but decentralized.

Unlike traditional cloud platforms, Datagram distributes compute, bandwidth, and storage across a global network of independently operated nodes, delivering greater security, transparency, and resilience at significantly lower cost.

Key Components and Architecture

1. Hyper Network Layer

  • AI-driven coordination system that enables adaptive traffic routing, real-time load balancing, and intelligent resource allocation across the Datagram network.

  • Continuously analyzes network conditions to reroute traffic, prevent congestion, and ensure maximum uptime through automated fault tolerance.

  • Parallel processing at scale, making it uniquely capable of handling real-time applications like video, gaming, and AI workloads.

  • Supports multi-chain deployment across prominent blockchains like Ethereum, Avalanche, Solana, and more, enabling cross-chain interoperability.

2. Datagram Core Substrate (DCS)

  • Acts as the connectivity layer, enabling existing DePIN projects to integrate with Datagram’s network.

  • Provides enhanced compute, storage, and bandwidth capabilities without requiring projects to rebuild infrastructure.

  • Ensures seamless upgradeability and extensibility through a pluggable architecture.

  • Integrates with the Network Operations Center (NOC) to track node performance, uptime, and enable automated reward distribution.

3. Node Operator Incentive Model

  • Node operators are rewarded based on:

    • Uptime and Availability: Ensuring stable and reliable network performance.

    • Actual Usage: Measured by real-world contributions of bandwidth, compute, and storage.

  • Incentivizes high-performance behavior to strengthen overall network robustness and reliability.

Who Benefits from Datagram?

1. Web2 and Web3 Businesses

Traditional enterprises and emerging Web3 projects can tap into decentralized networking, computing, and storage through Datagram’s developer-friendly APIs and SDKs. This enables them to access the benefits of decentralization, such as improved resilience, cost efficiency, and security, without needing to manage or understand the underlying blockchain infrastructure.

2. Existing DePIN Projects

Projects with live node networks can integrate with Datagram via the Core Substrate to augment their capabilities and improve overall efficiency. By leveraging Datagram’s AI-driven optimization and dynamic routing, these projects can increase utilization rates of their deployed resources, reduce idle capacity, and enhance service quality without needing to rebuild or re-architect their infrastructure.

3. New DePIN Initiatives

Startups and developers can instantly launch decentralized infrastructure using Datagram’s ready-to-deploy Hyper Fabric Network. By removing technical and operational barriers, Datagram shortens time-to-market and simplifies the process of building and scaling DePIN applications from the ground up.

Distinctive Advantages

  • Blockchain-Agnostic: Supports deployment across multiple blockchain ecosystems, facilitating seamless cross-chain interoperability and broader adoption.

  • AI-Powered Optimization: Utilizes intelligent traffic routing, load balancing, and predictive resource allocation to maximize performance and reduce latency for real-time applications.

  • Security and Privacy: Data sovereignty through decentralized architecture and leverages end-to-end encryption to mitigate vulnerabilities common in centralized cloud infrastructure.

  • Cost Efficiency: Aggregates underutilized compute, bandwidth, and storage from a global network of nodes, significantly lowering infrastructure costs for both operators and end users.

  • User-Friendly: Abstracts blockchain complexity through APIs and SDKs, enabling businesses to integrate decentralized infrastructure while maintaining Web2-like UX and supporting fiat or crypto payments.

Impact and Use Cases

Datagram has powered over 200 enterprises and served more than 1 million users worldwide, supporting mission-critical applications such as:

  • Real-time video conferencing at a massive scale with thousands of concurrent participants with minimal latency and high reliability.

  • Decentralized AI compute networks offer elastic, distributed compute networks for inference and training workloads.

  • Scalable content delivery and storage, facilitating efficient distribution and hosting for Web3-native and traditional platforms.

By bridging the gap between Web2 ease-of-use and Web3 decentralization, Datagram is laying the foundation for the next-generation internet infrastructure—fast, secure, scalable, and universally accessible.

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