Humanity stands at a crossroads. Throughout history, a struggle has persisted between those who seek control and those who cherish freedom. Technology has always been a catalyst in this struggle, shifting the balance of power in unpredictable ways. The internet, once heralded as a bastion of free expression and association, has increasingly become a tool for mass surveillance and control.
The ideological experiments of the 20th century demonstrated that political action alone is insufficient to secure lasting freedom. In response, the cypherpunk movement emerged, championing the creation of technologies that would make civil liberties inviolable by design. Their most profound creation, Bitcoin, laid the groundwork for a financial system independent of state power. However, the public nature of early blockchains exposed participants to scrutiny, and the original vision was slowly overshadowed by speculation and regulatory capture.
A new approach is needed. One that revives the cypherpunk ideal and provides the tools for a freer future.
This is what Nomos set out to build.
Here at Logos, the collective behind Nomos, we envision a future of voluntary associations and institutions that function with an emergent order, resistant to corruption and control. We call these Network States. We want a world where:
We see blockchain technology as the cornerstone of this new digital society. It has the power to redistribute control from unaccountable intermediaries back to individuals and to establish new, resilient structures of trust.
The first generation of blockchains solved the problem of decentralized consensus but created new challenges in privacy, scalability, and resilience. Finding the right balance is essential for the future.
Enter Nomos.
Our mission is to build the foundational infrastructure that facilitates the creation of network states and enables people to easily interact with them. We provide a complete technology stack that facilitates private and permissionless consensus, data storage, and communication, producing the conditions for true improvements over millennia-old cooperation techniques based on trust and control.
Nomos is a blockchain infrastructure designed for network states and other decentralized applications that demand the highest levels of privacy, decentralization, and resilience. To achieve this, Nomos is built with a unique two-layer architecture.
Nomos Bedrock: The Foundational Layer
Bedrock is the L1 foundation of Nomos, providing consensus, security, and interoperability to the entire network. It is a decentralized network where anyone can participate, designed to be run on typical consumer hardware. Bedrock ensures the core principles of Nomos are upheld through its key components: