PAKET - THE DECENTRALIZED DELIVERY NETWORK
-----------What is PAKETBitcoin revolutionized the payment industry by decentralizing it.
PAKET answers a similar need - transferring goods in a decentralized manner. We see this as an opportunity to resolve a real-world problem using the principals of blockchain technology in their purest form: a genuine way to exchange physical value between people, without any central authority managing the process and taking a significant commission.
-----------Truly Decentralized and OpenBecause an efficient system is one that lets every part do what it does best, and because everybody stands to win from a decentralized way of transporting goods. The PAKET platform is open to everybody, doesn't take any commission, and is fully transparent. The PAKET Project does not raise funds by selling equity or shares, and the only way to support the system is by using the network and becoming a part of it - buying, using, and earning BUL tokens.
-----------Why We Chose StellarBecause the Stellar network, which connects payments, systems and people, can move value quickly, reliably, securely, and at almost no cost. It is a perfect match for our need for a low friction transactional layer. We chose Stellar as our initial consensus layer for its level-headedness, its blazingly fast transaction rate, and its extremely low fees. From all the mature distributed ledger platforms currently active in the market, Stellar was the obvious decision for us.
-----------Open and Free ProtocolThe PAKET Protocol establishes trust and enables the cooperation between multiple parties on the safe and timely delivery of goods. For modularity and robustness, the protocol is divided into the following layers:
- L0 (Trust) – establishes a decentralized consensus regarding the conditional transfer of value, as well as an inspectable, immutable history of that consensus.
- L1 (Token) – defines the cryptographic token and the smart contracts which govern its behaviour.
- L2 (Route) – matches requirements of senders with capacity and cost of couriers, while providing a detailed and highly contextualized view into the supply and demand of the market.
- L3 (Application) – consolidates tools and applications that allow simple and intuitive participation in the network.
- L4 (Organization) – builds organizations and services that thrive in the PAKET ecosystem and enrich it.
-----------Developers CommunityAs a project that revolves around decentralization, PAKET uses and produces free, libre and open-source software. The PAKET protocol is open and the PAKET network if fully transparent. We believe that everyone stands to profit from more and more players joining the ecosystem and enriching it, so we wish to make it as easy and simple as possible to hop on the wagon and
join in on the ride.
The
PAKET API server is a bridge, constructed from HTTP and JSON, between applications and the underlying PAKET protocol. To run your own instance of the PAKET API server just follow the instructions on the README page. To use the API you will need to meet the following requirements:
A funded Stellar account. Test network accounts can be created and funded with the Stellar account creator.
A way to create a Stellar compatible ed25519 keypairs (we use the stellar-base Python package).
A way to sign transactions and string data with such keypairs (we use the stellar-base Python package).
Once you meet these three requirements, you can experiment with our endpoints from our
live API page. To get right down to business and launch a package, just follow the walkthrough (pay close attention to the authentication process).
-----------EndorsementsWhile we are very grateful to the many respected individuals that helped us along the way, we are particularly grateful to the following industry leaders for signing an official endorsement of the PAKET Project:
Yariv Gilat - Chairman at Simplex.com
Sebastian Stupurac - Co-Founder at Wings.ai
Stas Oskin - Co-Founder at Wings.ai
Ofer Rotem - Investor
Guy Corem - President of DAGlabs
Ido Sadeh - Founder of Saga Foundation
Read the Full Endorsement -----------BUL TokenThe BUL token is a digital token used to pay for deliveries on the PAKET platform.
We are issuing one billion tokens on the stellar platform, and the issuer will be canceled, so no additional tokens can ever be created. You can see the issuance code on GitHub and audit the issuance yourself on the Stellar network. Anyone who holds BUL tokens can use them to pay for deliveries or commit them as collateral if she wants to deliver a package herself. Holding a BUL token also means holding a part of the entire PAKET economy. Staying true to creating a decentralized platform, we never gave any shares or equity in the project to anyone.
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