As Lumera Protocol approaches mainnet, our community has been asking a lot of questions about the network, its $LUME token, and how to get involved. We’ve put together this comprehensive FAQ to answer the most common questions and help you understand the ecosystem. You can also check out our FAQ page here which will be updated regularly with new questions.
What is Lumera Protocol?
Lumera Protocol is a next-generation layer-1 blockchain designed for Web3 developers, enterprises, and communities. At its core, Lumera enables decentralized AI computation, permanent storage, and content authenticity verification through its modular architecture:
- Cascade: Decentralized permanent storage for your most important data.
- Sense: AI-powered authenticity verification to prevent digital fraud and copymints.
- Inference: High-performance AI computation for developers and builders.
By combining these services into a single protocol, Lumera allows developers to build scalable, secure, and intelligent applications without relying on centralized infrastructure.
What is $LUME and why is it important?
$LUME is more than just a token — it’s the lifeblood of Lumera Protocol. Every transaction, service execution, and governance decision on Lumera uses $LUME.
Here’s how it works:
- Staking & Network Security: Validators and SuperNodes stake $LUME to secure the network and earn rewards.
- Service Fees: $LUME powers decentralized services like Cascade, Sense, and Inference.
- Governance: $LUME holders can propose and vote on network upgrades, module activations, and other key decisions.
- Tokenomics: Dynamic inflation adjusts between 5–20% based on staked $LUME, 20% of transaction fees are burned, and validators earn dual rewards from Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Service.
This creates a self-sustaining ecosystem where participation, adoption, and scarcity reinforce long-term value.
$LUME Supply and Initial Circulation
Lumera has a total supply of 250 million $LUME, with 43.75 million $LUME circulating at the Token Generation Event (TGE). This initial circulation provides immediate liquidity for community participation, staking, and early adoption while the rest of the supply unlocks gradually through vesting schedules to ensure long-term alignment.
$LUME Token Distribution
The remaining supply has been carefully allocated to balance early development, ecosystem growth, and decentralization:
- Seed Sale — 10% (25M LUME): Early funding for audits, research, and foundational development.
- Private Sale — 15% (37.5M LUME): Supports scaling and deployment efforts.
- Team — 20% (50M LUME): Core contributors and developers, vested for long-term alignment.
- Advisors — 2.5% (6.25M LUME): Strategic guidance and industry partnerships.
- Ecosystem Development — 35% (87.5M LUME): Grants, integrations, and tooling to grow Lumera’s ecosystem.
- Community Growth — 10% (25M LUME): Adoption campaigns, validator incentives, and participation rewards.
- Community Claim — 7.5% (18.75M LUME): Immediate unlock for airdrops and incentives at launch.
This structure ensures that no single group dominates the supply and prioritizes ecosystem expansion while maintaining fairness and decentralization.
What is the vesting schedule?
Lumera’s vesting design encourages long-term commitment while maintaining liquidity for community engagement:
- Seed Sale: 6-month lock, then 20% unlock every 6 months.
- Private Sale: 5-month lock, then 16.7% quarterly.
- Team: 7-month lock, then 16.7% every 6 months.
- Advisors: 12-month lock, then 20% quarterly.
- Ecosystem Development: 3-month cliff, then 14.3% monthly.
- Community Growth: 50% after 1 month, then 4.5% monthly.
- Community Claim: 100% unlocked at TGE.
Over 37 months, the full supply will unlock progressively, ensuring responsible liquidity and long-term alignment.
How Can Other dApps Use Lumera’s Modules?
Lumera’s services aren’t just for native applications — any decentralized app can integrate its modules using OpenAPIs:
- Cascade (Decentralized Storage): dApps can store and retrieve files securely via Cascade’s API, leveraging permanent, redundant storage without building their own infrastructure.
- Sense (Authenticity Verification): Integrate Sense to verify digital assets or content through simple API calls, ensuring authenticity and protecting against fraud.
- Inference (AI Computation): Access decentralized AI models and computation tasks via API, enabling AI-powered features such as analytics, content moderation, or generative tools.
By using Lumera’s OpenAPIs, developers can plug into a ready-made ecosystem of decentralized storage, AI, and authenticity services — saving time, reducing costs, and ensuring their applications benefit from Lumera’s security and scalability.
How Will Users Experience Sense, Cascade, and Inference?
While the Lumera Hub is still in development and expected later this year, it will serve as the main gateway for users to interact with Lumera’s modules without running a node or writing code. Once live, the Hub will allow users to:
- Cascade: Upload and store files permanently
- Sense: Verify the authenticity of digital content or NFTs using AI-powered validation.
- Inference: Access AI computation for analytics, content generation, or other AI tasks easily and securely.
Even before the Hub launches, developers and dApps can interact with these modules directly through OpenAPIs, enabling integration into custom applications and workflows.
How can I participate in Lumera?
There are multiple ways for users and builders to engage with the Lumera ecosystem:
- Stake $LUME: Secure the network as a validator or delegator and earn rewards.
- Run a SuperNode: Execute storage and AI tasks to earn Proof-of-Service revenue.
- Claim Community Rewards: Participate in airdrops, incentive programs, and campaigns.
- Governance: Propose and vote on protocol upgrades, module activations, and other community decisions.
Participation not only supports the network but also unlocks the potential for $LUME rewards.
How Can I Run a Validator or SuperNode on Lumera?
One of the most powerful ways to participate in the Lumera ecosystem is by running a validator or SuperNode. These roles help secure the network, process transactions, and execute decentralized services, all while earning rewards in $LUME.
Validators
Validators are responsible for maintaining the network’s security and consensus. By staking $LUME and validating transactions, you help ensure Lumera remains fast, secure, and reliable. Validators earn Proof-of-Stake rewards, which are distributed based on the amount of $LUME staked and the network’s staking parameters.
SuperNodes
SuperNodes go beyond basic validation. In addition to participating in consensus, they execute tasks for Lumera’s modules, such as:
- Running AI computations through Inference
- Storing data via Cascade
- Assisting in content verification with Sense
SuperNodes earn Proof-of-Service rewards, giving them an additional income stream based on the network services they provide.
How Anyone Can Participate
Running a validator or SuperNode is open to anyone, with minimal barriers. You can find the guide to run a validator here and the guide to run a SuperNode here.
By running a validator or SuperNode, community members directly contribute to the network’s security, performance, and decentralized service ecosystem — all while earning $LUME rewards.
What makes Lumera unique?
Lumera isn’t just another L1 blockchain. Its key differentiators include:
- AI + Storage Ready: Developers can leverage Cascade, Sense, and Inference from day one.
- Self-Sustaining Economy: Dual rewards and deflationary mechanics ensure long-term sustainability.
- Community-Driven Governance: Every $LUME holder has a voice in the protocol’s future.
- Scalability: CometBFT consensus enables fast, secure, and scalable infrastructure.
These features position Lumera as a next-generation protocol for Web3’s AI-driven future.
About Lumera Protocol
Lumera Protocol is a high-performance blockchain purpose-built for AI-driven Web3 economies, integrating a Validator-SuperNode architecture to enable decentralized AI services, trustless computation, and secure data storage. Leveraging cometBFT, Lumera ensures cross-chain compatibility, efficient AI data sharing, and scalable interoperability.
At its core, Lumera’s SuperNode-powered infrastructure extends beyond validation to support LLM hosting, autonomous agents, task verification, and cross-network communication, with governance driven by a stake-weighted system. Its adaptive tokenomics dynamically adjust inflation based on network participation, ensuring economic sustainability.
Lumera also introduces an Action & Agent Framework, powering decentralized AI services through specialized Actions (e.g., Cascade for storage, Sense for verification) and Agents (e.g., Inference for AI computation). By merging AI, decentralized computation, and blockchain security, Lumera sets a new standard for AI-powered applications and autonomous services in Web3.
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