Edge is pioneering the future of the Internet by introducing the world's first dedicated edge computing platform, breaking the grip of the mega corporations that have turned us all into digital serfs. By harnessing the untapped computing potential around us, Edge not only decentralises the cloud but also champions a more sustainable, faster, and democratic digital frontier.

Edge is the protocol of web3. Its versatile web services empower you to launch everything from dynamic websites to immersive games. Take part in the evolution and reclaim the web for everyone.

The Edge Community Wiki is intended as the go to resource for all things Edge. Here you can learn about the technologies behind the platform; find out how to contribute to the network; how to participate in project governance; read answers to common support questions; and browse network FAQ.

What is Edge Networking?

Edge networking is a distributed computing paradigm which brings data storage and computation as close to the point of need as possible, pushing applications, data and computing power away from centralised data centres.

This reduces the volumes of data that must be moved, the consequent traffic, and the distance the data must travel, providing lower latency and reduced transmission costs.

The Edge Ledger

The blockchain at the heart of the network records device usage and value attribution. It uses an internal coin called $XE, run on the XE Blockchain, which is a layer 1 solution that provides fast transfers within the network that are fee free for value attribution. $XE includes bridging functionality that allows the coin to be bridged in to other networks. In this way $XE can be converted to $EDGE on the Ethereum network.

The genesis transaction for the XE Blockchain is imprinted with the project's mission: The Internet Belongs to Everyone

Network Architecture

The network's novel architecture has multiple node types that enable the connectivity of devices in multifarious network settings.

The Local Global Network

Edge comprises hundreds of nodes contributed by individuals and businesses around the world. It is designed to provide hyper-local processing and storage capacity for networked applications, enabling digital services that are more performant than ever before.

Edge's technology harnesses the spare capacity that exists in the devices all around us. Take for example set top boxes, which are turned on 24/7, but only in use for an average of a few hours every day. In isolation a set top box doesn’t provide that much power, but when you knit the 35 million devices installed in homes in the UK it becomes an incredibly powerful resource.

BGP Routing

The Edge network utilizes BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) operating within network masternodes to inform top level routing decisions in the network. BGP is the protocol that makes the Internet work. It does this by enabling data routing on the Internet by looking at all of the available paths that data could take from point to point, and picking the best route.

Internal Network Routing

Edge is network aware, and capable of routing within local networks to minimise the hops involved in any given request.

If you are a network owner or have a significant hardware estate, you can offset the cost of network services by contributing to the network. In addition, by enabling delivery within your own network, you can reduce north-south transport, effectively converting it to east-west transport between devices and end users within your own estate.

Security

Denial of Service attacks continue to escalate in scope, becoming ever more distributed, with growing volumes of traffic. Attacks increase your cost and impact your revenues, customer experience and brand.

Edge’s layered approach to security effectively defends against DDoS attacks, preventing disruption to your core services, and keeping your apps online

Additional Reading

These links are designed to enable you to delve deeper in to the Edge network:

Technology deep dives from the core team:

Top level concepts and vision:

Edge was founded in 2013 as a decentralised alternative to the cloud. Originally called DADI, which stood for "Decentralised Architecture for a Democratic Internet", the company was renamed Edge in July 2019, taking the name of the network at the heart of the project to better reflect the evolution of the technology and its mission.

A crowdsale was held in 2018 to raise funds for the delivery of the core network. Set against a five year roadmap, the crowdsale distributed $EDGE tokens to supporters and future customers.

In 2019 Edge was recognised as the “Best Edge Computing Platform” in the Future Digital Awards.

In 2021 the blockchain in the network used for the tracking of network requests was extended to become a mechanism for value transfer. This introduced $XE, a coin used for value attribution within the network. the XE Blockchain is a layer 1 solution that bridges in to other networks. $XE is used for the payment of services; for network staking; for the distribution of node yields; and for community governance. It is currently bridged to the $EDGE ERC-20 token within the Etheruem network.

In 2022 the first fully anonymous computing platform was launched. Edge's account system using a private key for security, giving direct access to Edge Servers, Edge DNS and Edge CDN.

The project roadmaps for Edge capture the near to mid term development priorities, focused on the core network layer as well as individual services on top of the network (such as Object Storage, Edge Functions and Edge DB).

Edge Network Technologies Limited is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. Registered in the United Kingdom this company operates under instruction from the Edge DAO.

Mission & Vision

To Uphold the Founding Principles of the Web

The Internet was conceived as a global, democratic communication network - a mesh of computers where information and power were equally distributed. This principle is under attack from all sides. Companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft are centralising control, while powerful lobbying groups are working to undermine net neutrality. We are facing a future where you are the customer – and the product – of a network controlled by only a handful of global corporations.

We want to reverse this relationship – to give the ownership of the network to everyone that is connected to it, and to make them the beneficiaries of the revenue that comes from its use.

The Edge Network as the Standard for the Decentralised Web

A network of millions of nodes, directly addressable and usable by anyone. A governance system free from individual or multinational control, organised by a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation.

Files in the Edge Network are encrypted and split into hundreds of pieces, and are then distributed across nodes in the network. This approach ensures the security of your data. Encryption keys are under your control, and no complete file is stored on a single device.

The availability of files and transfer performance in and out of the network is managed through replication and proximity to the point of use, making Edge the ideal solution for backup, file transfer and app level data storage.

Features

Secure

Files are encrypted and split into hundreds of pieces, which are then distributed across hundreds of nodes. This provides a level of security that is unmatched in market.

Highly Performant

Edge object storage supports multi-threaded and concurrent downloads. And its use of in memory caches ensure the fastest possible access to your files.

Reliable

Every fragment of every file is stored in multiple locations, building redundancy in to the heart of the solution. In addition, reed-Solomon erasure coding enables file rebuilding in the unlikely event of data loss.

Cost Efficient

Because it’s decentralized and built using the spare capacity all around us, Edge storage is significantly cheaper to use than traditional cloud solutions.

Integrated

Edge Object Storage is fulyl integrated within the Edge ecosystem, meaning that it can be used as the origin for Edge CDN, as a filestore for Edge Functions or as extended storage for implementations using the Edge Ledger.

Edge’s architecture creates a hyper-local peering system that routes traffic from nodes that are as close to the end consumer as possible – going as far as delivering within the local network loop.

This reduces the distance and volume of data being moved, which massively increases the performance of services.

Features

Hyper local

Edge CDN has hundreds of nodes in over 80 countries, getting your content closer to your audience than ever before.

Integrated Image Transformation

Edge Content Delivery includes a media pipeline that allows for just in time image manipulation: Blur, filter, flip, format, resize, rotate, saturate, sharpen and crop. This offsets the weight of media management to your delivery solution.

Real Time Optimisation

Real time compression and resizing of assets at the point of request saves an average of 60% in filesize, speeding up delivery, reducing your overall costs and increasing conversion.

End to End TLS

Take workload off your origin by serving SSL certificates directly at the edge, accelerating performance and increasing availability.

Cost Effective

Edge CDN saves 20%+ on average vs. traditional CDNs as a result of better media compression and the use of edge devices instead of centralised data centres.

Documentation

IRL

Checking the headers from an image call returns the cache state for the asset in the network, as well as the device IDs of the nodes involved in its delivery.

Live Example

Image

Headers Returned

HTTP/1.0 200 OK =>
Access-Control-Allow-Origin => *
Cache-Control => public, max-age=86400
Cdn-Version => 0.0.9
Content-Length => 180462
Content-Type => image/jpeg
Date => Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:48:14 GMT
Edge-Device => deb70d83-ca59-4345-adbc-da1ae06e76ca
Edge-Gateway => fb7fe194-9b46-4bcc-b7ae-e813dbc4d278
Edge-Host => c41babfe-c9dd-43cb-aa1b-a5b31dc4d953
Etag => "180462-b12ba916f5f133e321ee67706cb8ba29f1014f4adf0b90a0a234d2cbe4b60022"
Strict-Transport-Security => max-age=10886400; includeSubDomains
Vary => Accept-Encoding
X-Cache => HIT
X-Cache-Origin => request
X-Cache-Type => mem

Launch Edge CDN Now

There are three products live in the network mainnet today, Edge Servers, Edge DNS and Edge CDN. More products are in development, including Edge Storage, Edge Functions and Edge DB.

Together these products allow you to create and run fully decentralised applications and websites.

Edge Product Use Cases

Hosting

An example of a static site hosted via Edge Content Delivery can be seen here:

Dynamic sites can be delivered using Edge Servers, which as VPSs are capable of running practically any application.

Hosting on the Edge ensures a lightening fast experience for your end users, increasing conversion and retention.

Content Delivery

The performance of applications and websites can be improved through the use of CDN, which distributes images, media and assets as close to the end audience as possible.

Edge CDN includes a full media pipeline, enabling you to transform, optimise and intelligently cache your media library using simple and robust URL parameters.

Edge CDN can be used a drop in replacement for existing CDNs, and can be added to websites and apps without a CDN in place quickly and easily.

Domain Routing

DNS is a critical part of the Internet and for all online businesses. Edge enables the management of DNS routes, providing an authoritative DNS service that offers instant updates, hyper-local routing, high redundancy, and advanced security with built-in DDoS mitigation.

Highly performant DNS has a real-world impact on the performance of your entire product. Slow domain lookup times compound with each request that your website or app triggers for the ned user. Edge DNS has been shown to increase overall performance by 65%+.

File Storage and Sharing

Edge Object Storage enables fully decentralised, high performance and secure file storage, backup and file sharing for individuals and businesses. Files stored in the Edge Network can be encrypted with your own private keys, and are broken in to hundreds of pieces, providing an extremely secure data storage solution.

Application Acceleration

Caching API endpoints at the edge of the network accelerates your products responsiveness, improving user experience, helping to drive deeper engagement and higher conversion.

Customer Success

Edge technology is in production use today, powering some of the best digital experiences online.

Monocle

Monocle use Edge CDN for the management of images and audio across their estate, including on their website at monocle.com, in their mobile app M24 and, via a sync-up with InDesign, in the publication itself.

High resolution source images are scaled and intelligently cropped by Edge CDN, significantly reducing the weight of work for their editorial teams.

We’ve streamlined our production with Edge, saving time and ensuring an optimal experience for our end users. – Joe Gwynn, Head of Technology | Monocle

Ecohustler

Ecohustler is an environmental news outlet, activism network and shop. Making use of the the cleanest available technology is central to their mission. Edge is unique in its use of the spare capacity in the devices all around us, meaning reduced emissions through lower power consumption.

Edge helps us reach our audience energy efficiently, using spare capacity in existing devices rather than building dedicated data centres. – Matt Mellen, Founder | Ecohustler

PPA

The Professional Publishers Association represents publishers across the UK. They are partnered with Edge, recognising the workflow optimisation and cost savings that the technology brings to their sector.

Edge CDN optimises publisher workflow, making it easier and faster to deliver media to readers. – Owen Meredith, CEO | PPA

Empire

Bauer Media use Edge CDN to power their vast image library across hundreds of websites and mobile applications. It enables their product teams to rapidly deploy solutions that use code to edit imagery.

Edge helps us deliver experiences in days and weeks not weeks and months. – Matt Hobbs, CTO | Bauer Media

Foundland

Recognising that every second spent loading represents an incremental reduction in sales conversion for e-commerce, Foundland use Edge CDN to ensure high-performance delivery to their global audience.

Edge has given us the ability to provide a customer experience that is identical regardless of location. We can drive traffic across global marketing platforms without worrying about the high costs of regional infrastructure. – Sarah Khalaf, Founder | Foundland

Powered by a worldwide anycast network built in to the core of Edge platform and operational in 26+ countries, Edge DNS operates at lightning speeds ensuring incredibly fast resolution times and low latency for your apps.

Features

Advanced DNS Functionality

Edge DNS comes with an advanced feature set including geo-detection for global routing, DNS weighting and complete control of your TTL.

Realtime Propagation

Traditional DNS update times: 24 hours. Edge DNS update times: 60 seconds.

Redundancy and Optimization

DNS queries are serviced by every master node in the network, meaning that there is no single point of failure and a near infinite number of routes available.

Built in Failover

Intelligent traffic management ensures seamless handoff and removes DNS bottlenecks and downtime.

Platform-Wide DDoS Protection

DDoS mitigation technology is built in to the core of the network, providing a shield for your applications from malicious attacks.

Industry Leading Uptime

Edge DNS has maintained an uptime of 100% over two years.

Deploy a Domain to Edge DNS Now

Running in a trusted infrastructure layer with points of presence around the world, Edge Servers offer instant availability to virtualised environments capable of scaling to meet the demands of websites and applications of all sizes.

Features

Balanced Performance for any Workload

Edge Servers provide a balanced array of resources supporting a wide range of applications. From personal projects to enterprise deployments, Edge Servers are capable of meeting your requirements.

Size Your Compute Units

Edge Servers come in various sizes and configurations, allowing you to choose the right power for your application. Start with 1 vCPU and 512MB of RAM and increase all the way up to 32 vCPUs and 64GB of RAM, matching your workload requirements.

Monitor Performance

Real time reporting gives you up to the second usage information and feedback, enabling you to optimize the performance of your apps with ease.

Container Clusters

Deploy container clusters to Edge Servers using popular container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.

Backup and Clone Your Servers

Edge Servers featured on-demand backups and the ability to clone a server to more efficiently scale your deployments.

Load Balance with Edge DNS

Make use of Edge DNS to balance incoming traffic between your Edge Servers. Advanced geo routing functionality enables local application running, placing your Edge Servers where your audience reside.

Set up is Easy. Here's How

Launch an Edge Server Now

Greener by Design

Edge technology is greener by design. First, it reuses hardware we’ve already spent the Earth’s resources to create – laptops, desktop PCs, mobile phones and set-top boxes can all be leveraged for spare capacity. That means dedicated servers for hosting infrastructure can be a thing of the past, as can the buildings and energy supply they relentlessly demand.

Second, the Edge Network is all around us. This reduces the distance between data storage and data consumption, diminishing the energy required to send it. It's the network under our noses – rather than the one that makes us choke on its emissions.

Predicted Carbon Savings

Data use and storage is growing exponentially, and with current statistics showing that only half of the world's population is connected to the Internet, it is estimated that by 2040, storing digital data is set to create 14 percent of the world's emissions. This amount is equivalent to the same proportion emitted by the USA today – 5,130 million metric tons of carbon – and has significant consequential impacts for climate change (Climate Home News, 2017; Springer Link, 2020).

By enabling sharing capacity across existing devices, Edge significantly reduces the requirement for centralised data centres and servers, removing the stored energy cost of the production of these devices. It reduces power consumption for processing and for data transmission by connecting topologically close users and providers. Edge predicts a kWh/GB saving at 58.5% versus the cloud, factoring in device and data transmission.

Edge is working to undertake a full academic study in to the carbon savings implicit in the Edge Network. This is being done in conjunction with a leading university in the United Kingdom.

Transactions within the Edge Network are free. Bridging $XE in/out of the network to $EDGE in other networks – such as Ethereum – carries a variable gas fee.

For transactions out of Edge Network, this fee is taken in $XE. Individuals can choose their target gas fees and the bridge will automatically transmit their transaction to meet the target set. This acts to help to keep transaction fees as low as possible.

For transactions into the Edge Network, the gas fee is taken in the native token of the other chain (for example, in $ETH).

As a network native coin, $XE does not count towards the circulating supply of $EDGE. Therefore service usage, staking, governance and fees all act to reduce the circulating supply of $EDGE by locking value in the network itself.

$XE

$XE is the coin of the XE Blockchain, a layer 1 solution designed for fast transactions mapped to resource usage. It is bridged into the Ethereum network on a 1:1 basis with the $EDGE token, meaning that for every 1 $XE bridged out of the Edge Network, you will receive 1 $EDGE.

$XE is used for the purchasing of Edge services, for staking, network governance, and for node rewards.

Transactions

Transactions within the Edge Network are free.

There is an active governance proposal to introduce a small fee to help to maintain the security of the chain (mitigating against flood attacks). These fees would be burned. You can access and vote on the proposal here:

Service Purchase

Services can be purchased directly in $XE.

Node Staking

Edge is a Proof of Stake network. Contributing a node to the network requires a POS in $XE. Stakes are locked in the network for a minimum period of time and for the duration of the node being online.

Nodes that are found to be bad actors will have their stake penalised or removed. Stakes reclaimed by the network in this manner are burned (sent to a zero address in the XE chain).

Network Governance

Participation in network governance requires a stake locked in the network in $XE. This can be a stake used for the contribution of a node or an unassigned stake used purely for governance participation.

Fees tied to the raising of proposals in the governance mechanism are put into the growth fund.

Buy Back and Make

A buy back and make programme assigns network revenue recieved in fiat and other cryptocurrencies to the dev fund and to the growth fund.

Burn

75% of network revenues is burned. The coins are sent to the zero address of the network at the end of every month: xe_0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

$EDGE

$EDGE is a tradable utility token on the Ethereum network (ERC-20). It is the entry point to the Edge ecosystem and can be used for the purchasing of Edge services.

$EDGE tokens can be bridged into the Edge network and converted to $XE using the Edge Bridge. The relationship between $EDGE and $XE is 1:1, meaning that for every 1 $EDGE bridged into the network, you will receive 1 $XE.

When services are purchased in $EDGE, the $EDGE is automatically bridged into the network, reducing circulating supply.

Service Purchase

Purchases made in $EDGE are automatically bridged in to Edge Network and swapped for $XE.

Purchases made in fiat (Visa/MasterCard) or in other cryptocurrencies are swapped for $EDGE before being bridged into Edge Network, converting them to $XE.

Liquidity Mining

An $EDGE liquidity pool is available on Uniswap. This is part funded by the network treasury, part by individual contributors.

Uniswap applies a small fee for every trade that takes place on their platform and automatically sends this to a liquidity reserve. Whenever a liquidity provider decides they want to exit the $EDGE pool, they will receive a portion of the total fees from the reserve relative to their staked amount in $EDGE the pool.

Monitoring Project Tokenomics

The network explorer exposes all on-chain activity and can be used for the monitoring of network transactions.

In addition to this, the explorer exposes a series of endpoints covering key tokenomic figures such as circulating supply. These can been seen below:

A total of 50 million $XE were minted and distributed at genesis. In addition to this, 10 million $XE were locked in the network to be mined and released as node rewards.

Distribution Break Out

The Dev Fund holds $XE assigned to support the day-to-day development of the network. The Growth Fund holds $XE assigned to support the marketing and growth in uptake of the Edge Network. The Staking Contract holds $XE locked in the network as governance and node stakes. The Community distribution are the $XE held by individual supporters and customers of the Edge Network.

The Growth Fund is controlled through project governance.

Node Rewards

$XE has a mineable supply of 10 million coins, with a steady emissions curve tied to block time. Mined coins provide the yield for the network and are released as node rewards.

The maximum yield in year one is 1 million $XE (10%). This will be reduced in year two, further in year three and so on.

The following table shows emitted $XE from genesis and for the next five years:

Node rewards are held in a network-controlled wallet:

The Growth Fund holds $XE assigned to support the marketing and growth in uptake of the Edge Network.

The use of these funds is under the control of project governance, meaning that community members can raise proposals for its use, and vote on proposals raised.

The growth fund is designed to be used for activities outside of core development. This includes exchange listings, marketing, third party integrations, partnerships and community engagement.

The growth fund is initially funded through a dilution applied to all current $EDGE holdings. A buy back and make programme assigns a percent of network revenues to the growth fund. In addition to this, a percent of the gas fees from the network bridge are put into the growth fund.

The Dev Fund holds $XE assigned to support the technological development of the Edge Network.

The use of these funds is under the control of the core team, with guidance regarding focus provided through project governance.

The dev fund is designed to be used for core development. This includes developer remuneration, hardware and software costs, securing IP rights and any other directly associated overheads.

The dev fund is funded by a buy back and make programme, with network revenues converted to $XE and transferred to the fund.

The core team hold 6.95% of total supply. There is a vesting schedule for the core team that runs runs over five years from the launch fo the XE Blockchain, releasing at a rate of 20% per year. This means that a maximum of 1.39% of supply will be made available to the founding team per year from the launch of the XE Blockchain.

The three original founders of Edge hold the largest portion of this distribution:

The $XE wallet addresses used for vesting have been broken out and are published above inline with Edge's commitment to transparency.

The bridge currently operates two hot wallets, one for the $XE side and one for the $EDGE side in the Ethereum network.

The bridge wallet in $XE can be found here:

The bridge wallet on Ethereum for cross-chain asset transfers can be founde here:

The $EDGE wallet address is funded by the network deployer.

AML Requirements

The bridge is run by Edge Network Technologies, the not for profit that maintains the Edge project and that is registered in the United Kingdom. Large transactions through the bridge may be subject to AML checks, depending on the histories of the wallets involved and their status within the network.

This verification process is specific to bridge operations and is triggered by the transaction value, not the token count. We aim to make this process as smooth as possible while meeting our regulatory obligations.

Note that if a third party was operating a bridge for XE in a different jurisdiction, or as an open source offering, it would not necessarily be subject to these rules.

There have been 206 of these so far.

Latest Update

The 2023 roadmap prioritisation proposal closed last week with 37 votes cast and 97.3% in favour. Thanks to everyone who voted and took part in the discussions.

You can find it here:

Today the first community proposal, to implement an automatic lottery system for active Hosts, closed with 34 votes cast, all in favour. Thanks to everyone who took part and to Pod & Max for submitting it.

You can find it here:

The core team have also just published another proposal: Implement a small fee for transactions within the XE Blockchain.

You can find it here:

And discuss it here:

This week the team has continued work on multi-Stargate support. This will be broken down into two release stages: first there will be an update to the connection mechanism between Hosts, Gateways, and Stargates, and then following this, there will be a migration over to a new cluster of Stargates. We’ll keep you updated as we continue to press ahead towards this.

There have been a number of mainnet releases this week:

Explorer v1.23.3 was deployed to mainnet. This patched a minor UI bug with the XE Burned amounts on the Overview page when accessed from mobile devices.

Index v2.4.7 was deployed to mainnet. This patch fixed a minor issue with the display of revenue burn transactions. Revenue burns will now show up as “Revenue Burn” rather than “Misc” in the burns view.

Explorer v1.24.1 was deployed to mainnet. This added a simple proxy endpoint for the Index API. All requests going to https://xe.network/api will be proxied through to the index API. For example, https://xe.network/api/blocks will return the results from https://index.xe.network/blocks. This makes it easier to access blockchain data.

These endpoints include monitored address references and a brief summary of the purpose of the figure.

Index v2.5.0, v2.5.1, and v2.5.2 were deployed to mainnet too. This series of updates introduced some new supply endpoints to the API. These endpoints allow you to see the total, max, circulating, burned, and staked supplies of XE. These will be used in upcoming changes to the explorer and will also be used by CoinMarketCap & CoinGecko as we work to improve our listings on those sites.

Account v1.14.7 was deployed to mainnet, fixing a minor UI bug in Firefox.

In other news, Chris held a marketing focused live chat on telegram. This will be repeated in the coming weeks, and will probably happen on Twitter Spaces to allow for the session to be recorded. Watch this space.

Some of you may have noticed transactions for Write For Edge. For those of you who missed it, we’ve launched a docs site for Edge Products.

We’ll be creating (with your help) a series of guides relating to the use of Edge products and services. From setting up linux boxes, to configuring CDN, to operating microservices on top of Edge servers using docker.

If you're a technical writer or have good knowledge about Linux systems and/or open-source software, you can get paid to write tutorials. You can find out more about the programme here:

This week saw the addition of two new tutorials for Edge Servers:

Posted by: Joseph Denne

The project roadmap for Edge provides a guide to the current and upcoming development focus for the platform. The roadmap is maintained at a high level and is deliberately low resolution. Individual work streams have their own development schedules and lists, which are maintained in Git.

Technical Roadmap

Rolling Priorities

Alongside specific technical milestones there are high level project goals that the core team are working towards. These include moving the project to a full open source footing; moving to full decentralisation in all areas of the network stack; preferencing anonymity and privacy; and deeply embedding community governance throughout the project's organisational structures.

The nature of these tasks is such that it isn't possible to schedule them as finite deliveries. Rather they are understood by the entire team as objectives, and are consistently being worked towards.

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Episode 38, 11th February 2022

Introducing the Edge Network marketing consultation – we’re about to change gear when it comes to outreach and we want your input. Listen, then head to Discord to discuss.

Episode 37, 04th February 2022

Why we open source: this week we talk about the tech strategy and philosophy for Edge Network and how all roads lead to DAO.

Episode 36, 28th January 2022

Time to get involved: the shape of the Edge Network community and how you can have a say in the future of our project. It begins with active new roles in Discord – the start of our road to DAO. Listen to find out more.

Episode 35, 21st January 2022

The world according to Edge: what global reach means to us and why we’re able to offer market-leading cloud services wherever you live.

Episode 34, 13th January 2022

The last 12 months were big for crypto and HUGE for Edge. This week, we review the year that was 2021 and look forward to 2022.

Episode 33, 24th December 2021

Edge is the infrastructure of Web3 – but what is Web3 and why does it matter? And how does Edge Network fit into its decentralised future?

Episode 32, 17th December 2021

Using Dropbox or Google Drive to store and share files? Upgrade to a faster and greener Web3 alternative by – you guessed it – Edge Network. Here's te lowdown on why you need to join the waitlist.

Episode 31, 10th December 2021

Interest in Edge Network has never been higher, so this week’s Conversations on the Edge is one for the noobs – and a reminder for the rest of the community as to why we’re Faster, Greener and More Secure.

Episode 30, 03rd December 2021

More digital brands are choosing to host projects on Edge Network as each week passes. This week, we run through the headline network customers and talk about why they are pioneers.

Episode 29, 27th November 2021

We've been busy. Record $EDGE token transactions, exchange announcements and a new launch for Haven Protocol on Edge Network. Time to check in with founder Joseph Denne on all this, plus plans for 2022.

Episode 28, 19th November 2021

We announced a new exchange this week – what does that mean for $EDGE and what is our strategy for building the token community? Listen to find out.

Episode 27, 12th November 2021

Weighing up whether to buy $EDGE tokens? Thinking about earning revenue by contributing to Edge Network? Want to find out how the roots of our project go all the way back to 2013? Then you want Edge Wiki. Here's an intro to the home of all Edge knowledge.

Episode 26, 05th November 2021

Running a project on blockchain? Want the chance to host your website or digital product on Edge Network for free? Listen up – we're about to launch a campaign to support crypto business.

Episode 25, 29th October 2021

Are you proud of your cloud? Does anyone in your business even think about the impact of your digital services on the environment? Here's how Edge Network can make your digital products look good.

Episode 24, 22nd October 2021

What is CDN? A deeper dive into just one of the applications offered by Edge Network – now in active use with over 70 digital brands.

Episode 23, 15th October 2021

So you want to be a part of Edge Network. You want to to earn revenue for contributing spare capacity from your laptop or desktop machine as soon as possible. Here’s how to be ready…

Episode 22, 08th October 2021

‘Tech for good’ isn’t only about code, it’s a code of practice. And it starts by being open about our mission – in this week's episode we talk about transparency and fairness, from weekly updates to the power of the crowd.

Episode 21, 01st October 2021

The Edge of reality: blockchain needs real projects to provide value beyond its tokens – and Edge, with its live products and customers, is proof of this. Listen to find out why.

Episode 20, 24th September 2021

With $EDGE now released and value on the rise, it’s time to think about staking – and your chance to earn revenue for contributing to Edge Network. This week – on our 20th episode! – we tell you why.

Episode 19, 17th September 2021

This week's Conversations on the Edge invites you to plant trees – but because you want to, not because you feel like you have to.

Episode 18, 10th September 2021

Edge Network uses your private devices to store its data – and that’s what makes it more secure than the traditional cloud. This week's Conversations on the Edge tells you why.

Episode 17, 03rd August 2021

The world needs more and more Internet and the technology of Edge Network is the only digital infrastructure solution. On this week’s episode, we explain why.

Episode 16, 27th August 2021

This week, why switching digital services to Edge Network will make your business greener, faster and more cost-effective. It's a change you can make right now using CDN...

Episode 15, 20th August 2021

In a changing world we need a more sustainable internet – and that begins with cloud infrastructure. This week, we examine how Edge Network is part of a new generation of technology for cleaner cloud services.

Episode 14, 13th August 2021

Edge Network harnesses the power of people to change cloud services – and with it the world. We call it 'crowd infrastructure', and this episode of Conversations on the Edge explains how you can be a part of it.

Episode 13, 06th August 2021

Most of you probably know Edge Network is powered by blockchain technology, but did you know why? Or how? This explainer has all the answers – listen, and then wonder why you're not already a customer or contributor to the network.

Episode 12, 30th July 2021

The Edge Network team returns for another edition of Conversations on the Edge – this time about the exponential rise in demand for digital services. Can traditional cloud infrastructure cope? How does Edge Network promise to change things for the better?

Episode 11, 23rd July 2021

How does Edge Network keep safe the data entrusted to it by its clients? How does it compare to traditional cloud services? In this latest episode we talk to Edge founder Joseph Denne and the network’s Blockchain Lead, Adam K Dean about security.

Episode Ten, 16th July 2021

It's episode 10 of Conversations on the Edge and we focus on content delivery. Edge CDN is the real-world opportunity to move your digital business to the 'future cloud' for faster and greener apps and websites. It's not all about performance, either – Edge CDN is a feature-rich market leader in its own right.

Episode Nine, 09th July 2021

This week: Edge Network and security. Is your data any more secure in the traditional cloud because it is locked up miles away on massive servers in fortress factories? Spoiler alert: no. It just makes access to that data slower and more expensive.

Episode Eight, 02nd July 2021

Edge offers enhanced network performance for optimal user experience – an ideal application for media brands. This week's Conversations on the Edge looks at how Edge Network helps digital media services differentiate, from providing lightning-fast page load to carbon-efficient technology.

Episode Seven, 25th June 2021

Every time you so much as move on the Internet, someone profits from your action – and in almost half of all cases that will be Google, Amazon or Microsoft. This week's Conversations on the Edge looks at how Edge Network seeks to share revenue from digital services and why that will make the Internet a fairer place.

Episode Six, 19th June 2021

Is the cloud really just smog? This week in Conversations on the Edge, we examine digital infrastructure and carbon footprint – does the industry need to clean up its act? And does Edge Network offer the technology to do this? (Spoiler alert: yes.)

Episode Five, 11th June 2021

Half of the Internet is hosted by just three companies. Is that fair? This week in Conversations on the Edge, we look at the network that powers our new digital society – and how it should be in the hands of the many, not the few.

Episode Four, 04th June 2021

We’re on the cusp of unprecedented demand for data storage and traditional infrastructure just won’t cut it. In our fourth episode of Conversations on the Edge, we discuss the future of the Internet – and why we need a new cloud.

Episode Three, 28th May 2021

Episode three in our new series of audio shorts deals with localisation. Our team discusses Edge as the local-global network – how nodes located in home and offices everywhere reduces the distance between storage and consumption and builds a greener internet.

Episode Two, 21st May 2021

The second instalment in our new series of audio shorts discussing Edge Network and how it is poised to help change the Internet. This week, we examine how Edge reuses the hardware all around us to build the future cloud – a faster and greener digital infrastructure that scales with future demand.

Episode One, 14th May 2021

This week, our host talks to founders Joseph Denne and Chris Mair about fairness – whether the future of the web is in the hands of too few people and how Edge technology is designed to redress the balance.

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Participation in governance is open to for anyone with an active governance stake.

One governance stake can be made per wallet, and a single governance stake connotes the right to one vote on each proposal raised through the governance function. In addition to this, DAO members have a collective right to veto, and to propose amendments to proposals that can be sent back to governance for a further vote.

Governance in the Edge Network is designed to be:

1. Participatory. Community participation is key to the success of the network. Governance must be informed and organised.

2. Consensus Oriented. There will be multiple points of view for each aspect of the network. The governance mechanism is designed to facilitate healthy and open debate.

3. Accountable. Proposals that are raised through the governance mechanism must be followed up on by the core team.

4. Transparent. Information must be freely available and directly accessible to those who will be affected by the proposals raised through governance.

5. Responsive. Proposals should be responded to within a reasonable timeframe.

6. Effective and Efficient. The governance mechanism should produce results that balance the needs of stakeholders while making the best use of the resources at hand.

7. Equitable and Inclusive. There should be no barriers to community involvement in governance.

Guidelines for the Core Team

The core team must abide by these guiding principles in relation to project governance, and publish proposals for any change to the network that materially impacts:

1. The tokenomics of the network

2. The involvement of the community in network governance

3. The ability of the community to contribute capacity to the network

4. The operation of the network as a services layer for Web3

5. Live or planned services on top of the network

Furthermore, no movement in the $XE held within the growth fund may be made without a proposal being raised and passed by the community.