About Umotu

About Umotu

Open participation, daily rewards
Umotu is an open participation protocol that distributes daily rewards to verified participants who help secure the network from a smartphone (for example, data availability sampling and sentinel finality checks). Rewards are variable and not guaranteed. Umotu supports stablecoin UX through service-layer tools (for example, stable payout options and stable-gas paymasters), while validators accept native gas only. Stablecoins are issued by third parties and carry issuer-specific risks.
The Umotu Foundation maintains conservative defaults in the official wallet and publishes the Umotu Stablecoin Standard (USS) and Risk Disclosure Policy (RDP). These standards guide wallet UX; they are not protocol permissions.

How the network works

• Proposers (data-center validators) produce blocks every ~2s.
• Phones sample data to confirm availability and, when selected as Sentinels, co-sign finality.
• PBS-lite: Builders compete to supply ordered bundles; fees are shared between proposers and Sentinels per policy.

Rewards & Tokenomics

• Token: UMT (native)
• Daily emissions cap: up to 0.01% of the remaining emissions pool (~3.65%/yr max)
• Phones: most emissions (for DA checks and Sentinel participation)
• Proposers: base fees + tips share; zero new-token emissions
• Target, not promise: Per-user payouts adjust with participation and policy

Privacy & Control

• Self-custody: You control your wallet, recovery phrase, and keys.
• Off-chain biometrics: PoH providers store and process FaceId off-chain; users can request deletion anytime.
• Minimal on-chain data: Contracts store only PoH status/attestations—not biometrics.

Name & Ethos

Umotu draws inspiration from Paʻumotu, a Polynesian language spoken by a small community. We use the name respectfully as a reminder to build for everyday people.