Partnership Requirements & Verification

One of the key principles of Lume is the strictly controlled access to network bandwidth. User devices form a distributed resource that can only be provided to organizations that have demonstrated their technical integrity, legal legitimacy, and adherence to the platform's ethical standards. Therefore, the process of partner admission to Lume is not just a simple registration — it is a multi-step procedure that creates a chain of verifiable trust, where each stage is cryptographically or documentarily confirmed.

The process begins with the legal verification of the company that wishes to connect to the network. Lume fundamentally does not work with anonymous entities or organizations without verifiable status. The partner provides corporate documents, information about the owners, licenses (if their activities involve data processing), and confirmation of compliance with local and international regulations. This is not a formality, but the foundation for creating a legally substantiated bandwidth usage contract, where responsibility for the goals and nature of the traffic is assigned to the institution.

In parallel with the legal part, a technical verification is carried out. Lume analyzes the partner’s infrastructure: which endpoints will access the network, through which servers, and what types of requests are planned. The platform requires the client’s architecture to comply with the "ethical routing" policies and not include components that might use traffic for covert monitoring, user tracking, or unethical data collection. At this stage, the partner provides technical documentation, endpoint diagrams, descriptions of internal protocols, and confirmation that no undesirable modules are present. Lume operates under a strict model of allowed requests: the system only passes packets and calls that match predefined categories.

After passing the legal and technical checks, the cryptographic part of the verification begins. Each partner is issued a set of keys that is tied to their infrastructure and recorded in the on-chain Solana registry. This creates a fully public and immutable record of the fact that the participant has passed verification and is authorized to use the network. This approach eliminates the possibility of covert intervention: even the Lume team cannot silently add a new endpoint or modify the parameters of an existing client without leaving a trace in the blockchain.

When the partner connects to the network, their requests go through a multi-level verification system: first, the user application checks the signature and packet structure, then the nodes in the pool cross-check the data with the Solana registry, and finally, routing is performed. If a request does not meet the specification — for example, it uses an unsupported endpoint, deviates suspiciously from the declared traffic model, or violates fair-use criteria — the system automatically rejects the packet before establishing the encrypted channel. This eliminates the possibility of exploiting the Lume network for bypassing regional restrictions, covert data collection, or conducting operations contrary to the platform's policy.

The partnership process does not end at the moment of connection. Lume regularly performs re-evaluations, tracking how the partner’s traffic aligns with the declared scenarios. If significant deviations arise, the infrastructure undergoes a technical audit, and if necessary, a re-legal verification. Thus, the partner, while working with the network, inevitably stays within a transparent and formalized model of behavior, protecting users and maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.

It is this structure — legal verification, technical audit, cryptographic certification, and ongoing monitoring — that forms the foundation of trust between users, the network, and partners. In Lume, bandwidth is not sold to just anyone; it is provided only to those who have undergone a verifiable, multi-step, and immutably recorded verification procedure. This makes the ecosystem predictable, secure, and sustainable, and the participation of institutions completely controlled and transparent to the community.