Security & Data Ethics Framework

The core principle of Lume is that user security should be ensured not by trust, but by architecture, which eliminates even the theoretical possibility of personal data leakage. Therefore, the client application functions as an isolated network capsule, integrated into the operating system in such a way that it interacts only with its own virtualized interface and has no physical path to the user's traffic. This isolation is achieved through a network sandboxing layer and routing, where all device traffic is automatically split: what belongs to the user remains in the local system, while what belongs to Lume passes through a separate channel with strict filtering at the kernel level.

This architecture creates a unique effect: Lume essentially functions as a network TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), but not through a hardware module, instead relying on network and cryptographic mechanisms. The application cannot see the contents of the packets passing through the device, cannot intercept the browser history or user requests: the system transmits to the network only pre-formed "bandwidth containers" that contain not user data, but cryptographically verified requests from institutional clients. Inside these containers, there is no metadata, IP addresses, or network telemetries — the packet structure is fixed in advance, making unauthorized access impossible.

On top of this isolation, there is a cryptographic transport. A session is established via the Noise XX-handshake, which generates new ephemeral keys with each connection. Then, the traffic is encrypted via AES-GCM and signed with Ed25519. This means that even if someone attempted to intercept the flow between the client and the node pool, decrypting it would be impossible. The signatures exclude any scenarios of substitution or MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) attacks, and regular key rotation adds a fresh layer of protection in each new session.

But security in Lume is not only protection against external threats but also strict control over who has the right to use the network. Institutional clients undergo a multi-step verification process, including legal checks, infrastructure analysis, evaluation of traffic usage purposes, and compliance with international privacy standards. Only after this is their cryptographic identity recorded in the Solana registry, which forms a transparent, publicly verifiable list of approved participants. Any attempts to use traffic for covert monitoring, illegal data collection, political purposes, or invasion of privacy are blocked both by policy and routing mechanisms: the system simply will not pass a request that does not meet the acceptable operation format.

Within the network itself, there is comprehensive protection against abuse, including fraudulent activity by users. Lume analyzes the device's network behavior — not in terms of personal data, but in terms of technical characteristics: channel stability, latency, and traffic variability. These parameters allow the detection of attempts at automated farms, proxy substitution, bandwidth manipulation, or "empty" nodes. Signature and heuristic protection algorithms track anomalies in real-time, but they do this without access to personal information: the system compares only technical parameters, not linking them to a specific individual.

Special attention is given to privacy. Lume does not store or transmit IP addresses in raw form, does not log MAC addresses, fingerprint parameters, or geolocation. The only information retained in the network is the aggregated volume of transmitted traffic and the cryptographic identifier of the device, transformed into an irreversible hash form. All reward-related operations are executed via on-chain events on Solana, allowing any user or auditor to verify the correctness of the economic model.

The technological and ethical aspects of the system are intertwined into a single mechanism, where security is not an add-on to the product — it is its foundation. The user can be confident that their traffic is used strictly for the purposes promised to them, and institutional clients can be sure that the network genuinely controls access and records all processes transparently. Lume builds trust not by statements, but by architecture, which makes the improper use of traffic impossible, while ensuring that the proper use is guaranteed and verifiable.