Frequently asked,
directly answered.

1. Q.01

   When is mainnet?

   When the security tier signals align and at least 7 Node Runners are registered, stake-eligible, and online. There is no calendar date; the chain self-activates.

2. Q.02

   How do I get ADM?

   Burn-to-mint. Provably burn BTC, ETH, USDT, or USDC at the source chain; the validator set verifies the burn proof and mints ADM at 20 ADM per USD-equivalent. There is no premine, no investor round, no foundation allocation.

3. Q.03

   Is Adamant a smart-contract platform?

   Yes — in a narrow sense. Adamant ships the Adamant Move language and Adamant Virtual Machine (AVM), based on Move's object-and-resource model. Contracts that touch shielded value carry a Halo 2 proof of correct state transition. The protocol is not a general-purpose computer — every function pays gas, every shielded function proves a circuit — but you can deploy non-trivial logic. See whitepaper §6.

4. Q.04

   How is privacy implemented?

   Default-shielded transactions using Halo 2 zero-knowledge proofs. Sender, recipient, amount, and contract calls are encrypted before the transaction leaves the device. Selective disclosure via view keys, scoped and revocable.

5. Q.05

   What is post-quantum, and what does Adamant use?

   Cryptography designed to resist attack by a sufficiently large quantum computer. Adamant uses ML-DSA (FIPS 204) hybridised with Ed25519 for signatures, and ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) for key agreement.

6. Q.06

   Can my phone verify the chain?

   Yes. Recursive proofs let a client check the entire chain state from a single proof. A phone can be a full verifier, and a Node Watcher.

7. Q.07

   Who runs Adamant?

   Whoever bonds the floor and meets the hardware spec. Genesis cohort is 75 Node Runners, first-come, first-served. There is no foundation, no admin key, no governance contract.

8. Q.08

   Is there governance?

   No on-chain governance. Protocol changes happen only by hard fork; participants signal by running the new client.

9. Q.09

   Why DAG-BFT and not Tendermint or Ethereum-style?

   DAG-BFT (Mysticeti-shaped) decouples transaction dissemination from ordering, which is what gets us the ≥50 000 TPS floor on residential-fibre hardware.

10. Q.10

    What is the inflation schedule?

    The 100M genesis pool drains via burn-to-mint and validator emission over the launch phase (5-year cap). Post-genesis emission follows the schedule in the whitepaper — fixed, predictable, no governance lever.

11. Q.11

    Can ADM be confiscated or frozen?

    No. There are no admin keys. Validators cannot reverse, freeze, or seize transactions. Selective disclosure is user-controlled.

12. Q.12

    Where is the team?

    Adamant has no foundation and no central team. Contributors work from the public repositories. The protocol is the team.

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