Lit Protocol
Protocolo P2P
Empresa
Enlaces
Detalles
Licencia Permissive (Apache 2.0 — open source on GitHub)
Estado de Desarrollo 🔬 Beta
Detalle del Estado de Desarrollo Released (Mainnet-Beta; v0 mainnet live; transitioning to v1 with LITKEY token launch)
Propietario Lit Protocol (co-founded by David Sneider; backed by Lit Association)
Órgano de Gobierno Company-controlled (Lit Protocol) | Lit Association (protocol stewardship)
País USA (San Francisco-based)
Año de Inicio 2020
Stack Rust + JavaScript/TypeScript (node network in Rust; Lit Actions execute JavaScript in sealed VMs; client SDKs in TypeScript)
Financiamiento VC ($13M Series A led by 1kx in Sept 2022; additional funding totaling $15.2M+; investors include 1kx, RRE Ventures, OpenSea Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Protocol Labs, Collab+Currency)
Última Investigación 15 ene 2026
Protocolo P2P Atributos
Orígenes Ecosystem/SDK (decentralized access control and key management infrastructure for Web3)
Base de Datos N/A (not a data storage protocol; manages cryptographic key shares across distributed nodes)
Lenguaje de Consulta Custom (Lit Actions API — JavaScript programs executed within sealed nodes to evaluate access conditions and produce signatures)
Formatos de Datos Custom (access control conditions as JSON objects referencing on-chain state, off-chain data, or custom logic; encrypted data as ciphertext blobs)
Edición Colaborativa en Vivo N/A (key management/encryption infrastructure, not an editing tool)
Edición de Texto Enriquecido N/A
Soporte Móvil N/A (infrastructure protocol; client SDKs primarily for server/browser environments)
Soporte Web Yes (JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for browser integration; used by dApps for token-gating, wallet creation, signing)
Aplicaciones Nativas N/A (infrastructure protocol)
Términos Self-hosting + Paid (node operators stake LITKEY tokens; network fees for signing/encryption operations; veLITKEY staking model)
Fondos $15.2M+ (total raised per Crunchbase; ~$20M claimed by co-founder including all rounds)
Basado En Original (novel threshold cryptography network; blockchain-agnostic middleware interacting with Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, and other chains)
Arquitectura P2P Mesh network + Public Blockchain (distributed network of sealed TEE nodes performing threshold cryptography; LITKEY staking on Base L2; reads on-chain state from multiple blockchains)
Red de Superposición Global (Lit nodes form a global network; any node can participate in threshold signing/decryption for any request)
Direccionamiento por Contenido No (key management protocol; does not use content addressing for its core function)
Local-First N/A (network-dependent; signing and decryption require reaching threshold of distributed nodes)
Cifrado de Extremo a Extremo (E2EE) Yes (core functionality: identity-based encryption where data is encrypted such that only users meeting specified access conditions can decrypt via Lit's threshold decryption)
Biblioteca de CRDTs N/A (not a data sync protocol)
Tolerancia a Fallos Bizantinos Yes (threshold cryptography inherently tolerates up to t-of-n node failures/misbehavior; nodes run in TEEs to prevent key extraction)
Firma BLS Threshold signature + ECDSA (distributed key generation produces threshold key shares; supports BLS, ECDSA secp256k1 signatures across multiple chains)
Permisos Cryptographic Capabilities (programmable access control conditions: on-chain state checks, token ownership, DAO membership, custom JavaScript logic in Lit Actions determine who can sign/decrypt)
Compatibilidad con la Web Semántica N/A
Contrato Inteligente Yes (LITKEY token and staking contracts on Base L2; Lit reads smart contract state on multiple chains to evaluate access control conditions)
Posición en la Pila del Protocolo
Incorporación de Activos/Valor Native — LITKEY token is the protocol-native utility and governance token used to pay for threshold signing and decryption services, and staked by node operators (veLITKEY) to participate in the network. Launched on Lit's Chronicle chain.
Madurez del Protocolo / Estandarización Proprietary Open Standard (published threshold cryptography protocol; company-developed with open documentation)