Lit Protocol
P2P Protocol
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Licença Permissive (Apache 2.0 — open source on GitHub)
Status de Dev 🟢 Ativo
Detalhe do Status de Dev Released (Mainnet-Beta; v0 mainnet live; transitioning to v1 with LITKEY token launch)
Proprietário Lit Protocol (co-founded by David Sneider; backed by Lit Association)
País USA (San Francisco-based)
Ano de Início 2020
Stack Rust + JavaScript/TypeScript (node network in Rust; Lit Actions execute JavaScript in sealed VMs; client SDKs in TypeScript)
Financiamento 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 Investigação 15 de jan. de 2026
P2P Protocol Atributos
Origins Ecosystem/SDK (decentralized access control and key management infrastructure for Web3)
Database N/A (not a data storage protocol; manages cryptographic key shares across distributed nodes)
Query Language Custom (Lit Actions API — JavaScript programs executed within sealed nodes to evaluate access conditions and produce signatures)
Data Formats Custom (access control conditions as JSON objects referencing on-chain state, off-chain data, or custom logic; encrypted data as ciphertext blobs)
Collaborative Live Editing N/A (key management/encryption infrastructure, not an editing tool)
Rich Text Editing N/A
Mobile Support N/A (infrastructure protocol; client SDKs primarily for server/browser environments)
Web Support Yes (JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for browser integration; used by dApps for token-gating, wallet creation, signing)
Native Apps N/A (infrastructure protocol)
Terms Self-hosting + Paid (node operators stake LITKEY tokens; network fees for signing/encryption operations; veLITKEY staking model)
Funds $15.2M+ (total raised per Crunchbase; ~$20M claimed by co-founder including all rounds)
Based On Original (novel threshold cryptography network; blockchain-agnostic middleware interacting with Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, and other chains)
P2P Architecture 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)
Overlay Network Global (Lit nodes form a global network; any node can participate in threshold signing/decryption for any request)
Content Addressing 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)
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)
CRDTs Lib N/A (not a data sync protocol)
Byzantine Fault Tolerance Yes (threshold cryptography inherently tolerates up to t-of-n node failures/misbehavior; nodes run in TEEs to prevent key extraction)
Signature BLS Threshold signature + ECDSA (distributed key generation produces threshold key shares; supports BLS, ECDSA secp256k1 signatures across multiple chains)
Permissions 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)
Semantic Web Compatibility N/A
Smart Contract Yes (LITKEY token and staking contracts on Base L2; Lit reads smart contract state on multiple chains to evaluate access control conditions)
Protocol Stack Position
Asset / Value Embedding 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.
Protocol Maturity / Standardization Proprietary Open Standard (published threshold cryptography protocol; company-developed with open documentation)