1. Introduction

Blockchains use consensus algorithms and validity proofs to come to agreements on the state of digital transactions.

However, most commercial transactions are not verifiable and still depend on trusted intermediaries. It is impossible, for example, for blockchains to reach consensus on the physical state of the world:

• the location of an entity
• the completion of a service
• the condition of an asset

The Local Blockchain is designed to unlock a new class of decentralized applications that can operate in these uncertain environments. Local introduces a graph-theoretic game that views proofs as probabilistic.

Who should use Local Protocol#

Local Protocol is for developers, businesses, and institutions seeking to build decentralized networks and is suitable for early-stage projects to large-scale networks.

Local is uniquely suited to capture markets where strict, deterministic service-proofs are either not available, or are too expensive to produce. We view verifiability as a spectrum between soft proofs (probabilistic) and hard proofs (deterministic and cryptographically verifiable) and provide a path forward for applications along this spectrum to exist in a p2p and token-incentivized network.

Below are some use cases that illustrate Local Protocol’s potential:

Getting Started as a Developer#

Who is this documentation for#

This documentation is for developers who wish to build services within the Local Proto ecosystem. It is structured to guide readers from basic to advanced concepts, providing practical examples and detailed explanations of how to use Local Protocol's features to build decentralized marketplace applications.