Yes. Chatting in channels, posting news, following users, and reading content is completely free. The only actions that cost KLV are on-chain operations: registering your identity (approximately 4.4 KLV), creating a channel, delegating a device (approximately 4.5 KLV), and tipping other users. You can use Ogmara indefinitely without spending any cryptocurrency.
Your wallet is gone permanently. There is no recovery process, no "forgot password" option, and no support team that can restore access. This is a fundamental property of decentralized systems — only you hold the key. Always back up your private key in a safe location before relying on it.
Yes, via device delegation. Each device generates its own key pair, and you authorize it from your main wallet by submitting an on-chain delegation transaction. This costs approximately 4.5 KLV per device. Once delegated, messages from that device are verified as coming from your main wallet address. You can revoke a delegation at any time.
A short computational puzzle your device solves once per node you connect to. It typically takes 2 to 3 seconds on a modern device. This is an anti-spam measure that prevents bots from flooding the network with fake accounts. It is not cryptocurrency mining — you do not earn anything from it, and it uses no significant resources after the initial solve.
Direct messages are end-to-end encrypted, meaning only you and the recipient can read them. Channel messages and news posts are public by design — they are visible to anyone on the network. Ogmara does not track your activity, build profiles, or run analytics. There are no cookies, no tracking pixels, and no data sold to advertisers.
There is no central authority that can censor content on Ogmara. Channel moderators can filter messages within their own channel, but the content itself is never deleted from the network. If a moderator removes your message from their channel, it still exists on the L2 nodes and can be accessed by other means. No single entity controls the network.
Ogmara uses the Klever blockchain (klever.org) for identity and signing only. Your wallet address is a Klever address, and on-chain operations (registration, channel creation, tipping) are Klever transactions. However, messages themselves do not go on-chain — they are handled by the L2 node network to keep things fast and free.
Your messages and posts are stored on L2 nodes run by community members. These nodes communicate via peer-to-peer networking and synchronize data between them. There is no single central server. Media files (images, attachments) are stored on IPFS, a separate decentralized storage network. Your private key and local settings are stored only on your device.
Only the cost of a server. A basic VPS suitable for running an Ogmara node typically costs between $5 and $20 per month, depending on the provider and resources. No KLV is required to operate a node unless you choose to anchor state to the blockchain, which is optional and most nodes do not do.
Minimum: 1 CPU core, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB disk space. Recommended: 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM, and more disk space if you plan to store significant media via IPFS. The L2 node is written in Rust and is efficient with resources. Any modern Linux distribution works well.
Only if you want to support media (images, file attachments). Text-based messaging works without IPFS. If you run IPFS alongside your node, users connected to your node can upload and retrieve images. Without it, they can still chat and post text content normally.
State anchoring is an optional process where a node publishes a cryptographic proof of its current L2 state to the Klever blockchain. This creates a verifiable, tamper-proof record that the data on the node has not been altered. Most nodes do not need to do this — it is primarily useful for high-trust scenarios or archival purposes. It costs KLV for the on-chain transaction.