Ghostdrive — the memory network
Private memory for people and their AI.
Your files, notes and the knowledge your AI learns from — sealed on your device and kept by a network that can never read them. No company in the middle.
open licences (Apache-2.0 / MIT) · encrypted on your device · IPFS-compatible
How it works · 1 of 3 · Live
Your file becomes blocks.
Ghostdrive cuts each file into small blocks and names every block by its fingerprint. Change one paragraph, and only one block changes.
content-defined chunking · blocks of 256 KiB or less · sha2-256
4.37× less storage across ten versions of a document
How it works · 2 of 3 · Live
Sealed before it leaves.
Every block is encrypted on your device. The keys come from your passkey or your 24 words and never leave you. Everyone else sees noise.
AES-256-GCM · HKDF-SHA256 · nothing readable leaves the device
422 MB/s encryption speed, measured
How it works · 3 of 3 · With a node
Kept by strangers. Read by no one.
Sealed blocks travel peer to peer, between your devices and the nodes that keep them. Every block is checked against its fingerprint, so nobody can slip in false data.
libp2p · Noise · WebRTC · verify, don’t trust
0.07% extra storage for the encryption
Why trust it · Planned
Proven, not promised.
The code is published under open licences (Apache-2.0 / MIT). Storage nodes are challenged at random and answer with small cryptographic proofs that anyone can check. Every number on this page is reproducible with one command.
Merkle storage proofs · contracts on Base Sepolia testnet, audit pending · whitepaper edition 2.3
14 ms to check a proof over 32 random pieces
What you get · Live
One private place for your work.
Everything runs on your devices, with your keys.
Start
Your memory, yours again.
Open the app in your browser in a minute, or download Ghostdrive for Mac with your own node inside.
Three ways in
Open the app
Your vault in the browser. A passkey or 24 words, no account, no wallet.
Download for Mac
The full app with your own node, local AI and Ghostdrive in Finder.
Read the whitepaper
How the keys, blocks, network and proofs work, with every number measured.
The testnet is live
Ghostdrive runs on the Base Sepolia testnet today. Use it, run a node, build, break it, vote. What you do earns testnet points, converted to DRIVE at mainnet.
Join the testnet
Open the app and start: make a vault with a passkey or 24 words, launch your agent, build a block in Ghost City, teach it and invite friends. No application. Earns: levels now; the first 369 wallets get 369 Test DRIVE.
Run a node
A Mac mini, a DGX Spark or a small Linux server keeps sealed blocks for the network and answers storage challenges. Earns: proved storage and uptime.
Build with us
The code is on GitHub. Pick a good-first-issue, open a pull request, and become a listed contributor. Earns: merged pull requests.
Hunt bugs
Break things on purpose: crypto, sync, the app, the contracts on Base Sepolia. Report privately for security issues. Earns: bounties by severity.
Shape the DAO
Read the 369 founding texts, write a proposal, and vote on the kernel board with one voice per member. Earns: proposals that stand.
Teach the network
Contribute a room article, a skill or a document. Operators train on it with your signed, revocable consent. Earns: knowledge that passes evaluation.
Testnet points
- The first 369 wallets linked on the testnet each get 369 Test DRIVE: 136,161 in all, paid out of the first Community wave, so the wave still never exceeds its cap.
- No gas needed: the relay pays it and tops up a new wallet with a little Base Sepolia ETH. Invites add XP when a friend reaches level 3, and 3.69% of their verified points for 180 days, capped at 369 a month.
- Points come only from things that can be checked: storage proofs, merged pull requests, accepted bug reports, contributions that pass evaluation, proposals that stand.
- Every point refers to a record anyone can check (an on-chain proof, a merged pull request, an accepted report, an E5 receipt) and to one Ghost ID and one wallet. One person, one account; caps and review stop farming.
- At mainnet, points convert in a claim tree paid from the Community activity allocation (9.63% of supply, released in 90-day waves). The DAO sets the share for testnet.
- Points are not tokens and nothing is guaranteed. This is not an offer or financial advice.
Roadmap
Nov 2026: Testnet live
- Contracts and the DAO kernel board on Base Sepolia
- Network AI answered by four Spark operator nodes
- Storage deals proved on chain, relay public
- Testnet points for verifiable work
Before mainnet: Audit and open waves
- External audit of every contract
- More operator and storage nodes join
- Bug bounties and contributor program
March 6, 2027: Mainnet
- Vaults, governor and storage market on Base
- First Community wave pays testnet points in DRIVE
- Proof-of-Utility mining starts
After the experiment: Knowledge year
- Governance opens the knowledge vault
- 13,616,100 DRIVE mined by first contributors in its first year
369 years: The long run
- Utility mining halves every 36.9 years
- The DAO keeps the operator list and the rules
Frequently asked questions
Can Ghostdrive read my files?
No. Files are encrypted on your device before anything leaves it, and the keys never leave your device. Nodes, relays and gateways only ever see sealed blocks.
What if I lose my device?
Your keys come from your passkey or your 24 recovery words. Write the words down: with them, a new device gets everything back. If someone saw your words, Settings can move your vault to new ones.
Is this IPFS?
It speaks IPFS. Every sealed block is a standard IPFS block with a normal CID, so any IPFS node or gateway can store it. Ghostdrive adds encryption, capabilities and proofs on top.
Who stores my data?
Your own devices first, then nodes you run or rent. Storage providers will be paid only for proofs a contract verifies; those contracts run on the Base Sepolia testnet and their audit is pending.
How is Ghostdrive built?
In seven layers, each a change in who may read, compute or claim: your device and keys (L1), encrypted blocks (L2), the peer-to-peer network with storage proofs (L3), consent-gated AI compute (L4), living knowledge for agents (L5), signed evidence and one zero-knowledge proof (L6), and the DRIVE economy (L7). L1–L3 and the proof are built and measured; parts of L4, L5 and L7 are in progress.
How do I know what an AI did with my data?
Every permitted use leaves a signed receipt on an evidence ladder from E0 (submitted) to E6 (settled), chained so that a missing or altered receipt shows. An AI may use your data only under a grant you signed, for a stated purpose, with an expiry.
What is DRIVE for?
DRIVE is the network’s utility token on Base, 369,000,000 fixed. 69.30% pays nodes for verified storage, compute and retrieval; 3.69% rewards admitted knowledge and opens only after a published comparative experiment. It also carries governance in the DRIVE 369 DAO. Not an investment; nothing here is financial advice.
What works today?
In the browser: Drive, notes, memory search, the private model on your device, Office, passkeys and recovery words. With the desktop app or a node: sync between your devices, messages, shared vaults, backup, the Terminal with Claude or your local model, calls, and the MCP server and SDK for agents. On the Base Sepolia testnet, audit pending and not on mainnet: the storage market, the registry anchor, the mining vaults and the DAO.