Technical FAQ

General

What is Ouranoos?

Ouranoos is decentralized cloud storage for the Empoorio ecosystem — encrypt files locally, store on P2P providers, pay with Eoonia in DMS/DUSD, and settle deals on EmpoorioChain.

How is Ouranoos different from AWS S3 or Google Drive?

Centralized clouds control your keys. Ouranoos encrypts on your device, uses decentralized providers, and publishes transparent pricing often below S3/Drive reference costs.

What is Dracma (DMS)?

Dracma (DMS) is the native utility token on EmpoorioChain — used for storage deals, proofs, network fees, and governance across Ouranoos and sibling products.

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Developers

Which stack does Ouranoos use?

The Flutter client uses empoorio_chain_sdk, Eoonia deep links, IPFS/libp2p retrieval, and CosmWasm storage contracts on EmpoorioChain.

Where is the source of truth?

See Architecture, API Reference, and projects/Ouranoos_Cloud_App in the Empoorio monorepo.

How does identity work?

User and provider device credentials use KryptoOS SSI locally — PII stays off-chain.

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Security

Are providers trusted?

No. Files leave your device encrypted (AES-256-GCM). Providers only see ciphertext. See Security.

Where is the privacy policy?

/docs/resources/privacy covers the Ouranoos website, app, and cloud data practices.