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<span class="span-1 mobilebody">Providers run a server that talks to a decentralized </span
><a href="https://github.com/OrchidTechnologies/orchid/tree/master/dir-ethereum" target="_blank"
><span class="span-2 mobilebody">directory</span></a
><span class="span-1 mobilebody"> running on</span><span class="span-2 mobilebody"> </span
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and stake OXT in it to compete for inbound service requests (stake-weighted random selection). Payment is
settled via Orchid’s own L2/L3 using</span
><span class="span-2 mobilebody"> </span
><a href="https://github.com/OrchidTechnologies/orchid/tree/master/lot-ethereum" target="_blank"
><span class="span-2 mobilebody">streaming probabilistic nanopayments</span></a
><span class="span-1 mobilebody"
>.<br />The Orchid project includes a VPN application, available for iOS/macOS/Android. The app purchases
VPN service from the Orchid bandwidth marketplace by making a request to the directory and then connecting
to a provider and paying for VPN service with nanopayments.</span
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<span class="span-1 mobileheadline">THE</span><span class="span-3 mobileheadline"> CORE COMPONENTS</span
><span class="span-1 mobileheadline"> OF ORCHID</span>
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<div class="frame-57 frame"><div class="intro-copy-1 mobiletitle">PROBABALISTIC NANOPAYMENTS</div></div>
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The probabilistic nanopayment ecosystem is the foundation of the Orchid marketplace. Instead of sending
funds for every unit of service and incurring processing fees on every transaction, Orchid accounts send
lottery tickets to providers to achieve a low per-unit cost through consolidating transactions to fewer
overall “payments”.<br /><br />Probabilistic nanopayments allow users to directly pay for services
(bandwidth, storage, API calls, etc.) at a much lower rate than traditional payment protocols.
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<a href="https://www.orchid.com/Nanopayments-3.pdf" target="_blank"
><span class="span0 mobilehyperlink"
>Nanopayments: When I Didn’t Know Who to Trust, I Turned to Probability<br /></span></a
><span class="span-4 mobilebody"
>Discover how probabilistic nanopayments are transforming digital transactions. In her latest
article, Dr. Chloe Avery explores how leveraging probability and the law of large numbers can
minimize trust issues and transaction costs, paving the way for seamless, flexible, pay-as-you-go
services.</span
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><div class="intro-copy-2 mobilebutton">MORE ABOUT NANOPAYMENTS</div>
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Providers stake OXT to enter the Orchid marketplace. Through Orchid’s stake-weighted selection algorithm,
users are randomly connected to providers proportionate to the amount of OXT staked by the provider; the
larger the stake, the more likely a user is connected!
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>Orchid accounts are the center of Orchid’s “probabilistic rollup” nanopayment system, enabling a
stream of tiny payments sent from the account owner to a provider for services. They’re built on two
components: the layer 1 </span
><span class="span-3 mobilebody">wallet address</span
><span class="span-1 mobilebody"> for funding the account, and the layer 2 </span
><span class="span-3 mobilebody">Orchid identity</span
><span class="span-1 mobilebody">
for facilitating transactions.<br /><br />Once an account is created, there are two elements necessary
to send payments: the </span
><span class="span-3 mobilebody">deposit</span
><span class="span-1 mobilebody">, which determines the value of your account’s tickets, and the </span
><span class="span-3 mobilebody">balance</span
><span class="span-1 mobilebody">, which determines the amount of tickets available to spend.</span>
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>The Orchid software is designed to use a custom VPN protocol, similar in scope to</span
><span class="span1 mobilehyperlink"> </span
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><span class="span-4 mobilebody"> or </span
><a href="https://www.wireguard.com/" target="_blank"
><span class="span-5 mobilehyperlink">WireGuard</span></a
><span class="span-4 mobilebody"
>. The Orchid protocol is designed for high-performance networking and runs on top of WebRTC, a common
web standard, widely used to transmit video and audio from inside browsers. The Orchid protocol allows
users to request access to remote network resources and pay for these resources using cryptocurrencies
via the Orchid nanopayments system.</span
>
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<div class="frame-57 frame"><div class="intro-copy-1 mobiletitle">THE ORCHID NETWORK</div></div>
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The Orchid network uses a curated list of verified providers to match users with properly-configured
provider nodes. This curation enables trust-free marketplace experience for users by assuring quality
service is delivered by the provider nodes available in the market.
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<span class="span-1 mobileheadline">ASKED</span><span class="span-3 mobileheadline"> QUESTIONS</span>
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<span class="span-4 mobilebody">The simplest solution is to use the </span
><a href="https://account.orchid.com/widget/" target="_blank"
><span class="span-5 mobilehyperlink">Account Funding Widget</span></a
><span class="span-4 mobilebody"
>. The widget outlines the minimum balance, deposit, and gas fees required to start an account with
your choice of nine partnered currencies.</span
>
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><div class="link link-2 mobilehyperlink">MORE ABOUT THIS</div>
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<div class="frame-58 frame"><div class="title title-2 mobiletitle">WHAT ARE TICKETS?</div></div>
<p class="body-1 body-5 mobilebody">
Tickets are how you pay providers in the Orchid nanopayment ecosystem. As you use the services in
Orchid’s decentralized marketplaces, tickets will be constantly sent to your provider in lieu of
currency.
</p>
<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/accounts/#tickets" target="_blank"
><div class="link link-2 mobilehyperlink">MORE ABOUT THIS</div>
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Balance and deposit accomplish two different tasks: the deposit determines the value of your tickets
(equal to half the total amount of your deposit), while the balance determines the amount of tickets you
can send before service is interrupted.<br /><br />In addition, funds held in the balance can be
withdrawn instantly, while funds held in the deposit aren’t available until they are “unlocked” and the
24-hour unlocking window has passed.
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<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/accounts/#deposit" target="_blank"
><div class="link link-2 mobilehyperlink">MORE ABOUT THIS</div>
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While you are constantly sending out “lottery tickets” as you use an Orchid service, only a small amount
of those lottery tickets are successfully paid to the provider. As such, it’s possible for users to have
extended periods of time paying below the expected costs of service, due to the nature of probability.
</p>
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<p class="body-4 body-5 mobilebody">
Orchid’s nanopayment tickets are similar to lottery tickets: not every ticket you send will successfully
disburse funds to your provider.
</p>
<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/accounts/" target="_blank"
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<span class="span-7 mobilebody">Providers run a server that talks to a decentralized </span
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and stake OXT in it to compete for inbound service requests (stake-weighted random selection). Payment is
settled via Orchid’s own L2/L3 using</span
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><span class="span-8 mobilebody">streaming probabilistic nanopayments</span></a
><span class="span-7 mobilebody"
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to a provider and paying for VPN service with nanopayments.</span
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The probabilistic nanopayment ecosystem is the foundation of the Orchid marketplace. Instead of sending
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>Discover how probabilistic nanopayments are transforming digital transactions. In her latest
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The Orchid network uses a curated list of verified providers to match users with properly-configured
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Balance and deposit accomplish two different tasks: the deposit determines the value of your tickets
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><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px">directory</span></a
><span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px"> running on</span
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><span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px">
and stake OXT in it to compete for inbound service requests (stake-weighted random selection). Payment is
settled via Orchid’s own L2/L3 using</span
><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px"> </span
><a href="https://github.com/OrchidTechnologies/orchid/tree/master/lot-ethereum" target="_blank"
><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px">streaming probabilistic nanopayments</span></a
><span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px"
>.<br />The Orchid project includes a VPN application, available for iOS/macOS/Android. The app purchases
VPN service from the Orchid bandwidth marketplace by making a request to the directory and then connecting
to a provider and paying for VPN service with nanopayments.</span
>
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<div class="caption valign-text-middle desktopcallout">EXPLORE</div>
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<span class="span-14 figtree-semi-bold-white-40px">THE</span
><span class="span-14 figtree-semi-bold-aquamarine-40px"> CORE COMPONENTS</span
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><span class="span-14 figtree-semi-bold-white-40px">OF ORCHID</span>
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<div class="intro-copy-17 intro-copy desktoptitle">PROBABALISTIC NANOPAYMENTS</div>
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The probabilistic nanopayment ecosystem is the foundation of the Orchid marketplace. Instead of sending
funds for every unit of service and incurring processing fees on every transaction, Orchid accounts send
lottery tickets to providers to achieve a low per-unit cost through consolidating transactions to fewer
overall “payments”.<br /><br />Probabilistic nanopayments allow users to directly pay for services
(bandwidth, storage, API calls, etc.) at a much lower rate than traditional payment protocols.
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<a href="https://www.orchid.com/Nanopayments-3.pdf" target="_blank"
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>Nanopayments: When I Didn’t Know Who to Trust, I Turned to Probability<br /></span></a
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>Discover how probabilistic nanopayments are transforming digital transactions. In her latest article,
Dr. Chloe Avery explores how leveraging probability </span
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>can minimize trust issues and transaction costs, paving the way for seamless, flexible, pay-as-you-go
services.</span
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><a href="https://blog.orchid.com/introducing-nanopayments/" target="_blank"
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<div class="intro-copy-17 intro-copy desktoptitle">OXT & TOKEN STAKING</div>
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Providers stake OXT to enter the Orchid marketplace. Through Orchid’s stake-weighted selection algorithm,
users are randomly connected to providers proportionate to the amount of OXT staked by the provider; the
larger the stake, the more likely a user is connected!
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<div class="intro-copy-17 intro-copy desktoptitle">ORCHID ACCOUNTS</div>
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>Orchid accounts are the center of Orchid’s “probabilistic rollup” nanopayment system, enabling a
stream of tiny payments sent from the account owner to a provider for services. They’re built on two
components: the layer 1 </span
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><span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px"> for funding the account, and the layer 2 </span
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for facilitating transactions.<br /><br />Once an account is created, there are two elements necessary
to send payments: the </span
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>, which determines the value of your account’s tickets, and the </span
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>, which determines the amount of tickets available to spend.</span
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<a href="https://account.orchid.com" target="_blank"
><div class="intro-copy-19 intro-copy desktopbutton">LAUNCH THE ACCOUNT DAPP</div>
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<div class="intro-copy-17 intro-copy desktoptitle">THE ORCHID PROTOCOL</div>
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>The Orchid software is designed to use a custom VPN protocol, similar in scope to</span
><span class="span1-2"> </span
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><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px">OpenVPN</span></a
><span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px"> or </span
><a href="https://www.wireguard.com/" target="_blank"
><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px">WireGuard</span></a
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>. The Orchid protocol is designed for high-performance networking and runs on top of WebRTC, a common
web standard, widely used to transmit video and audio from inside browsers. The Orchid protocol allows
users to request access to remote network resources and pay for these resources using cryptocurrencies
via the Orchid nanopayments system.</span
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<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/" target="_blank"
><div class="intro-copy-19 intro-copy desktopbutton">READ THE DOCS</div>
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<div class="intro-copy-17 intro-copy desktoptitle">THE ORCHID NETWORK</div>
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The Orchid network uses a curated list of verified providers to match users with properly-configured
provider nodes. This curation enables trust-free marketplace experience for users by assuring quality
service is delivered by the provider nodes available in the market.
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<div class="caption-1 valign-text-middle desktopcallout">FREQUENTLY</div>
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<span
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><span class="span-14 figtree-semi-bold-aquamarine-40px">QUESTIONS</span>
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<span class="span-13 figtree-normal-white-20px">The simplest solution is to use the </span
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><span class="span-13 figtree-bold-dull-lavender-20px">Account Funding Widget</span></a
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>. The widget outlines the minimum balance, deposit, and gas fees required to start an account with
your choice of nine partnered currencies.</span
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<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/accounts/" target="_blank"
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<div class="what-are-tickets desktoptitle">WHAT ARE TICKETS?</div>
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Tickets are how you pay providers in the Orchid nanopayment ecosystem. As you use the services in
Orchid’s decentralized marketplaces, tickets will be constantly sent to your provider in lieu of
currency.
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<p class="whats-the-differenc desktoptitle">WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BALANCE AND DEPOSIT?</p>
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While you are constantly sending out “lottery tickets” as you use an Orchid service, only a small amount
of those lottery tickets are successfully paid to the provider. As such, it’s possible for users to have
extended periods of time paying below the expected costs of service, due to the nature of probability.
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<p class="why-hasnt-my-balance-changed desktoptitle">WHY HASN’T MY BALANCE CHANGED?</p>
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While you are constantly sending out “lottery tickets” as you use an Orchid service, only a small amount
of those lottery tickets are successfully paid to the provider. As such, it’s possible for users to have
extended periods of time paying below the expected costs of service, due to the nature of probability.
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<a href="https://docs.orchid.com/en/latest/accounts/#variance" target="_blank"
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<p class="why-do-you-recommend-only-four-tickets desktoptitle">WHY DO YOU RECOMMEND ONLY FOUR TICKETS?</p>
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Orchid’s nanopayment tickets are similar to lottery tickets: not every ticket you send will successfully
disburse funds to your provider.