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What is Ostrel?

A shared record of who owns what, kept in step by hundreds of independent computers. Here is what that means and why it is useful.

A network nobody owns and everybody can use

Ostrel records balances and runs programs — the apps people use — on a network of validators operated by independent people and companies in dozens of countries. Because no single company runs it, no single company can freeze it, change it or switch it off.

OSL, the network's token, pays for transactions, is staked by validators to secure the network, and is used to vote on how the network changes.

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Principles

Four things the network promises

Open
Anyone can build a program, run a validator or read the full history. No permission is needed.
Final
A block is irreversible about 0.4 seconds after it is proposed. Nobody can roll it back.
Inexpensive
Most transactions cost a fraction of a cent, and busy apps get their own fee lane.
Governed in public
Changes are proposed openly and decided by a stake-weighted vote.

How it works

From your app to the validators

Each layer does one job. Select one to read what it does.

Layer 01

Applications

Wallets, exchanges, payments, games and social apps. They call programs on the network and show people the result — usually in under a second.

Passkeys and session keys for wallet-light apps
Readable names instead of long addresses
Every listed app in the ecosystem directory

Guides

Start with these

All guides

Start here · 5 min
What Ostrel is, in five minutes
A shared record that thousands of independent computers keep in step, and why that matters.
Start here · 7 min
Set up your first wallet
Choose a wallet, back it up properly and receive your first tokens.
Next step · 8 min
How staking works
Delegate to a validator, what you earn, what you risk and how to withdraw.
Deeper · 6 min
Stay safe: the five scams to know
Fake support, drainer sites, airdrop bait, address poisoning and impersonated apps.