The vision behind SELF: technology shaped around sovereignty, contribution and distributed responsibility
Explore SELF App, Celestial, Permissible and their distinct roles
A production browser PWA for private AI, encrypted communication, storage and productivity
The dedicated Celestial blockchain network used by SELF App
SELF token distribution, Prize Pool and Early Adopter programme
The vision behind SELF and the decision to build a dedicated blockchain network
The commitments beneath SELF's Natural Technology vision
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SELF App combines private AI, encrypted storage, messaging, mail, calendar, office tools, a wallet and browser validation in one progressive web application. A single recovery phrase provides the root for the user's client-held encryption keys.
Text inference runs on SELF's dedicated infrastructure using a 27B model. Ordinary AI conversations do not pass through an external model provider. Optional web search uses a third-party data provider only when the user invokes that feature.
Sensitive stored content is encrypted on the user's device. This includes AI conversation records, messenger content and attachments, vault contents and metadata, calendar event content, SELF-to-SELF mail and validator private keys. Service metadata and external email follow the specific boundaries described in the ecosystem overview.
SELF App operates the first live Celestial Constellation. Browser validation, peer-to-peer consensus and Prize Pool drawings are deployed in production. Celestial develops the broader model for configurable, dedicated blockchain networks.
SELF applies a living-network mindset to software: local intelligence, distributed responsibility, energy-aware coordination and sovereignty held by the participant. Natural Technology is the guiding vision. SELF App and its dedicated Constellation put that vision into practice.
SELF App is delivered as a browser PWA from a static edge bundle. Application services run across paired servers. PostgreSQL uses Patroni for automatic failover, so primary and replica roles can move between database hosts. Local health-checked routing sends application writes to the current primary.
Core SELF App content is processed and stored on core application infrastructure in the European Union. Application, database, messaging, mail and call services run on dedicated infrastructure in Germany. GPU inference and object storage run in France. Documented boundaries apply to external mail, optional web search, payment processing and static frontend delivery.
SELF Technology Pty Ltd operates SELF App, including the consumer service and enterprise implementation capability.
Celestial builds dedicated blockchain networks configured around each organisation's identity, governance, economics and ecosystem. SELF App operates one of these networks as its Constellation.
Permissible provides permission infrastructure for blocked AI work. It evaluates whether workloads can run on available machines under an organisation's rules and returns evidence with the decision. It uses elements of the Celestial stack for verification operations.
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Token issuance is handled by SELF Technology Limited in the British Virgin Islands. It is separate from SELF Technology Pty Ltd, the Australian company that operates SELF App.
| Area | Current position |
|---|---|
| Encryption keys | Derived from the user's recovery phrase on the client and never transmitted to SELF |
| Stored sensitive content | Encrypted on the client; servers retain ciphertext without the user key |
| AI inference | Ephemeral context processed on SELF's dedicated GPU infrastructure |
| External email | Standard internet email can be readable when crossing provider boundaries and is protected in transit by TLS |
| Service metadata | Limited routing, timing and public blockchain data remain available where delivery requires them |
| Core infrastructure location | Core SELF App content and core application processing in Germany and France; documented external processor boundaries apply |
| Database availability | Patroni automatic failover with dynamic roles and health-checked routing to the current primary |