The Artmuseo network runs on a hybrid system that blends private distributed storage with platform-level governance. Each Artnode contributes computing power, storage, and uptime to keep the Artmuseo ecosystem alive and decentralized. Together, these nodes form a private IPFS network, managed and secured through the Artmuseo API and control layer.

At its core, every Artnode serves artworks, metadata, and ownership records for the Artmuseo platform. This network ensures that artworks — whether digital pieces or records of real-world collections — remain available, verifiable, and safely stored across a global web of independent operators.

A standard ArtNode is designed for all who want to participate in the network with minimal setup. It carries a 2-year renewable license, offering a base reward rate. If not renewed within its grace period, the node stops earning rewards and eventually loses swarm access until re-licensed.

An ArtNode Pro license, on the other hand, is a lifetime membership. It’s meant for hardcore supporters/operators and institutions that want to host significant portions of the network’s data. Pro nodes hold a four-times higher reward weighting, increased replication quotas, and elevated bandwidth allocation. They represent the long-term backbone of the network — reliable, high-uptime peers that keep the system robust and redundant.

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https://nodes.artmuseo.io/termsofsale 

The control plane acts as the network’s heartbeat. It manages which nodes store which artworks, verifies that content is replicated according to policy, and collects uptime signals and service proofs. Rather than relying on human intervention, the network is self-balancing: if a node drops offline, its pinned content is redistributed across others automatically.

All data transfers pass through encrypted libp2p channels, with gateway requests handled by the Artmuseo API. This architecture combines the performance of distributed storage with the administrative visibility needed for compliance, provenance, and fair reward distribution.

Uptime is tracked as a rolling weekly average, with full rewards awarded at or above 95 percent availability. Nodes that dip below this threshold still receive partial credit, but the reward rate scales down linearly until it reaches zero for chronic downtime. Latency, delivery rates, and successful verification responses are all factored into each node’s quality score, encouraging real, useful performance rather than empty presence.

Every node has a base weight according to its license type — one point for standard ArtNodes and four points for ArtNode Pros. This weight is multiplied by uptime and quality factors to determine the node’s share of the daily reward pool. The formula is simple but effective: consistent performance and high reliability earn significantly more tokens.

When the bridge to the blockchain goes live, these same rewards will mint directly on Solana at a one-to-one rate with platform tokens, maintaining continuity and transparency between off-chain and on-chain economies.

Data inside the swarm is stored as content-addressed objects, meaning every file is identified by its hash rather than a location. This guarantees integrity — if a single byte changes, the ID changes too. Nodes pin encrypted CAR files containing images, metadata, and provenance records. The control plane ensures every file has at least five live replicas, with Pro nodes prioritized for the first copies due to their higher uptime guarantees.

Sensitive data, such as ownership certificates or transaction records, is encrypted before upload. The result is a network that protects both the availability and the privacy of cultural assets.

A Pro node running at 99 percent uptime with a perfect quality score can earn roughly four to five times the reward of a regular node at similar performance. All calculations are transparent and viewable in the operator console, where each license owner can see their uptime, weighted score, and projected earnings per epoch.

The emission pool for node rewards is derived from forty percent of total platform tokens. Over time, as the network grows, these pools follow a decreasing schedule to preserve long-term sustainability while rewarding early operators most generously.

The control plane anonymizes analytics and strips personally identifiable data before logs are stored. Content ownership remains with the submitting artist, and Artmuseo’s compliance framework aligns with GDPR and CCPA standards.

Containers are signed, verified, and locked down at runtime. The system enforces patch compliance automatically — any node running outdated software is paused until updated. In this way, Artmuseo achieves the rare balance of decentralized architecture with centralized-quality security oversight.

In this way, the same nodes that serve Artmuseo’s apps today will become the custodians of art history tomorrow — preserving cultural data while maintaining a self-sustaining, circular economy that rewards the very people who keep it alive.