Whitepaper
The Superhero technical whitepaper (version 0.7, February 2026) is the protocol's prose specification: the design principles, the identity, posting, community-factory and DAO models, the exponential bonding curve, the affiliation token sale, the system architecture and the token economics. It is published in-app at superhero.com/whitepaper (opens in a new tab).
Read it for the reasoning behind the protocol. For entrypoint signatures, addresses, endpoints and worked numbers, use the pages in the table below.
Section map
| Whitepaper section | What it covers | Read more at |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | The one-paragraph statement of the whole system | What is Superhero? |
| Introduction | Why centralised social media misallocates value, and why æternity | Why æternity |
| Design Principles | The six principles: censorship resistance, self-sovereign identity, transparent economics, composability, incentive alignment, progressive decentralisation | Core Concepts |
| Web & Mobile App | The client surfaces and what each offers | Navigating the App |
| Superhero Onchain ID | ProfileRegistry.aes: profile record, three name types, attestation flow, resolution priority, conflict resolution, display source, events | SuperheroID, AddressLink |
| Posting & Tipping | Tipping.aes v3: the PostWithoutTip data model, direct and delegated posting, the signature scheme | On-Chain Social, Tipping (v3) |
| Community Factory | Collection registry, per-community deployment, naming and uniqueness rules | CommunityFactory, Collections & Naming Rules |
| ProtocolDAO Token | 1,000× issuance on buys, planned staking and governance | ProtocolDAO Token |
| Community Management | Moderators, muting, the minimum token threshold for write access | Moderators & Write Thresholds |
| DAO and DAO Vote | The vote subjects, the 555 AE cost, two-week close in key-blocks, 55% approval, 10% quorum, the two-day execution window, ReplaceableDAO | How DAOs Work, Proposals & Vote Subjects, Quorum & Thresholds |
| Exponential Bonding Curve | The buy and sell functions, the integrals, and the 1% spread | Bonding Curves |
| Affiliation Bonding Curve Token Sale | The four referral levels at 0.300 / 0.125 / 0.050 / 0.025 percent, and burning of unaffiliated fees | The Affiliation System, AffiliationBondingCurveTokenSale |
| System Architecture | On-chain layers, off-chain components, the seven-step deployment sequence | Architecture Overview |
| Security Considerations | Cryptographic integrity, economic security, governance security, auditability | Security Model |
| Token Economics Summary | The two token types side by side, plus the value flow diagram | Where the Money Goes |
| Conclusion | The thesis restated | None |
| Glossary | Twelve core terms | Glossary |
Related
- Superhero whitepaper (opens in a new tab): the document itself.
- Core Concepts: the whitepaper's first half in plain language.
- Where the Money Goes: the economics sections worked through a real trade.
- Smart Contracts: entrypoints and events, which the whitepaper does not list.
- Glossary: the whitepaper's glossary, extended to cover the whole site.