Frequent Questions
Answers to questions you need to know
Business / Currency FAQ
If the Temporal Blockchain technology owned by Dragon Infosec, is temtum a centralised currency?
temtum is not a centralized currency for the following reasons:
It has a full and unencumbered license to the Temporal Blockchain technology and beginning in 2019 is providing its own development and enhanced technology. Furthermore it is decentralized because it has 100 servers distributed across the globe, and does not allow for a single entity to manipulate / manage users funds.
Who are Dragon Infosec?
Dragon infosec was the incubator company that began the blockchain development back in 2016 that was started by Richard Dennis.
Can the blockchain be replicated?
Dragon will not and have not made the Temporal Blockchain open source.
How can you guarantee the technology won’t allow a coin to be forked?
The technology prevents any chance of a malicious fork, through the use of highly secure random number generation and the random selection of a leader node. Should the leader node be malicious, it only has 60 seconds before it’s status as the leader is removed.
Can the Bitcoin blockchain speed be increased to compete?
The Bitcoin networks speed can be increased and there are solutions out there contributing to significantly faster transaction speeds, but this is still combined with expensive and insecure PoW algorithms and inherent scalability issues due to the size of the chain.
Technology FAQ
How long has the technology been in development?
The technology has been a lifelong crusade of Richard Dennis, Mr Dennis began work on this back in 2014 when he was also working as a lecturer of cryptography begining in 2016 Mr Dennis committed to this effort full time engaged other developers and cryptographers, secured financing and built what is now known as the temporal blockchain.
Is Quantum security really needed in cryptocurrencies? Aren’t most security breaches down to human error?
We believe quantum security is critical for cryptocurrencies for the reasons outlined in the whitepaper.
Doesn’t integrating into existing payment infrastructures go against the philosophy of decentralisation?
temtum works under decentralization. Using existing payment infrastructure doesn’t compromise temtum but gives it a platform for greater adoption of the cryptocurrency and payment coin in daily life.
How does Temporal compare to the likes of Hashgraph and Directed Acyclic Graph technology?
Temporal compares extremely favourable against hashgraph and other similar type of blockchain networks for many reasons including security and scalability amoung others. Please see the technology section on the white paper.
The quantum source random number generation uses 3rd party technology, does this risk the network being offline at any point?
Generally this is a pertinent point and one we recognized needed to be addressed. We have addressed this though the use of other randomness beacons and are developing our own in house solution.
Can the transaction speeds be verified on mainnet?
Yes - as illustrated on the live demonstration provided on the website.
What is the NIST beacon?
The NIST beacon is a US government backed random number generator, utilising sources of light to create genuinely unpredictable numbers.
Why is the NIST beacon better than the alternatives?
Alternative random number generators use software to create numbers, which leaves them exposed to predictability in that an algorithm is generating the value. temtum makes use of quantum sources of randomness from NIST in our timestamps and in the selection of leader nodes. This protects the temtum network from bad actors and double spend attacks.
Network FAQ
Why would a node join the network without rewards?
Nodes are known for joining networks without rewards for many reasons this would not be unprecedented.
What’s the benefit of having low resource devices on the network?
It increases the potential cost for an attacker to Sybil the network.
Is temtum a public or private network?
temtum is currently a private network, but once the reputation system has finished development as outlined in the roadmap, the network will be made public.
How does temtum ensure new nodes are not malicious?
Our unique reputation system monitors all nodes for malicious behaviour before allowing them to participate on the network.
Can Dragon shut down the network?
No, Dragon have simply provided the incredible technology of the Temporal Blockchain, the temtum Network is completely independent of Dragon and its team.
As you increase the use cases, additionally from coins, will the speed of the blockchain slow?
The temtum Network gets faster and more secure the bigger it gets. The Network will scale with adoption, meaning temtum only improves as new integrations are launched.
