Carbon removed, energy used, emissions reported: most of it is typed in, estimated, or edited after the fact. Mālama signs each reading on the device the moment it is measured, so anyone can verify it without taking someone's word for it. A Hex Node is your piece of the network that makes physical-world data provable.
Mālama means to care for. We are building the proof that lets the world look after what matters, one signed measurement at a time.
Enormous sums in climate finance, compliance, and insurance now ride on numbers that were never measured at the source. When data is estimated, self-reported, and editable after the fact, it can be inflated, cherry-picked, or quietly changed. Too often, it is.
Baselines and emissions are modeled from averages and assumptions, rather than read from the real world as it happens.
Organizations grade their own homework on spreadsheets and certificates, with little independent proof behind the figures.
A person walks the site annually, if at all. The other 364 days are taken on trust.
Numbers can be adjusted downstream, with no tamper-proof record of what the sensor actually saw.
The result is a credibility crisis. Independent reviews have repeatedly downgraded the integrity of carbon credits, a Federation of American Scientists analysis indicates reported AI energy use may be materially higher than disclosed, and new rules (California SB 253, the EU CSRD, and the EU AI Act) are raising the legal cost of claims that cannot be verified. This is the problem Mālama exists to fix.
Sources: carbon-credit integrity review · FAS, AI energy footprint · California SB 253 · EU CSRD · EU AI Act
Carbon credits, AI energy use, insurance triggers, and supply chains all depend on one thing they rarely have: a continuous, tamper-proof measurement taken at the source. Mālama builds that layer. Hardware signs each reading the instant it is taken, an independent network verifies it, and the result is written to a public ledger. Not a methodology, not a registry, the trusted measurement everything else is built on.
Carbon is the wedge today. The same signed pipeline (capture, verify, anchor) is methodology-agnostic, so it extends to any market that runs on physical-world data. It scales sequentially, not all at once.
Hardware-signed environmental data from the field: biochar, enhanced rock weathering, forestry, soil carbon. Each reading is signed on the device and written to Cardano as a SaveCard. 2,786+ records, zero gaps, continuously since June 2024. This is the proven, funded focus.
Rack-level sensors inside AI data centers measure real electricity and cooling water per workload, cross-referenced against the grid's carbon intensity at the moment of use. Audit-grade emissions data instead of spreadsheet estimates.
Every market below runs on the same hardware-signed, independently-verified data. They are sequenced behind carbon and most are driven by regulation or insurance demand. Forward-looking, not shipping today.
Signed field data proving where a commodity actually came from, for rules like the EU's deforestation regulation (EUDR).
Real-time, tamper-proof hazard data that can trigger flood, drought, and wildfire payouts automatically, without a claims adjuster on site.
Settle real-world markets on hardware-verified outcomes instead of trusting a single reporting oracle.
Hyper-local air quality, noise, and traffic data from citizen-operated sensors, signed at the source.
Soil moisture, rainfall, and crop-health data to guide farmland decisions and document yield and practice change.
Real-time production and load from distributed resources and virtual power plants, verifiable at the meter.
Verified inputs for low-carbon construction and public climate programs that require defensible measurement.
High-fidelity environmental data for modeling and extreme-weather tracking, trustworthy because it is signed at capture.
Every reading travels the same path. Hex Node operators run step three.
A sensor takes the reading and a tamper-proof chip signs it on the spot, before the data ever leaves the device. The signature travels with it from then on.
The signed reading is checked against cryptographic, physical, spatial, and timing rules, with anomaly detection that flags anything implausible or spoofed.
Independent Hex Node operators confirm the reading and agree it is real (Proof-of-Truth). Operators stake MLMA and lose a portion for fraud, so honesty pays.
The confirmed reading becomes a permanent certificate on Cardano: a carbon SaveCard or a verifiable AI-emissions disclosure record.
A hex is your piece of the network: one fixed cell of the Earth's surface that you hold the license to validate. Here is what that means, and what happens as that area fills with sensors.
Mālama divides the planet using H3, the open hexagon grid built by Uber. Each Genesis hex is one H3 Resolution 4 cell: about 1,770 km², a metro-corridor footprint, with a permanent ID. Hexagons are used because every neighbor sits the same distance away, so coverage and hand-offs between cells are even in every direction.
Each cell is sold a single time, as an NFT-HEX: the on-chain license for that location. On the map your cell shows green when available, red when someone else holds it, and yellow once it is yours. Lifetime Genesis rights are attached to it.
Zoomed out, the map shows continents. Zoom in and it resolves to the exact Resolution 4 license cells, so the hex you are looking at is the hex you are buying. No hidden boundaries.
Every sensor deployed inside your cell feeds the data stream your node validates. Add a few and watch the numbers move.
More sensors in your cell means more signed readings flowing through it every day, and a higher Data Demand Score for that location. Both feed directly into how operator rewards are weighted.
Your node validates the data generated across your cell, carbon and AI compute alike. As the area fills in, there is more to validate and the cell becomes more valuable to data buyers, which (illustratively) lifts your rewards.
Genesis operators are first into the densest, highest-demand cells, hold lifetime rights to future data types added to the network, and earn a voice in governance over how it grows.
A hex is your license to validate a place. The sensor system is the instrument that reads it: solar-powered, hardware-signed, and built for the field. This is the kit a Genesis operator deploys inside their cell.
The core unit: dual-radio (LoRa + NB-IoT), solar power management, and a color touchscreen. It signs every reading at the source, then sends it on.
A stainless probe for the root zone: pH, moisture, temperature, and conductivity, IP67-rated on a 15m cable.
Hub, mounts, power, cabling, and a quick-start guide arrive in one box. Designed to unbox, configure, and deploy in under 30 minutes.
The network serves several people differently. Choose the closest fit.
No deep crypto knowledge required. The hardware does the hard part.
Your Genesis node ships by end of December 2026 with the sensor package included. Power it on, connect it, and it begins signing and broadcasting readings automatically.
The node runs inside one H3 map cell and validates data for the network. The target is 99.9% uptime; higher uptime earns more. It is designed to run unattended.
Enterprises license verified datasets by API: define the location and sensor type, fund the request, and receive signed, audit-ready data into your systems.
The Phase 1 path, from reserving a node to it earning on the live network.
Genesis 200 opens. Choose your hex, pay by card or crypto, and receive your NFT-HEX, the on-chain license for that location.
Validation goes live, ahead of the token launch (TGE). You boot and register your node.
Your node and sensor package ship by the end of December 2026.
Genesis rewards begin accruing on a milestone-vested schedule tied to continuous operation. Figures are illustrative, not guaranteed.
Carbon markets, ESG disclosure, and insurance all break down for the same reason: nobody can fully trust the underlying numbers. Mālama fixes that at the source.
When data is entered by hand or estimated after the fact, it can be gamed, and buyers discount it. A measurement that cannot be altered is worth more because it can be trusted without an audit.
Each reading is signed inside a secure chip the moment it is taken, with a key that never leaves the silicon. Any later tampering is detectable, and independent operators verify it before it is recorded.
Enterprises pay a premium for data they can put in a regulatory filing. The network is designed to charge those buyers fees and direct a share to the operators and stakers who keep it honest. The fee model is being finalized; shares are illustrative and not guaranteed.
Different levels of involvement, from running hardware to simply supporting the network.
Own a validator license and earn MLMA for validations, with a planned share of network fees from enterprise data buyers as that fee model is finalized. Rewards scale with uptime, location, and data demand. Illustrative, not guaranteed.
License hardware-signed datasets for carbon issuance, climate disclosure, insurance, or research. You pay for data you can audit and defend.
MLMA is the network's coordination token. Holding and vote-escrow staking (veMLMA) gives a say over methodology, sensor priorities, and treasury, alongside node operators.
For the technical reader: the methods that make a Mālama reading trustworthy.
Each reading is ECDSA-signed by an ATECC608B secure element. The private key is created on the chip at manufacture and can never be exported, so the signature proves origin and integrity.
Cryptographic, protocol, physical, spatial, temporal, and methodology checks run in sequence, with z-score anomaly detection flagging spoofed or implausible readings.
Independent operators reach Byzantine-fault-tolerant consensus. Validators stake MLMA and face a 10% slash for fraudulent attestations, making honesty the rational choice.
Confirmed data is anchored on Cardano via CIP-68, compatible with Puro.earth, Isometric, and Verra methodologies. Carbon flows from LCO₂ pre-finance to VCO₂ verified credit.
On AI energy, a Federation of American Scientists analysis indicates reported emissions may be materially higher than market-based accounting suggests. Software reporting cannot close that gap; hardware-signed measurement can.
Carbon proved the pipeline. Pilot Node #1 in Texas has signed environmental readings continuously since June 2024, anchored to Cardano. The same signing architecture now extends to AI compute monitoring.
Genesis 200 is live. Reserve on the secure Mālama launchpad: choose your location, pay by card or crypto, and receive your NFT-HEX, the on-chain license for that cell.
Pay by card and we create a wallet for you, no crypto knowledge needed, or connect a Base wallet and pay in USDC.
Lifetime Genesis rights to your hex cell, minted to your wallet as an on-chain license you hold.
Every Genesis Hex Node includes the hardware sensor package shown above, shipped when units are ready.
You will continue to the secure launchpad at launch.malamalabs.com to complete your reservation.
Spin the globe to see where Genesis nodes are opening. Click a node to view its details, then head to the launchpad to reserve.
A 500M hard-capped digital tool coordinating the validation network, with a 60M eight-year emission taper into permanent revenue-funded operation, and a 45 / 20 / 15 / 20 revenue split to a 250M burn floor.
MLMA total supply, fixed. ERC-20 on Base, with SaveCards anchored on Cardano (not bridged at TGE). Mainnet target Q4 2026; Cardano preprod active today.
KPI-scaled monthly release (25% floor, 100% ceiling) tied to validator count, SaveCard count, and veMLMA TVL. After Year 8, operation is permanently revenue-funded.
Once circulating supply reaches the 250M burn floor, automatic revenue-funded burns cease and the 45% burn share redirects to the Foundation operating reserve.
Read the full tokenomics in Docs ↗Mālama is open to the people who want to help prove physical-world data. Whether you run a node, deploy infrastructure, buy verified data, or back the mission, there is a way in.
Own a Genesis validator license, help run the network, and earn MLMA. 200 nodes, $2,000 each, opening June 1, 2026.
Infrastructure partners place and run nodes across mapped cells; enterprises license hardware-signed data by API. Let's build together.
Become a partnerWe are building the measurement layer for carbon and AI energy, proven in the field since 2024. If that is your thesis, we should talk.
Talk with the teamThis page is informational and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or token. Genesis Hex Node terms are governed by the agreements provided at reservation.