Community & FAQ

Our Community of Contributers

Great tech by a great team.

Protocol & Business Development

Stuart Farmer

Project Lead

Protocol & Front End Development

Jeff Scott

Lead Developer

UX/UI

Andy Phillips

User Experience Designer

Answering questions with articles

Clay Smith

Technical Writer

Commonly Asked Questions

Here are the questions we’ve heard the most from our community.

What’s Lamden?

Lamden is the performant Python-based blockchain platform that makes using and creating the next generation of dApps easy for everyone. With distributed governance and rewards for smart contract developers, Lamden democratizes access to the blockchain.

What makes Lamden different to other blockchains?

Smart Contracts on Lamden are simple scripts written in Python, this lowers the barrier to entry for new blockchain developers allowing people to start building Apps for Lamden in minutes, not weeks. If you know Python, you’re 99% the way there.

What’s TAU?

TAU is the currency that powers the Lamden Blockchain. It allows you to pay for transactions — which can include interactions with Lamden Apps, Currency Transactions and more.

What are Stamps?

Stamps are the units that pay for transactions and processing power on the Lamden Network. It is similar to Ethereum’s Gas, except that the price for Stamps is fixed by the network. Stamp prices can only change with a vote by the community of Masternodes/Delegates.

Is there a whitepaper?

Yes, our whitepaper can be found here

How do developers get started?

We have a developer portal that has everything you need to get started here

What’s the Lamden roadmap?

Everything on our Lamden roadmap can be found here

What’s the Lamden wallet?

Lamden Wallets are apps that allow you to manage, store and send your TAU and other tokens that exist on the Lamden Ecosystem. They also let you interact with Lamden Applications on the web.

You can download the Lamden wallet here

Lamden Wallets are apps that allow you to manage, store and send your TAU and other tokens that exist on the Lamden Ecosystem. They also let you interact with Lamden Applications on the web.

You can download the Lamden wallet here