Psy Protocol (Prev. QED Protocol) Airdrop: tasks and status

updated 08 Oct 2025

Blockchain

About the project

Psy Protocol is a groundbreaking blockchain designed to overcome the traditional blockchain trilemma of scalability, security, and decentralization. Built from first principles, Psy introduces a novel architecture to deliver a scalable, privacy-first, and trustless internet, fulfilling the original Web3 vision.

Key features:

PARTH State Architecture: A parallelized, user-centric state model using interconnected Merkle trees (UCON and CSTATE) to eliminate write conflicts and enable millions of transactions per second (TPS) with logarithmic scaling (O(log(n))).
End-to-End Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs): Transactions are proven locally via User Proving Sessions (UPS), aggregated through Global User Tree Aggregation (GUTA), and finalized in a single, succinct block proof, ensuring security through "Proof of Math" rather than validators.
Proof of Useful Work (PoUW) 2.0: A consensus mechanism where miners generate ZK proofs and ensure data availability, aligning incentives with network utility, enhancing security, and improving energy efficiency compared to traditional Proof of Work.