Lume Portal Overview

The Lume Portal is your gateway to decentralized networks, making Web3 accessible without complex technical setup. It serves as a bridge between traditional web services and decentralized protocols.

What is a Portal?

A portal acts as an access point and relay, allowing you to:

• Access content across decentralized networks
• Store and share your own content
• Interact with Web3 services seamlessly
• Maintain privacy and data ownership

Our Portal Services

We provide two portal options with identical capabilities:

• web3portal.com
  • A public good funded by the Sia Foundation grant
  • Free access with fair use protections
• pinner.xyz
  • A paid community service (commercial)
  • Supports ongoing development

Core Functionality

The portal provides:

• Multi-protocol support (currently IPFS, more coming)
• Content discovery and routing
• Data verification and integrity checks
• Privacy-preserving access methods

Use Cases

Common ways to use the portal (some planned for future releases):

• Access decentralized websites and applications
• Share content peer-to-peer
• Social networking without centralized control
• Media streaming and sharing
• Build Web3-enabled applications
• Host content without traditional web servers

For specific information about storing files, see our File Storage Guide. For detailed feature information, check out our Features Overview.

Getting Started

1. Choose your portal (web3portal.com or pinner.xyz)
2. Create an account
3. Start accessing and sharing content

Next Steps

• Learn about storing files
• Explore available features
• For developers: check out our API documentation (coming soon)