Butterfly Protocol Overview

Offline-First Decentralized Social Network

🧬 Butterfly Protocol Overview

Butterfly is a "offline Bluetooth Mesh + on-chain proof of connection" decentralized social protocol. We address legacy problems of traditional networks through a differentiated stack.

🛠 Core Mechanisms

We built a serverless, censorship-resistant, offline-capable hyper-local physical social network.

• P2P Discovery and Connection: Smartphones use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to continuously broadcast and scan nearby devices.

• Store-and-Forward: Messages ripple through crowds to achieve beyond-line-of-sight communication.

• Nodes Are the Network: Every user is both an endpoint of communication and a relay node of the network.

• Proof of Connection (PoC): Core innovation. For the first time, offline real-world interactions are converted into on-chain verifiable assets.

⚔️ Protocol Comparison Analysis

Traditional Social (Web2)

• Representative Apps: WeChat, Instagram

• Offline Usability: ❌ Almost unusable

• Privacy and Sovereignty: ❌ Centralized control

• Interaction Verification: ❌ Not verifiable

Web3 Social (DeSoc)

🦋 Butterfly Protocol

Why did historical Mesh apps (like FireChat) fail?

They ran into a "tragedy of the commons." Users lacked incentive to act as battery-draining relay nodes. Butterfly addresses this fundamental issue through SocialFi + DePIN incentive models.