Q. What is FLO?

A. FLO is many things:

• FLO is metadata.
• FLO is the blockchain that indexes the world's digital content
• FLO is a searchable metadata layer for building apps
• FLO is 100% uptime and 100% data availability
• FLO is a cryptocurrency and a medium of exchange
• FLO is miners securing the network through proof-of-work
• FLO is required to pay for metadata storage on the network
• FLO is a fair launch cryptocurrency
• FLO is no premine
• FLO is open source
• FLO is permissionless
• FLO is decentralized
• FLO is freedom of speech
• FLO is 2013 crypto philosophy
• FLO is an organic community of developers and enthusiasts
• FLO is practical use cases
• FLO is the Open Index Protocol and Alexandria.io
• FLO is Caltech scientific data
• FLO is Medici land rights data
• FLO is Digital Locate Receipt data

Q. When was FLO created and launched?

A. FLO was created and launched in 2013. It is one of the oldest surviving cryptocurrencies. Its genesis block was mined on June 17, 2013.

Q. When was FLO created and launched?

last update: May 31st 2019
A. FLO was created and launched in 2013. It is one of the oldest surviving cryptocurrencies. Its genesis block was mined on June 17, 2013. FLO was originally named Florincoin on launch but later re-branded to just FLO.

Q. I've heard FLO was established via a "fair launch." What does that mean?

last update: May 31st 2019
A. A "fair launch" means there was no ICO, no premine, and no founders’ reward.

Q. Why FLO?

last update: May 31st 2019
A. FLO is used by individuals, corporations, and public entities for a variety of reasons:

• floData is accessible and easy to read. You don't need to decompile a smart contract or have a special software to read it. It's in plaintext on the chain. This helps with auditing and explaining how it works to regulators. Any extra steps are a barrier to adoption.

• floData is easy to write. It is appended to the blockchain using a simple RPC command. This makes maintaining the software around the solution less costly.

• FLO is a fairly launched blockchain with no premine or ICO. Again, this helps for practical regulatory reasons, but also is a philosophical choice made by those who maintain the software. It guides the decision making for our software and also allows those implementing it to check off a box they couldn't check using another chain without those features.

• FLO is secured by proof of work. This is arguably the best security a network can get, requiring actual buy in of physical devices and constant operational cost in both manpower and electric power.

• FLO has open source software built on top of it (OIP) that can be used for building more advanced applications (this is how etdb.caltech.edu became a thing).

• FLO transactions are cheap and fast. This will always be the case - we will likely increase block size as the network grows.

• FLO's main use-case is floData, unlike other chains who support complex smart contract languages and operations unrelated to storing data. Sometimes it's best to use a tool that's meant to perform best at a single job rather than bringing around a Swiss army knife and using it for only 1 of its functions.

Q. Who is using FLO?

A. FLO is used daily by many individuals and several enterprises including Medici Land Governance (to store land title registry data), Caltech (to store electron tomography data), tZERO (to store Digital Locate Receipt (DLR) data), and Alexandria (to assign and manage contents licensing).

Q. Does FLO have an established community?

last update: May 31st 2019
A. Yes. The FLO community can be found here:

• Telegram
• Twitter
• Reddit
• Discord
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Medium

Why is Alexandria not up yet?

last update: none

How many DApps are running on FLO?

last update: none