Boson provides civilization-scale infrastructure for the decentralized exchange of any asset between human or AI agents. This protocol enables trust-minimized commerce for everyday goods, high-value assets, and machine-to-machine transactions. It supports use cases ranging from e-commerce and gig economy networks to autonomous agent procurement and asset tokenization.
Funding
$10M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional e-commerce relies on centralized intermediaries, which can lead to increased costs, lack of transparency, and limited control for brands over their customer relationships. This creates barriers for direct engagement and innovation in the exchange of physical goods.
Solution
Boson Protocol provides a decentralized commerce infrastructure that enables the tokenization and exchange of physical goods using redeemable NFTs (rNFTs). These rNFTs function as forward contracts, programmed within smart contracts, that can be held, transferred, or traded. The protocol facilitates direct commerce between brands and consumers without centralized intermediaries, ensuring fair exchange through game theory and independent resolvers. This allows for the creation of phygital goods and experiences, as well as token-gated commerce opportunities.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes brands and retailers looking to establish direct relationships with customers, Web3 developers building decentralized commerce applications, and consumers interested in innovative digital and physical product experiences.
Features
- Tokenization of physical goods as redeemable NFTs (rNFTs)
- Smart contract-based exchange mechanism for secure and transparent transactions
- Fair-exchange assurance through game theory and independent resolvers
- Support for phygital goods, digital twins, and digi-physical-experiential bundles
- Modular stack of smart contracts, APIs, SDKs, and plug-and-play UI components for developers
- Decentralized governance via the Boson DAO, ensuring community control and minimal extraction