The private social networkOwn your social experience.
Other social networks park your data on their servers and go quiet about what happens next. Pixelmine seals yours on your phone, hands you the only key, and keeps it on a network anyone can peek inside, you very much included.
8 communities on the network, 428 members between them, in 6 countries.
Mobile Application
The application is your gateway to Pixelmine. Create an account, share content, and connect with others. Your data is distributed across many independent nodes rather than a single company’s servers, so if one node goes offline, your content remains available across the network.
The Storer Engine
Storer is a lightweight command-line application that turns any machine into a network node. It synchronizes and serves public Pixelmine data automatically, with no configuration required. Running it contributes bandwidth and storage that help sustain the network.
Sell ad space
on your own node.
Running a node is not only about points. You can buy ad time from Pixelmine, bring in a business that wants to reach people near you, and run their ad on your node.
Buy ad time
Choose how long the ad runs, up to 180 days, and how far it travels: your area, your city, your country, or the whole network.
Bring a business
Find a company that wants to advertise, then set up their ad with the link, the words, and the picture they want people to see.
Run the ad file
You receive a signed ad file. Drop it into your node’s ads folder and it starts serving. Nodes in the same city or country pick it up as well.
Your privacy,
protected by design.
Every message, post, and file is encrypted on your device before it is sent. No one can access it, not Pixelmine, not the operators running the network, not any intermediary. Your conversations remain yours alone.
Everything you expect from social,
kept private.
Posting, live video, messaging, calls, and communities, all in one private platform.
A feed in three formats
Share quick updates, long-form articles, or visual cards set to music. Rate what you read, one to five stars, to surface the best content. On Pixelmine, curation is a form of contribution.
Live broadcasting
Start a live stream instantly and bring your audience with you. Smooth video, with live comments and reactions.
Private messages
One-on-one and group conversations that remain strictly between their participants. Share photos and videos, and see read status at a glance.
Voice & video calls
Place voice and video calls in a single tap. Calls ring through natively, even when the app is closed.
Communities
Join dedicated spaces with their own feeds and benefits. Genuine communities, run by real people.
Value shared with
those who host it.
Pixelmine puts up a pool, and nodes share it by the work they do for the network: syncing with peers, keeping files other nodes can check, and staying online. A set share of what each node earns then goes to the people in its community.
- Nodes earn a share by the work they do for the network
- Rewards are directed to the people and nodes that host the network
- Each community gets a set share of what its node earns
Your account is a key,
and you hold it.
Nothing to remember, reset, or have stolen. You receive a single secure key file that is yours alone, paired with a 12-word recovery phrase. Together, they are the only way in.
Download your keychain
On registration, you receive a secure key file that represents your unique identity, yours and yours alone.
Save your recovery phrase
You also receive a 12-word phrase that unlocks the key file. Neither works without the other, so only you can sign in.
Only you get in
No password is stored on any server. Only your key file and phrase together can access your account.
Hosted by many,
owned by you.
Your posts, messages and files are stored on nodes run by independent operators, and anyone can run one. Only a few services run centrally, such as coordination, calls and live streams, and none of them can read your private posts or messages.
- Open to any operator, with nodes checking each other’s work
- Efficient by design, keeping the experience fast and responsive
- Your data is securely replicated across the network, never confined to one location
Operated by people
Anyone can help host the network and be rewarded for it.
Tamper-evident
Content cannot be altered without detection.
Own your data
Encrypted and yours. The operators hosting it cannot read your private posts and messages.
Rewarded for hosting
Help keep the network running and earn for your contribution.
A hands-on space for crafters, tinkerers, and DIY lovers. Share works-in-progress, swap techniques, and get feedback on everything from woodworking to knitting
For people who move through the city daily. Share what's worth your evening, what's on this weekend, and what to avoid at rush hour.
Where the city goes to sit and think. Slow talk, long walks, and the people you'd want on the wall beside you
Ads that keep the
network running.
Pixelmine displays ads, as any social platform does. They help sustain the network and fund its shared economy, where a share of the revenue goes back to the nodes and the people who make Pixelmine valuable.
Why you’ll see ads
Ads help cover the cost of operating Pixelmine and the community-hosted network behind it.
Where the money goes
Part of it is shared among the nodes that host the network, and a set share of that reaches the people in their communities.
Local or worldwide
Advertisers choose where an ad runs: a local area, a city, a country, or the whole network.
Straight answers
before you install.
Is Pixelmine free?
Yes. The app is free on iPhone and Android. Ads pay for the network, and a share of that goes to the nodes hosting it and to the people in their communities.
How rewards workCan Pixelmine read my messages?
No. Messages and followers-only posts are sealed on your phone before they are sent, and only the people you sent them to can open them. What is not hidden, such as who is in a conversation and when, is written out plainly on the security page.
What is and is not hiddenWhat happens if I lose my phone?
Your account is a key file plus a 12-word recovery phrase. Keep both somewhere safe and you can restore on any device. Lose both and nobody can open the account for you, including us.
Do I need to run a node?
No. The app works on its own. Running a node is optional, it earns points for the work it does for the network, and anyone can start one.
How to run a nodeWhere do my posts live?
On nodes run by independent operators, with copies on more than one of them. A few services such as coordination, calls and live streams run centrally, and none of them can open your private posts or messages.
How it is put togetherWhat are the ads like?
Businesses buy campaigns on the ad portal and every campaign is reviewed before it runs. Ads are aimed at a place, an area, a city, a country or the whole network, not at a profile built from what you do.
Create a campaign