# Mālama Labs

> Hardware-signed truth for carbon and AI compute

Mālama Labs is a physical-world data infrastructure company that signs sensor readings at the device and anchors them on-chain. It replaces self-reported estimates with cryptographically verifiable environmental and compute measurements.

Mālama Labs builds hardware-signed data infrastructure for environmental and energy markets where self-reported figures cannot be independently verified. Sensors capture readings and sign them using a dedicated cryptographic co-processor at the moment of measurement, removing the need for after-the-fact audits or trust in an operator's own reporting. Records are anchored on-chain as verifiable data cards, creating a continuous, tamper-proof measurement history that outside parties can check independently.

The approach responds to recurring integrity problems in carbon markets, where credits and baselines have often relied on modeled estimates rather than direct field measurement. Mālama's validator network of hardware nodes signs and relays readings from sensors deployed in the field, with the resulting records settled across more than one blockchain for data anchoring and token or governance functions respectively.

Carbon monitoring, covering methods such as biochar, enhanced rock weathering, forestry, and soil carbon, is the company's operational product line and has been running continuously on a preview network. AI compute monitoring, which applies the same sensor-signing approach to rack-level power and emissions data in data centers, is in development as a second product line. The network is used by environmental project developers, data buyers, and node operators, and mainnet deployment is pending completion of a smart contract audit.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2024-06-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs

## Products

- [Mālama Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): Mālama Platform is a DePIN protocol that produces hardware-signed environmental and energy measurements and anchors them on-chain for independent verification. Field sensor nodes sign each reading at the device using a tamper-resistant cryptographic co-processor, generating evidence records stored on one blockchain for archival custody. The protocol covers two data streams, carbon site telemetry and AI compute facility power, through a shared multi-layer verification pipeline including geographic consensus and validator review. Token staking, governance, and market activity for the associated instruments run on a separate blockchain optimized for execution and liquidity. (DePin, Live, Main Product)
- [Hex Nodes (Genesis 200)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): Hex Nodes are validator hardware bundles that let operators run signing infrastructure within a specific geographic cell to validate hardware-signed data packets from carbon sites and AI compute facilities and anchor verified records on-chain. Each Genesis 200 bundle combines a signing device with a non-exclusive geographic operating license tied to that cell and pairs the hardware purchase with a milestone-vested token allocation. Operators earn rewards over time in exchange for sustained verification service, with reward multipliers varying by cell type from urban to remote locations. The bundle functions as a separate, independently purchasable entry point into the validator network distinct from the core protocol. (Node Hardware, Live)
- [Mālama Sensors](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): Mālama Sensors are field-deployed environmental monitoring devices that sign measurements at the point of collection and anchor them on-chain for independent verification. The product line includes a signing and uplink hub, a soil probe measuring root-zone conditions, and an atmospheric unit tracking weather and air quality, each binding device identity, timestamp, location, and calibration state into a cryptographic digest before transmission. The devices ship as a complete deployment kit for organizations and researchers who need tamper-resistant environmental data rather than self-reported or estimated figures. (Internet of Things (IoT), Live)

## Assets

- [Mālama Network Token (MLMA)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): MLMA is the utility token of the Mālama protocol, planned as an ERC-20 on Base with a fixed supply of 500 million tokens. It is used for staking, governance voting on network parameters, and rewarding Hex Node operators who validate hardware-signed environmental data. A vote-escrow staking mechanism ties governance weight to lock duration, and revenue-funded token burns continue until circulating supply reaches a 250 million token burn floor. (Utility)
- [NFT-HEX (NFT-HEX)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): NFT-HEX is an NFT collection on Base representing non-exclusive geographic operating licenses for H3 hexagonal cells within the Mālama protocol. Each NFT grants the holder the right to operate a Hex Node validator within a corresponding geographic cell and encodes reward weighting, capacity constraints, and acquisition policy for that location. The Genesis 200 cohort covers 200 cells, with each H3 Resolution 5 cell covering approximately 250 square kilometers. (NFT)
- [Liquid Carbon Offset Pre-Finance Instrument (LCO2)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): LCO2 is a pre-finance carbon instrument issued by the Mālama protocol against live hardware-signed environmental data streams. It is used to provide capital to carbon project developers before final registry approval, compressing the typical multi-year credit issuance cycle into a continuous pre-finance flow. Upon registry approval, each LCO2 instrument converts into a VCO2 verified carbon credit with a cryptographic chain of custody. (Utility)
- [Verified Carbon Offset Credit (VCO2)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/malama_labs): VCO2 is a verified carbon credit instrument issued by the Mālama protocol upon registry approval of underlying hardware-signed environmental data. It serves as the compliance-grade settlement instrument in the Mālama carbon market, carrying a cryptographic chain of custody from device signature to on-chain ledger record. Each VCO2 is formatted for registry retirement and is compatible with methodologies including Puro.earth, Isometric, and Verra. (Utility)

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