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# 2.1 SOV is a Deflationary Peer-To-Peer Asset as follows

SOV was designed to be a deflationary peer-to-peer Asset as follows

SOV is launching on the EOSIO protocol.

\*initially on the EOS Mainnet but will eventually use IBC technology allowing it to work with all EOSIO blockchains

EOS is not controlled by any central authority. It is distributed/decentralized via 21 separate block producers with bare metal & cloud nodes set up all over the globe. If any BPs were to be shut down, there are several backups with multiple nodes always on standby to ensure the network continues. This is the base layer that SOV will be transacting on making it virtually impossible to censor or stop. Also, because of the EOSIO blockchain technology, SOV can transact in the thousands of TPS and has the ability to scale infinitely.