A compact ETS Edge appliance connected to a luminous cryptographic evidence network and cloud

Patent pending Pilots open

Evidence you can prove. Decisions you can defend.

ETS creates verifiable evidence objects and decision lineage at the edge, synchronizing securely to cloud systems without losing provenance.

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Edge-readyCloud-compatiblePolicy-bound

01ClaimAssertion + context

02SourceOrigin + identity

03ProvenanceHistory + policy

SHA-256Binding

Verified

ETS Edge product concept · final specifications may change

CAPTUREAt the source

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PROTECTCryptographic integrity

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SYNCHRONIZEEdge to cloud

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VERIFYPortable proof

THE MISSING LAYER

Evidence should remain verifiable after it leaves the system that created it.

Logs, alerts, sensor readings, documents, and AI outputs move across platforms and trust boundaries. ETS preserves the evidence and the context needed to evaluate it—without replacing the systems you already operate.

Provenance that travels

Bind source, time, identity, policy, and transformation history to every evidence object.

Integrity that is independent

Create signed checkpoints and portable proofs that can be verified outside a proprietary cloud.

Decisions with lineage

Preserve the claims, conflicts, corrections, and assumptions behind consequential decisions.

HOW ETS WORKS

From observation to independent verification.

ETS makes the evidence lifecycle explicit. Each step preserves context that conventional logging pipelines often discard or hide.

Observe

Collect records at the source without forcing raw evidence into a new system.

Normalize

Create deterministic evidence objects with consistent identity and context.

Commit

Cryptographically bind content, provenance, policy, and relationships.

Register

Anchor signed checkpoints in append-only transparency records.

Prove

Package the exact material needed to support a claim or decision.

Verify

Allow independent verification across organizations and trust boundaries.

ARCHITECTURE COMPATIBILITY

Add a transparency layer. Keep the platforms that already work.

ETS integrates through adapters, APIs, agents, and edge nodes. It is designed to work with heterogeneous estates—not demand a rip-and-replace program.

Cloud, on-premises, edge, and disconnected
Structured records, documents, media, and telemetry
AI workflows, human decisions, and automated actions
Customer-controlled custody and retention boundaries

EDGE + IOTCLOUD + SAASAI + AGENTSOT + SYSTEMS

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PATENT PENDINGETSEvidence objectsProvenance graphSigned checkpointsPortable proofs

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VERIFYINVESTIGATEGOVERNDECIDE

ONE EVIDENCE FABRIC

Edge presence. Cloud coordination. Independent proof.

Deploy only the components the mission requires, then expand without changing the evidence model.

ETS EDGE

Evidence capture where events occur

A physical or virtual node that validates, signs, stores, and forwards evidence—even during network interruption.

Appliance • virtual • embedded

ETS CLOUD

Fleet-scale evidence operations

Policy, registration, synchronization, retention, and evidence-graph services across distributed estates.

Managed • private cloud • hybrid

ETS VERIFY

Proof without platform dependence

A verifier for signed checkpoints, evidence bundles, graph paths, corrections, and supersession history.

CLI • API • web

ETS DEVELOPER

Evidence-native application building

SDKs and integration patterns for binding claims, AI outputs, events, and decisions to source material.

Open protocol • premium tooling

ETS AI

Source-bound AI assurance

Preserve prompts, models, retrieval context, confidence, policy, and human decision lineage without reducing trust to one opaque score.

Edge inference • agent workflows

ETS GOVERNMENT

Mission-ready deployment profiles

Disconnected operations, cross-domain verification, retention controls, portable case files, and supply-chain provenance.

Pilot • enclave • enterprise

ETS EDGE FAMILY

The product shows up where the evidence begins.

Reference profiles span compact development boards, production compute modules, NVIDIA-accelerated AI appliances, virtual nodes, and private-site deployments.

DEVELOP / PILOT

ETS Nano

Compact, low-power evidence capture for labs, remote sites, cameras, sensors, and constrained environments.

Raspberry Pi 5 / Compute Module profile

AI + HIGH THROUGHPUT

ETS Edge Pro

Accelerated local inference with source-bound claims, secure capture, and portable verification.

NVIDIA Jetson Orin profile

ENTERPRISE / ENCLAVE

ETS Private Site

Virtual or rack-scale nodes for regulated networks, critical infrastructure, and disconnected operations.

Customer-controlled deployment

Hardware shown is a product concept and reference form factor; final production specifications may change.

HIGH-CONSEQUENCE EVIDENCE

Built for decisions that must survive review.

01Government & defense↗

02Critical infrastructure↗

03Healthcare↗

04Financial services↗

05Manufacturing & OT↗

06Technology & cloud↗

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COMMERCIAL MODEL

Open evidence transparency. Commercial-grade operations.

The protocol is intended for broad, portable adoption. ETS is the premium implementation for organizations that need managed scale, assurance, support, policy controls, and certified deployment profiles.

COMMUNITY

Portable by design

Open specifications, reference verification, developer access, and evidence that does not become useless when a vendor relationship ends.

ETS COMMERCIAL

Operational at scale

Fleet management, enterprise policy, hardened appliances, assurance services, private deployment, integration, and accountable support.

RESEARCH + FUNDING READINESS

A product program built around real technical risk—not routine integration.

The ETS R&D agenda is structured for measurable Phase I-style investigation, dual-platform implementation, adversarial testing, and independent verification.

Canonical evidence

Deterministic identity and serialization across edge, cloud, and independently implemented verifiers.

Privacy-preserving proof

Verifiability after redaction, selective disclosure, retention action, and federated trust-boundary traversal.

Disconnected graph integrity

Synchronization that exposes gaps, conflict, replay, clock drift, reordering, and correction lineage.

Source-bound edge AI

AI-extracted claims that remain linked to exact source fragments, model context, confidence, and human decisions.

100%intentional mutation detection target

100controlled interruption cycles

p95latency + energy measurement

2independent hardware architectures

FOUR-WEEK CONTROLLED PILOT

Success is measured—not assumed.

Typical paid proof of concept: $10,000–$25,000, scoped to one meaningful evidence path and an agreed verification outcome.

WEEK 01Discover
Evidence path, custody rules, threat model, and success measures.
WEEK 02Deploy
Edge or virtual node, adapters, policies, and verification profile.
WEEK 03Validate
Interruption, mutation, conflict, correction, and performance tests.
WEEK 04Demonstrate
Portable proof bundle, findings, economics, and scale roadmap.

THE COMPANY

Lantern Protocol builds the transparency layer for AI, edge computing, and critical infrastructure.

Lantern Protocol is the product and research initiative behind ETS, developed by EchoMedia.ai LLC in North Carolina. The company is focused on portable, verifiable digital evidence across heterogeneous computing environments.

PARTNER INQUIRIES

Bring us the evidence path you cannot afford to leave ambiguous.

We are forming a focused group of design partners, pilot customers, researchers, hardware collaborators, government stakeholders, and aligned funders.

Design partnerPaid pilotResearchHardwareGovernmentFunding

QUESTIONS

Clear claims. Clear boundaries.

Does ETS replace our SIEM, XDR, data lake, backup, or case-management system?+

No. ETS is a verifiable evidence layer beneath and across existing systems. Raw evidence can remain in customer-approved storage while ETS preserves digests, provenance, relationships, checkpoints, and proof material.

Is ETS a blockchain product?+

ETS uses cryptographic commitments and append-only transparency patterns where they fit, but the architecture does not require cryptocurrency or a public blockchain. Deployment and verification profiles are policy-bound.

Can ETS operate offline?+

The edge profile is designed for capture and local verification during interruption, followed by explicit synchronization that exposes missing, conflicting, reordered, corrected, or superseded evidence.

What does patent pending cover?+

Lantern Protocol identifies ETS as patent-pending technology. Detailed claim scope is reserved for appropriate diligence and partner conversations; the site does not imply that a patent has issued.

What is available today?+

Lantern Protocol is recruiting design partners for controlled pilots, architecture assessments, and research collaborations while the product and protocol mature.