Summary

Penumbra is a fully private, cross-chain proof-of-stake network and decentralized exchange. Key features include:

* User Onboarding: Interactive guide for starting with Penumbra.
* Privacy: Shielding assets, private trading, and custom liquidity positions.
* Network Participation: Running nodes for validation and hosting.
* Ecosystem Tools: Prax (wallet), Veil (DEX explorer), Noctis (block explorer), Minifront (frontend), pcli (command-line tooling), and Void.Vote (voting dashboard).
* Governance: Private staking via delUM and private governance using the UM-token.
* Token Economy: Understanding multi-dimensional gas fees via the UM-token.

The recommended starting point is downloading the PRAX wallet extension and creating a wallet with shielded funds via an IBC connection.

Title

Penumbra - Home

Description

Penumbra - Home

Keywords

penumbra, assets, trading, liquidity, wallet, penumbras, shield, users, privacy, information, chain, start, private, network, trade, guide, token

NS Lookup

A 75.2.70.75, A 99.83.190.102

Dates

Created 2026-02-15

Updated 2026-02-15

Summarized 2026-03-01