🌱 The BASIC Economy
🔓 Self-hosted digital emancipation

ODIN Boxes

ODIN stands for Open-source Digital Identity Node. It’s a ready-to-roll digital emancipation box that drains your scattered digital data out of big corporate clouds aka data centers into a small box, and turns that data into living, usable services you control. In summary, actual digital freedom.

And yes: the ODIN Box also runs the BASIC blockchain node required for the network.

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Ownership
You
Keys + data under your control
Access
Online
Accessible anywhere you allow
Role
Node
Runs BASIC chain services
ODIN Box prototype (Raspberry Pi + NVMe)
Your digital identity. In the palm of your hand.

☁️ Why ODIN exists

A handful of extremely powerful digital platforms have used their monopolies to ensure zero accountability regarding digital data ownership and privacy of ordinary people. Apart from committing large scale data thefts and monetizing stolen data by sale to third parties, these platforms are now using private and personal data for AI training. These same platforms are now also shamelessly changing rules of data takeouts, limiting storage access and applying new fees for previously free services.

📥 Extract
Take back your digital lives and dignity from cloud platforms.
🧠 Unify identity
Profiles, memories, messages, and other data
⚙️ Make it live
Re-host same data via servies you control.
⛓️ Run BASIC
Participate in BASIC economy.

What is an ODIN Box?

An ODIN Box is a small internet-connected server you own. It consolidates identity and services so you’re not stuck inside vendor silos. Instead of dead data(“download your data, store in some external hard disk and forget it”), ODIN helps you make it live again.

🗝️ Identity you control
Keys, proofs, trust rules live with you.
📬 Email you own
Re-host Gmail-like function locally (and access online).
🗂️ Personal services
Portals, media files, chats — as modular services.
🧱 BASIC node runtime
Runs the BASIC blockchain node needed for the network.

Core Services

Emails · Online Photos and Videos · Personal Chat Server · Blockchain

ODIN is a single box that can re-host what big platforms used to “own” on your behalf.

🪪 Open Digital Identity

A coherent identity home.

  • Unify accounts, aliases, profiles, proofs
  • Local key storage + explicit trust rules
  • Designed for long-term personal continuity

📬 Email re-hosting

From cloud mailbox → your node.

  • GetMail ingestion from providers
  • Dovecot mailbox + IMAP layer
  • Postfix for SMTP / routing

🗂️ Live personal services

Turn “dead data” into “live data”.

  • Re-host photos, files, archives as usable apps
  • Portals + stat services for visibility & control
  • Accessible online anywhere you allow

⛓️ BASIC blockchain node

A required part of BASIC infra.

  • Runs BASIC network services
  • Participates in consensus & sync
  • Enables earning via node operation (where applicable)

Recommended hardware

ODIN is designed to be affordable, compact, and power-efficient. Our recommended reference setup:

✅ Raspberry Pi 5
Minimum 4GB RAM (keep it accessible and low-cost).
✅ NVMe SSD storage
Fast, reliable storage for mailboxes, indexes, and service data.
✅ Internet connected
ODIN is reachable online (securely), not just “local desktop access”.
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Why Raspberry Pi 5?

Small box, low power, widely available ecosystem — and “good enough” performance for identity + services + node workloads.

Compact
Fits anywhere, runs quietly
Affordable
Avoids expensive RAM builds
Efficient
Great for always-on nodes
Upgradeable
Storage and services evolve
Practical goal
Keep ODIN in reach for normal people — a box you can actually buy, own, and maintain.

For open-source builders

Extend ODIN beyond Google

The initial reference implementation may start with Google data flows — but ODIN is meant to be extendable by anyone.

🍎 iCloud

Build connectors that extract iCloud archives and re-host them as live services on an ODIN node.

📱 Facebook / Instagram

Turn export dumps into searchable, browsable, controllable “living” data on your own box.

🔌 Any platform

The mission is universal: extract → normalize → re-host → control. Bring your own connectors.

The standard to aim for
Not “download and forget.” The goal is: dead data → live data you can actually use daily, under your rules.

FAQ

Is ODIN only for Google users?

No. Google is a common starting point because many people have 10–20 years of Gmail/Photos history. But ODIN is meant to be extended to iCloud and social platforms too.

Is an ODIN Box “local” or “online”?

It’s an internet-connected box. You can access it online (securely) from anywhere you allow — it’s not just a “local desktop” tool.

Does ODIN run the BASIC blockchain?

Yes. ODIN Boxes can run the BASIC blockchain node required for network participation and services.

Is ODIN open-source?

That’s the intention: open specs + reference builds + community expansion.

Get an ODIN Box

Want an ODIN Box (Pi 5 + NVMe) built and configured — or want to contribute a connector for another platform? Reach out.

✉️ thebasiceconomy@gmail.com
📍 Goa · India
☎️ +91-9650325674
Naming
ODIN = Open Digital Identity Node (or Open Source Digital Identity Node). “ODIN Box” is the ready-to-roll hardware deployment.

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