# Valence

> Erasure-coded decentralized storage network using a custom multi-dimensional Reed-Solomon design (ND-encoding): slivers, per-dimension repair, and Merkle commitments. Prototype on a private 64-byte QRL 2.0 localnet; no public contract address.

- Canonical page: [Valence](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/projects/valence/)
- Status: Limited
- Type: Protocols (`protocol`)
- Primary category: Utility, storage & compute (`utility-storage-compute`)
- Capabilities: Notarization
- QRL relationship: Native
- QRL support: QRL 2.0 (local-private)
- Publisher: [pq-cybarg](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/publishers/pq-cybarg/index.html.md)
- Source availability: Unavailable
- Listed: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Last verified: 2026-09-02
- Search keywords: erasure-coding, reed-solomon, p2p, storage, sliver

## Project links

- [Website](https://pq-cybarg.github.io/)


## Overview

Valence is an unpublished storage-network prototype. The encoding is a
custom N-dimensional Reed-Solomon construction rather than a single-axis
code. Discus can use it as a substrate; Valence is not a Discus-only
companion node.

## Features

- Multi-dimensional systematic Reed-Solomon erasure coding
- Independent reconstruction paths per coding dimension
- Fiber-slivers with per-dimension Merkle proofs and self-healing repair
- Verifiable sliver-to-node assignment; no public network identifiers


## Deployments

- **QRL 2.0 Local/private** — Limited; source verification: Unverified