Your first project

A project is a prism: a namespace on the public registry that holds your encrypted file index, plus the configuration that goes with it. Creating one takes a single form.

From the dashboard, click New Project. If you are signed out, the button sends you to the login page first.

1. Name it

Give the project a name and, optionally, a short description. The name is yours to choose; the network identifier is derived automatically.

2. Encryption

The defaults, secp256k1 and aes-256-gcm, are right for almost everyone. You can add a project password as an extra layer: it is combined with your key, so opening the project later requires both.

For organisation data, use an organisation-controlled wallet, not a personal wallet. This project's opening key is derived from the creating wallet's signature; unlocking requires the same signature bytes and any password. DataPrism cannot recover either secret. V1 does not support moving a project to another wallet or rotating its opening key. Check your wallet's compatibility and keep your own backups before creating the project; see key custody.

3. Storage providers

Connect at least one storage bucket. This is where your encrypted file shards will physically live. The form supports AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, Scaleway, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage; each preset asks for non-secret location metadata and the URL of your storage signing service. See Connect storage for details and for how to create a bucket if you do not have one.

You can connect several providers. With more than one, file shards are spread across them, which lets a file survive a provider outage.

4. Network and funding

The network selector shows where the prism will be created; on the demo platform that is the Demo network. Fund the project with at least the minimum shown for the connected owner's fee policy: creation plus four initial configuration slots. An explicit zero-fee policy can make this minimum zero. Network gas and any relayer fees are separate. You can add more DPC now or top up later from the Tokens tab.

5. Create

Confirm the summary and sign. The app checks the owner's current fees again before requesting a signature. Your funding comes from your account balance; the protocol charges are then deducted from the project's funded balance. After the transaction confirms, the project appears on your dashboard with its own Storage, SDK, Providers, Members, Tokens and Settings tabs.

Next step: connect storage.