The Solareum ecosystem is growing, and we’re thrilled to welcome Largo, a pioneering project that is now building on the Solareum blockchain. This partnership represents a significant step toward empowering communities by integrating decentralized solutions into real-world applications. Largo’s mission aligns seamlessly with Solareum’s vision—leveraging blockchain technology to create transparent, community-driven, and self-sustaining ecosystems.

What is Largo?

Largo is more than just a digital platform; it’s a community-first ecosystem designed to help local businesses, travelers, and governments interact in a way that strengthens small economies and fosters responsible tourism. By providing tools that allow communities to manage their own economy, taxation, governance, and digital infrastructure, Largo enables local businesses and decision-makers to take control of their resources, policies, and future.

Largo was created to solve a common challenge: in many small communities, information is scattered, making opportunities feel disconnected and harder to access, while decision-making often excludes the people most affected. Tourists visit, spend money, and leave without truly engaging with the locals or contributing to long-term development. Largo bridges this gap by offering an integrated marketplace, governance system, and sustainability toolkit, ensuring that economic benefits stay within the community.

Why Largo Chose Solareum

Largo is a Web 2.5 platform, combining the usability of Web 2.0 with the security and transparency of blockchain-powered solutions. By partnering with Solareum, Largo gains a decentralized, sustainable, and energy-efficient infrastructure that ensures fair transactions, transparent governance, and eco-conscious technology integration.

Here’s why Largo chose to build on Solareum:

• Decentralization – Eliminating middlemen and ensuring fair, transparent economic participation.

• Blockchain Transparency – Secure, tamper-proof records of financial transactions, governance decisions, and sustainability efforts.

• Low-Fee Transactions – Enabling digital asset payments, reducing banking fees, and making financial participation more accessible.

• Energy-Efficient Solutions – Integrating sustainable energy management via Solareum’s blockchain technology.

Together, Largo and Solareum are setting a new standard for decentralized, community-driven governance, responsible tourism, and fair economic distribution.

Key Features of Largo

Largo is designed to empower communities by providing digital infrastructure that supports local businesses, travelers, and governments. Its platform includes:

1. Community Marketplace

A digital hub where locals can list services, sell handmade goods, offer accommodations, and promote unique experiences—all without relying on high-fee, foreign-owned platforms.

2. Interactive Map & Local Guidebooks

An integrated map that helps travelers navigate small communities responsibly, connecting them with verified local businesses and experiences.

3. Transparent Tax Collection & Governance

A decentralized governance system where communities can verify tax collection, public spending, and infrastructure development, ensuring accountability and trust in local governments.

4. Sustainability Toolkit

Supporting environmental conservation efforts, cultural preservation, and local engagement programs that encourage responsible tourism and economic sustainability.

By combining these elements, Largo enables communities to take control of their development, ensuring that economic benefits reach the people who need them most.

The Meaning Behind the Name "Largo"

The name Largo is deeply symbolic, reflecting the project’s commitment to open, community-driven collaboration.

• In Portuguese, "Largo" refers to a public square or gathering space—a place where people meet, exchange goods, share ideas, and build relationships. Largo’s digital platform mirrors this concept, creating an inclusive and accessible space for economic interaction and governance.

• "Largo" also means broad or expansive, representing the project’s goal of making communities more transparent, connected, and self-sustaining.

Largo’s approach ensures that tourism isn’t something that happens to a community but happens with it—where locals, businesses, and governments all benefit equally.

What’s Next?

Largo’s integration into the Solareum ecosystem is just beginning. Over the coming months, our teams will be working together to implement blockchain-powered governance, transparent tax collection, and eco-friendly payment solutions that will empower communities around the world.

This partnership marks a major milestone for Solareum, as it expands the reach of real-world blockchain applications and demonstrates how decentralized technology can benefit both traditional economies and digital communities.

Join Us for an AMA with Largo

To officially introduce Largo to our community, we’re hosting a special AMA session on Thursday, February 27th at 1 PM EST on Twitter.

This will be your chance to:

• Hear directly from the Largo team about their mission, vision, and product development.

• Learn how Largo will integrate into the Solareum blockchain and what this means for the ecosystem.

• Ask your questions about the partnership and upcoming milestones.

We can’t wait to share more about this exciting collaboration and what it means for the future of decentralized community-driven platforms. Stay tuned!