# EMPORIUM Emporium constantly works on maximum decentralization, therefore the protocol is constantly evolving. Why this model? We are driven by an ideal born from the community itself, the desire to be more involved in the project that you like. Not only noticing that you are present for providing liquidity or voting on governance. In short, you will have the right to OWN the project! As it sounds, as we think decentralization has to evolve: is that the user can not only vote in which direction the project can go, there is nothing that makes you feel more involved in a project, than having a part of the property, that is obvious and it is what we want to deliver to the community. We are sure that the road will be difficult and long, but the whole team is enthusiastic! Since we take into account the difficulties that this project entails, we decided to do it in the way that we feel as the most efficient and safe. Develop it on the Cardano Network. We believe that it is the Network that, due to technology, gives us the opportunity to carry out the last layers of the protocol. We all take on the challenge and we are preparing in the best possible way together with EMURGO Academy. The protocol consists of several stages and layers. Each of them climbs towards the final goal. The complete decentralization of the project. For reasons of security and integrity of the project, we decided that we will progressively reveal the stage or layer, in which they will be described in detail. changes or protocol integration to the core of the project. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://emporium.gitbook.io/emporium-whitepaper/emporium.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.