General
Beginner
What is
Financial Freedom?
The ability to control your own money without permission from banks or governments.
Financial freedom means having full control over your assets - the ability to save, spend, and transact without requiring permission from intermediaries. Ergo enables this through self-custody, censorship-resistant transactions, and privacy tools. No bank can freeze your ERG; no government can block your transaction.
Key Points
- Self-custody of assets
- No permission needed to transact
- Censorship-resistant transfers
- Privacy when you need it
- No account freezes possible
- Accessible to the unbanked
Use Cases
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Escaping capital controls
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Protecting savings from inflation
3
Transacting without surveillance
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Financial access for unbanked
5
Preserving wealth across borders
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How to get started with Ergo?
Start by getting a wallet (Nautilus for browser, Terminus for mobile). Back up your seed phrase securely offline. Get some ERG from an exchange (Gate.io, KuCoin) or DEX (Spectrum). Make a test transaction. Then explore: try DeFi on Spectrum, check out NFTs, or dive into the technology if you're a builder.
How-to
Getting Started
Is Ergo a good investment?
This is not financial advice. Ergo has strong fundamentals: fair launch (no VC dump risk), innovative technology (eUTXO, Sigma Protocols, NiPoPoWs), active development, and a cypherpunk ethos. It's a smaller market cap project with higher risk/reward than established chains. Research thoroughly, understand the technology, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
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Getting Started
How to use Spectrum DEX on Ergo?
Connect your Nautilus wallet to Spectrum Finance, select tokens to swap, review the rate and slippage, then confirm. Spectrum uses AMM liquidity pools for instant trades. You can also provide liquidity to earn fees. All trades are atomic - they complete fully or not at all, with no front-running possible.
How-to
DeFi
What is financial repression and how does Ergo help?
Financial repression includes capital controls, account freezes, surveillance, inflation, and restrictions on financial freedom. Governments use these tools to control citizens. Ergo provides escape: self-custody (no account freezes), privacy (no surveillance), censorship resistance (no blocked transactions), and sound money (no inflation).
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