Beam aims to offer a private, scalable, and easy-to-use cryptocurrency. All transactions on Beam are private by default and none of the cryptographic protocols used in Beam require a trusted setup. Like Bitcoin, scarcity is ensured by periodic halving.

Beam did not have an ICO nor premine. It is backed by a treasury, emitted from every block during the first five years. Beam is being implemented from scratch by developers with years of experience in modern C++ system programming. Beam wallets offer features such as:

Atomic Swaps that enable the confidential exchange of BEAM with BTC, LTC, and QTUM

Payment proofs that allow senders to prove payments despite the blockchain containing no values

Lelantus that enhances privacy by breaking linkability

Confidential Assets – that allow the user to issue tokens on top of Beam.

Laser Beam that allows instant payments

Opt-in read-only wallets that will allow compliant businesses to use Beam

Beam's vision is to become a confidential financial ecosystem that allows users to create and trade any digital assets and build financial services.