We've received a lot of great technical questions from our community about how Plum Box actually works under the hood. In this post, we'll break down the architecture — how remote access is established, what happens to your data if Plum disappears, and exactly how your files are stored on the SSD.

We started Plum with a simple observation: the most powerful technologies of our time—blockchain, federated learning, distributed networks—remain inaccessible to most people. Not because these technologies lack potential, but because they demand technical expertise that shouldn't be a prerequisite for participation.