# FAQ Tagion (General) # **What is Tagion?** >The decentralized non-political monetary system, used and governed openly as a common good. **What is Tagion Program?** >Group of projects to launch the TPN (Tagion Protocols Network) and achieve its true decentralization. The Tagion Program GitHub organization manages the program. The scope of the program includes: > - Development and standardization of Tagion Protocols; >- Development of the Tagion Origin client; >- Development of tools for ecosystem developers; >- Development of community; >- Development of knowledge base. ## Where can I get tagions? > At present, an ongoing private pre-sales is taking place. The Tagion Investor Relations team will be happy to help answer inquiries concerning investing in Tagion at IR@tagion.com. > Later you will be able to buy tagions on our exchange. ## When can I use tagions? > It's our common effort to push the adoption of a better money system. Since we just have started our path, it's unlikely you'll pay with tagions in your local grocery shop. But the company that sponsors Tagion development creates new commercial banking solutions on top of Tagion. We expect businesses to shift to alternative payment solutions because of higher efficiency and lower cost. > Also, you can send tagions to other people via the wallet application no matter where they are. Or you can hold tagions and help your local community to adopt it, increasing adoption, thus increasing its value. ## What problem does Tagion solve? > Modern, fast-paced digital world is struggling to evolve further because of limitations of the existing monetary system, designed for a slow, analog environment. Tagion offers a new way to govern our standard money system to serve the many, not the top 1%. ## How can I become a part of Tagion? > Early days, so you have a chance to help us build and become and earn a reputation in the community, to have a say in the future development of Tagion. Remember - it's yours as much as it's ours. ## How long does the transaction take? > ≠ The transaction validation usually takes a few seconds. The absolute certainty that a transaction is irreversible takes from 10 to 120 seconds, depending on the current load on the network. ## Where can I learn more about the technology behind it? > You can find the technical information in the [Tagion Technical Paper](https://github.com/tagion/space-content/blob/master/website-home/Tagion%20Technical%20Paper/tagion-technical-paper.md). > Other - join the community on different platforms and keep an eye on Tagion.