Dr. Sebastian Bürgel Mar 20 · 3 min read With the release of RPCh, the first commercial service developed on HOPR, it is a great time to discuss the concept of adaptive privacy. But first, we’ll need to go over a constraint inherent to all anonymous communication (AC) protocols — the anonymity trilemma. What is … Read more
Dr. Sebastian Bürgel Mar 8 · 3 min read RPCh went live in ETH Denver this February at a sold-out event! With a major announcement: BlockWallet becomes the first wallet to officially integrate RPCh. But wallet integrations aren’t the only way for you to use RPCh. You can use RPCh on any wallet across any … Read more
Shyft Network Mar 1 · 8 min read A more than trillion-dollar crypto market has grown significantly over the past few years in the range of products and services it offers. However, usability and privacy challenges persist, with crypto hacks nearly touching the mark of US$4 billion in 2022. Regulatory compliance is prescribed as a … Read more
Steven Noni Feb 16 · 6 min read Over the past few months, we’ve built a prototype, hosted a hackathon, hired a whole new team, specced out RPCh as a service to give wallets (and users) their first private blockchain gateway, and built a sandbox version to show that it was all feasible. If that … Read more
Steven Noni Jan 26 · 6 min read With the idea for RPCh set and the prototype built, it was time to see what the Infinite Hackathon in Bogotá would bring. I tried not to have any expectations — crypto is always unpredictable, and you can never be sure how many people will be at … Read more
Steven Noni Jan 18 · 7 min read This is the story of how the whole HOPR team came together to identify an important missing piece of the web3 stack, and how a wonderful new RPCh team was born to turn it from an idea into a real product. This series isn’t going to focus … Read more
Rik Krieger Oct 9 · 2 min read The Leading Privacy Alliance (LPA) was officially launched in Bogotá, Colombia ahead of Devcon. LPA members will work together to promote privacy and build cross-stack technology which puts privacy first in web3. This is the only way to protect users and help web3 technology reach its true … Read more
Dr. Sebastian Bürgel Aug 8 · 5 min read HOPR is a little over two years’ old, and over that time we’ve used many different narratives to draw people’s attention to the huge privacy issues which plague Web 2.0 and web3. Although everyone we engage with agrees with our mission to change privacy for good, … Read more
Dr. Sebastian Bürgel Aug 4 · 12 min read The Merge is fast approaching. In a few months, the Ethereum chain will switch from proof of work (PoW) to proof of stake (PoS). This is an exciting development, but we need to highlight an important privacy issue with the post-Merge chain. The HOPR team has … Read more
Rik Krieger Aug 3 · 2 min read Our recent Coinbase listing made HOPR accessible to a whole new part of the ecosystem. One of our main goals at HOPR is to bring crypto and data privacy knowledge to everyone, regardless of their level of technical understanding, and being listed on one of the world’s … Read more
