Andrew

Nature lover, traveler, Crypto enthusiast, entrepreneur.

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

GIP-122 outlines the path to bringing the @hoprnet powered Gnosis VPN to life. A decentralized, trust-minimized, uncensorable VPN that real people can actually use.

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

A Gnosis VPN Q4 update for you: we’ve hit an important milestone 🚀

As promised in GIP-122, the MVP of Gnosis VPN shipped in December and development is progressing on schedule 🧵👇

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

Always tough to be scheduled against @vitalikbuterin., but still a strong turnout for @scbuergel talking about how standards can be punk at the Buenos Aires Cypherpunk Congress @web3privacy

In his talk, Vitalik highlighted how we’re at the last mile for accessible crypto privacy; Sebastian’s talk showed how standards ensure we’re not all tackling that last mile alone

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

🚀 HOPR is expanding! We're looking for builders who care about privacy and performance.

🦀 Systems Engineer — Rust, mixnets, layer-0 magic

📱 Mobile Engineer — Swift + Rust, shaping a privacy-first VPN for iOS

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

🚀 We’re hiring engineers!

With privacy season in full swing, HOPR is stepping up its quest to bring true privacy to web3. Gnosis VPN is the first app running natively on the HOPR mixnet, open, decentralised, with no shortcuts.

No shortcuts. No fake decentralisation. Just real privacy tech, built right: open-source, resilient, and usable by everyone.

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

It was a nice opportunity to meet Golem DB!

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

🚨 We’ve submitted our response to the proposed revisions to Swiss VÜPF surveillance law. If passed, Switzerland would transform overnight from a bastion of privacy to a surveillance state with powers that would make the EU and the USA blush

The changes threaten privacy, innovation and Switzerland’s reputation for upholding individual freedoms, and we whole-heartedly oppose them

Read our full response here 👇
https://t.co/tV1WHJsE9Q

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

With 98% support in Phase 2, GIP-122 to fund the second phase of GnosisVPN development now moves to Phase 3 🚀

If you hold GNO and support to development of the first unblockable web3 VPN, please vote now on the @GnosisDAO Snapshot space https://t.co/sBQlbqMFRV 🗳️🟡

[Gnosis @gnosis_]

GIP-122 is in progress 🗳️

Earlier this month, @hoprnet released a PoC version of Gnosis VPN for uncensorable anonymous internet access. GIP-122 proposes continued support for its development to bring it to market.

Learn all about it with @SCBuergel 👋

https://t.co/FmrfZu5IST

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

You can't miss this event! GnosisVPN built by HOPR! It is a decentralized, trustless, uncensorable VPN for the web3 age!

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

The proof of concept of Gnosis VPN, built by and powered by HOPR, is live! 🚀

All HOPR node runners can now test this first step towards trustless, uncensorable internet access for all!

👉 Start testing: https://t.co/4sKCCecYAz

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

@BallymoneyOwls @SCBuergel @hoprnet @Tarzil21 @mr_vavilon Hey if you have issues with your node, lets check ;)

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

GnosisVPN powered by @hoprnet presentation by @SCBuergel!

You can't miss first web3 VPN!

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

Gnosis VPN is the first web3-era VPN powered by @hoprnet for @GnosisDAO

Here is a TLDR of my @dappcon_berlin talk. Instead of slides check out https://t.co/30xRUMINKU

Bonus track: a new user data fingerprinting method that you didn't see coming!
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[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

Amid the memecoin mania, remember web3 is here to build resilient infrastructure that empowers individuals. Nothing else matters. Few projects understand this as well as @gnosischain.

That’s why HOPR is proposing a major new product to pioneer privacy solutions in the Gnosis ecosystem, along with a strategic investment to @GnosisDAO and support for individuals who run both a HOPR node and @GnosisChain validator.

Check out the proposal, give us your feedback and join our AMA on Thursday

[Gnosis @gnosis_]

GIP-98: Should GnosisDAO invest in @hoprnet to kickstart development of GnosisVPN?

GnosisDAO Phase 2 Proposal By @SCBuergel

👇

https://t.co/dX3jRSgcYo

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

Exciting news! New project in the works: Gnosis VPN, which will be built on top of the HOPR mixnet! 🚀

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

Exciting news!

Today, the HOPR Association is posting a major proposal to @GnosisDAO to align the HOPR and Gnosis ecosystems on their quest to boost resilience through privacy in web3

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

BREAKING: @SolChatCoin DOXES THE IP OF ANY CONNECTED WALLET!

(I didn't check if the claims are technically correct (I guess not) but pls don't build tech that doxes wallet users. When in doubt, DM me & let's chat about how to not dox your users. I don't bite or dox you ;)

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

If you don't want your wallet to get tracked and linked, come to talk us at @hoprnet

If you build a wallet and want to convince your users that you're the good fellas beyond "trust me bro", come talk to us at @hoprnet

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

Get ready for the next big release! If you have the ability, I strongly recommend running a Gnosis node by yourself for better safety and stability!

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

The upcoming hoprd release will require you to bring your own Gnosis RPC endpoint

The safest way to do that is by running your own @GnosisChain nodes, sync your node now to be ready in time: https://t.co/bCccFenBZH

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

Hey @MetaMask, it's a bit weird to be sending RPC calls that disclose my addresses to RPC providers the second I start my browser, while the wallet is still locked

I use @RPC_h_ so I'm more private than others but still this isn't great

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

Off chain + On chain privacy 🟡🌪️

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

🌪️🟡

[DAdvisoor @DAdvisoor]

Broadcasting now on @leviathan_news

@SCBuergel is with us to discuss weekly evets - and about @hoprnet of course

The honorable @traders_insight is hosting of course

Enjoy!

https://t.co/Qeiy2rVnc5

[Andrew @Andrewst86]

That's the proper mindset that 99% of crypto project owners don't have! Create a product that will be used by everyone and don't just focus on money!

As everything moves more towards the internet, people are starting to recognize that privacy is one of the most valuable assets!

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

Since there's a bit of hype around $HOPR let me give you my max bullish thesis for @hoprnet

To be clear, I'm not focused on price, but privacy. I hear people say "why does the founder of a token project that I hold not care about price action?!". Because in all sustainably successful projects, like Ethereum for example, price follows utility - never the other way around.

What we build at HOPR is of fundamental value for all of humanity, it's not even just web3, it's about ALL digital communication, data exchange and messaging.

The internet as we know it today, was originally neither secure nor private. Over the past decades, cryptographers and engineers came up with ways to make it more secure. For example, they made web browsers communicate with web servers over secure HTTPS.

But the internet still doesn't have privacy and that's ridiculous. Whenever you open a website from your browser, when a mobile app loads data or when your crypto wallet sends a transaction, there's a server on the other end that sees WHAT you are doing and also sees WHERE you are. It sees your IP address, which is your unique home address on the internet.

This is what we call metadata and it contains highly personal information, even if it doesn't feel that way. Think about it:
There's server operators who can connect all that information. They know your name and they can link it to your financial activities because you're a crypto nerd. They can connect it to your travel history because you plan your journeys online. They can map out your friendships, dates, doctors and naughty desires because they see everything you connect to online.

That information is typically logged, stored - and currently made accessible via AI tools that can make sense of this huge pile of data for the very first time. Your most personal secrets aren't secret for much longer and that's a disaster.

This problem isn't new, but the best solutions that we have today, VPNs and Tor, are not very private and centralized. That means you trust a few big players to not spy on you. Which is the very thing you wanted to avoid in the first place. That's why VPNs or Tor are not the answer.

To fix this problem that's deeply embedded in the internet and all that's running on top of it - web3 and web2 in the same fashion - we built the HOPR network. HOPR brings privacy to the internet, for any application and any service.

HOPR provides privacy for any sort of data exchange, not on-chain transactions but privacy when you send data from A to B. It achieves that by relaying data packets via intermediate nodes, that are run by the HOPR community. So while data packets are "hopping" around the network, they obfuscate where data came from and where data goes to.

All of that is coordinated by the $HOPR token. Node operators need to stake the $HOPR token in payment channels that signal where they are willing to relay traffic. Users (typically companies who want to provide privacy respecting services for their users) pay for accessing the HOPR network in $HOPR token.

Now if the HOPR ecosystem only manages to onboard a tiny part of the wider internet and deliver privacy, the demand for the $HOPR token, that's tightly coupled to usages of the HOPR network, will certainly be significant. As I said initially, price follows utility. My job is to drive not just development of the HOPR network but also its utility. Making the HOPR network be used.

The first use case that the brave and somewhat technical users can try out today is RPC-over-HOPR. It brings privacy to crypto wallets and you can try it out by visiting
https://t.co/W6g9XzbXSH
(DM me for free voucher code)

If you want to read more on actual problems with your crypto wallet not being private, keep reading here:
https://t.co/TqHIzxyPph

If you want to read about the bigger picture why the web3 is broken without privacy, you can read & watch my talk here:
https://t.co/SjU0G0NB7p

If you just want to talk about privacy, reply here :)