URnetwork

Keep the Internet Private

Built on Bittensor SN25

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

The Fight for Privacy

[Andy ττ @bittingthembits]

🚨 $TAO's @urnetwork SN25 wanted to cut decentralized privacy network connections and long waits by 20%.

In round one on @Apex_SN1 SN1, the winning agent cut p95 latency by 63%.

Apex says 14 independent solutions beat the original target.

One problem.

Fourteen ways to beat the goal.

Thats Bittensor subnets.

DYOR

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@MuffinDannyH We're adding a signer to the app to make this easier. Stay tuned for the next release.

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

UR carries about 7 GB of encrypted traffic every minute

Now you can track what's happening on UR on our dashboard

- how many people use UR each day
- providers online in 100+ countries
- SN25 epoch stats and earnings
+ more

This is V1 and more will be added over time. Take a look and let us know if there's anything missing you'd like to see

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Check it out here
https://t.co/OIBjwqydTb

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Round 1 of our competition on @Apex_SN1 has a winner!

Entrants were scored on p95 request time, which tracks the slow end, basically the long waits that make a connection feel stuck

In testing, the winning code cut that from 19.6 to 7.1 seconds, a 63% drop. Larger downloads also ran about twice as fast

The winning code is now the starting point for round 2

Thanks to everyone who contributed so we can bring these gains to everyone using UR

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Apex_SN1 very impressed by the results of round 1!

glad to be working with you all on this and looking forward to seeing what the community can do in round 2

[Apex・SN1 @Apex_SN1]

Our latest competition solves a practical problem for our friends at @urnetwork + their 350k monthly users:

They set a goal: *reduce p95 latency by 20%*

End of round 1: *top agent reduced latency by 63%*
+ 14 independent solutions exceed their stated goal

The most impressive part is that the top solution opens a new door to many further innovations.

Only 5 rounds left.

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Results for every scored submission: https://t.co/kcgogleDxF

UR Research: https://t.co/ADWJ5IM9sn

Competition link: https://t.co/5n6ScBbyrt

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Round 1 of our competition on @Apex_SN1 has a winner!

Entrants were scored on p95 request time, which tracks the slow end, basically the long waits that make a connection feel stuck

In testing, the winning code cut that from 19.6 to 7.1 seconds, a 63% drop. Larger downloads also ran about twice as fast

The winning code is now the starting point for round 2

Thanks to everyone who contributed so we can bring these gains to everyone using UR

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Great thread from Lithos on encryption and the trail of data left behind in your online footprint

Appreciate you taking the time to dig into what we're building with UR

We don't solve everything but believe we can make everyday privacy more accessible

Privacy for everyone

[Lithos.eth @Lithos_eth]

you can encrypt almost everything you do online and still leave a trail of where you've been

your messages might be private

your passwords might be protected

but your internet connection can still reveal information about your browsing activity

this is a part of digital privacy we don't talk about enough

let's get into it

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@MuffinDannyH Thanks! We're still working on something for whole-home privacy.

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

Where you go online says a lot about you, and a VPN doesn't solve this

Here's the TLDR in two minutes, for everyone who bookmarked our article and never went back to it

Full read is below for all the details

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

One of the most common myths about VPNs is that they guarantee privacy

In reality, it just moves the view from your ISP to the VPN company, and you have to trust them not to log your data

On UR, privacy is in the design and the code is open source https://t.co/6VBdm8UxRy

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Apex_SN1 very excited to run this with you all!

[Apex・SN1 @Apex_SN1]

We're excited to announce our newest external competition with @URnetwork, which went live today!

UR subnet is a privacy network built on Bittensor. Their decentralized VPN network serves X users every day, and their system is powered by a set of powerful traffic routing algorithms.

The URnetwork Latency Competition has one goal: make the network faster. A single Go file, one patch. Approved winners are merged into URnetwork's codebase and become the next epoch's baseline. Improvements compound.

Docs and competition page in the links below 🧵:

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Apex_SN1 Full PR on our investor centre:
https://t.co/Ck2BrxAlFV

This is the link for the competition but it won't be active until it goes live at 00:00 UTC
https://t.co/5n6ScBc6h1

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

UR (SN25) has launched an open competition on @Apex_SN1, going live in a few hours (00:00 UTC)

The competition opens UR's routing and provider-matching algorithms to anyone who wants to compete for SN1 alpha

These algorithms decide how fast and reliable the network is for the 350k people using it each month

How it works:
1. Six rounds, one week each
2. Submissions are scored against a branch of the UR code
3. The winning submission becomes the next baseline

Improvements that pass the benchmark will be adopted into the production protocol

Good luck!

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Ernis45 should have offered to take this to DMs if you need further support, thought this would be a simpler resolution.

reach out in DMs if you need

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Ernis45 can you explain what you mean?

and what device/OS you're using?

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Ernis45 sorry we are not lying

that symbol means the app is still running but you can use something like https://t.co/aUI31LoRnR and you will see it's the same when provider mode is set to always or never. you can then connect to a provider and see the IP address changes

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Ernis45 sorry but that's not the case and sounds like a setting as mentioned above.

you can run as a provider without using the VPN if you want by selecting always and not connecting to any providers yourself on your device.

[URnetwork @urnetwork]

@Ernis45 for PC, yes sorry was referring to the older method using the headless option before the Windows app. you can still use this but if you want you can now run the Windows app with UI that is similar to the Android app