Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 75,000 HOPR tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous one week. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. This signifies the beginning of a new two-week distribution cycle and another chance to earn some $HOPR.💰😎 Starting from the launch of Staking Season 8 (today at 2 PM CEST), we will continue to distribute 150,000 HOPR tokens as network rewards on a bi-weekly basis. Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial:

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We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Dear community, Starting this week, we are reducing the number of issued network registry NFTs to 10. This decision is aimed at ensuring that the network becomes more stable for the upcoming new HOPR release. These following 10 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0x31ca1c809847d21e0e5fc0a435e1c0ae447cb015 0xa9442a8d6cef7b5e90362623ac463b6c37a92e33 0x3af9b992ea26c43f4f3b019a3c5c7fe4e059af25 0xf2c811c3de475a21ecae27a56970f63ddf6eaf19 0x9e2f096edd3bb1a712978d7849d40ecc08f2177c 0x19669824d6c2213f12ca8a047316de34431dc4ab 0x8658de6949ae990c1b9829fa44db5802f4b57cf4 0x89d5a50124961a36dbbad96b41e43cfb109c457e 0xc3ccdfb737768a669db41757549a81a7b05080ca 0x9d22c455cd1f0567ec1b92912b1c408ab82681bf 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network:

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If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍️

Just two days left in Staking Season 7! ⏳ Staking Season 8 will begin at 14:00 CEST on 26th July and will run for 45 days, until September 9th. Why the shorter season? Let’s just say we have something amazing scheduled for the last part of 2023… 🔥

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 This is a work in progress, and we’ll be sharing more exclusive alpha here on Telegram over the next weeks. BUT you could technically already check our GitHub for some alpha. 😉

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🟡 A quick rundown on what our devs have been working on the last three weeks

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🟡 Bear markets are for building and making frens. EthCC was fun! 🇫🇷

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🟡 An easy guide to test RPCh and transact privately

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🟡 See for yourself what happens once you use RPCh

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Dear community, The Snapshot UI does not currently display signatures from multisig wallets. We've brought this up with Snapshot support, and their system will capture your votes even if they are not shown currently. So if you're due a payout from the DAO v0.2 proposal, please sign on Snapshot as normal, even if it doesn't seem to register. When the proposal closes in two weeks, we should receive a list of participants which should include the multisig signers. If this doesn't happen, naturally we will find a different solution! Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Dear community, We are pleased to announce another NFT and Token distribution for everyone who has successfully migrated their Avado to DappNode! Each user who migrates will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial:

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We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you!

As part of the second HOPR governance experiment, 27,000 DAI were allocated to HOPR node runners and HODLrs (13,500 DAI in each category). It’s now time to distribute those rewards! 🤑 👉 Read the original proposal:

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👉 Find the update:

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👉 The original vote can be seen:

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The first 100 node runners in the HOPR network are each eligible to receive 135 DAI. The rest will be split between the next 300 positions on the HOPR waitlist (at the time when the network reached 100 nodes). We have used the data from https://hopr.network.org, the network registry smart contract and the network registry waitlist to compile a list of 400 addresses. 🔍 These addresses can be found here:

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To make sure we don’t send tokens to dead addresses, we’re asking everyone to sign with their wallets via Snapshot. ✍️ To claim your reward, head to this proposal:

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And verify that you still control the address by “voting”. There is only one option, and only addresses on the list will be able to vote. Each has a vote power of 1. The proposal will stay open for two weeks, after which we’ll distribute to all signers, so please be patient 😇 If there are any unclaimed rewards after two weeks, a new proposal will be created which will pay out after a month. We’ll repeat this for six months, at which time unclaimed rewards will be returned to the community treasury.

It’s time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! 🛠️ Let’s see what our devs have been up to the past three weeks. 🟡 Smart Contract Improvements 🟡 We start off with several bug fixes and improved test coverage for our existing smart contracts. This is in preparation for an upcoming audit and several new changes we’re introducing with our next major release. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5211 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5185 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5176 🟡 Rust Migration 🟡 As always, the Rust Migration continues with: 1️⃣ Fixes underway for several deadlocks in the database migration 2️⃣ An ongoing migration of the libp2p component 3️⃣ An enhanced build system for wasm and native Rust github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5186 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5216 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5113 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5153 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5187 🟡 Curve Migration & Changes To core-ethereum 🟡 With some breaking changes around the corner, we’re now: 1️⃣ Switching the curve to Ed25519 for packet construction 2️⃣Changing core-ethereum to operate on Ethereum addresses rather than public keys github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5069 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5189/files 🟡 Staking Season 8 🟡 The transition to staking season 8 is now in the works

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🟡 DevOps & Documentaion 🟡 And finally, we’ve: 1️⃣ Reorganized our GitHub workflows and fixed issues with the CI deployment process 2️⃣ Upgraded to Node v18, Rust v1.70 and wasm-pack v0.12.0 3️⃣ Added design documentation to the base system github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5219 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5184 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5222

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 150,000 HOPR Tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous two weeks. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. As announced yesterday until the start of Staking Season 08 there is a one week distribution cycle with 75,000 HOPR Token.

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Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

It’s almost time for another staking season! 👀 Season 7 will end at 2pm CEST on July 26th and Season 8 will start immediately afterwards. We’ll have more info over the next week, but for now just note that the final network reward period will be shorter to accommodate. 👉 It will run for just one week with an adjusted reward pool of 75,000 HOPR tokens. As always, check your current rewards and the network status at network.hoprnet.org Stake at stake.hoprnet.org Thanks to everyone for being part of the network and remember to join the waitlist if you’re not already running a node:

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Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial:

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We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Our frens at Gnosis Pay gave us 3 free card NFTs to giveaway! Head over to Twitter to participate:

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GM community! Did someone say next major release? Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Should you own your data?

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🟡 83% of people globally agree that data privacy is important to them…

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🟡 …but there are three major data privacy concerns

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🟡 You might want to look into how you can take your funds completely offline

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🟡 Payments are due for web3

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🟡 A deep-dive on privacy & @graphprotocol with our @SCBuergel

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🟡 We’re closing in on our next major release, here’s a sneak peak, more to be seen exclusively here on TG within the next week!

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Members of the Money God League pay fealty to Moyai at the Altar of RAI. @letsgethai is giving 20% of its gov token supply to buy and sacrifice (burn) FLX at the Altar

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 We looked at what we have to trade off to achieve true privacy. Spoiler alert: HOPR will let you choose the correct balance.

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🟡 Who here knows what cover traffic is? How it works? And why HOPR needs it?

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🟡 Our cover traffic team (👀) is conducting a lot of research into one question: Can we measure the privacy needs of individual nodes or parts of the network?

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🟡 Everyone has a price. We’re proud to be part of the movement to turn black hat into white hat hackers!

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🟡 Why are we building RPCh? 1️⃣ Stealth addresses are great BUT incomplete without transport-layer privacy.

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2️⃣ We have to say NO to more centralized servers.

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3️⃣ We can’t accept that users are stuck simply having to trust intermediaries.

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4️⃣ There’s a lack of privacy in web3 infrastructure and in using web3 services. RPCh can not only protect the privacy of users, it also reduces the regulatory risks for custody providers.

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Dear community, We are planning to update a waitlist this Wednesday. To ensure your participation, please follow these steps: 1. Stake a minimum of 1000 HOPR (for Avado/Dappnode device holders) or 2000 HOPR (for other community members) at

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2. Register on the waitlist by visiting

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Please note that failing to complete the above steps will result in your Ethereum address not being included in the waitlist sheet. Best regards, HOPR Team

Dear community, We are pleased to announce another NFT and Token distribution for everyone who has successfully migrated their Avado to DappNode! Each user who migrates will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial:

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We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you!

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Our DevUpdate was fully packed with an ongoing massive cleanse to a new staging environment, an upcoming curve migration and more. 🔥

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🟡 We’re thrilled that people like Vitalik Buterin are slowly but surely realizing the importance of privacy in web3!

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🟡 We’ve made history! We created the first company with its starting capital entirely held on Gnosis Chain in $HOPR!

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🟡 Our talented Q, held an educational workshop for the talented HOPR team. Together, they developed and deployed a subgraph for HOPR's staking program, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

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🟡 Stealth addresses will not be enough for true data privacy.

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🟡 Expanding the space cannot come at the cost of more centralized servers!

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Frens! We are super happy to see that some of you have already migrated from Avado to Dappnode OS. In this regard, we have already distributed HOPR boost NFTs to those who filled out the form or sent us a DM with proof. These NFTs provide a 5% boost to your staking amount. 🔥 We plan to continue distributing these rewards on a weekly basis. We encourage you to migrate soon so that you can start receiving the additional rewards on your staked amount. Thank you for being a part of our amazing community! 🙏 P.S. HOPR tokens will be sent next week.

It’s time for your tri-weekly dose of DevUpdate! Let’s see what our devs have been up to these last three weeks. 🟡 Protocol & Payment Channel Improvements 🟡 To start off, we have an ongoing massive cleanse of the protocol and payment channel codebase with several key bug fixes and upgrades. This has already produced a marked improvement in performance and stability. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5143 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5158 🟡 Introduce New Staging Environment 🟡 Next, we now use the Rotsee network as our new staging environment to improve the functionality of the faucet API. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5154 🟡 Remove Depreciated Components 🟡 We removed several deprecated components to clean up the codebase, notably ones to do with Avado and the cover-traffic daemon. Note: this will not affect Avados run by community members, and is only in preparation for larger future releases. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5181 🟡 Refactored and Exported Native & WASM Functionalities 🟡 The abstraction layer now determines whether we're running in WASM and correctly carries out the requested I/O in Node.js github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5170 🟡 Preparation For Curve Migration 🟡 We’ve added chain_key and packet_key keystores in HOPRd as part of an upcoming curve migration. This will help introduce new functionalities and improve performance time. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5175 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5144 🟡 Notable Big Fixes 🟡 We fixed: 1️⃣ Database interactions in HOPR-Core, solving a few pesky long-term bugs 2️⃣ Environment variables in Bratislava, which fixed the use of Grafana with our latest codebase and several small temporary issues github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5142 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5149 🟡 Use Of Default GitHub Runner 🟡 Finally, we switched some tasks back to using the default Github actions runner, an improvement to CI, which ensures the larger runner is not depleted too fast. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5130

Dear community, Regarding rewards for the Avado -> DappNode migration, it appears that Google still requires your email account for file upload. If you are comfortable sharing your email with Google, you can use the form as usual (https://forms.gle/xJ1Hovxeh6d968uHA). If you are not comfortable sharing your email, please direct message me with the following details: You must upload a valid screenshot of your DappNode HOPR admin UI and your node's associated staking address. 1. To be considered valid, the screenshot must clearly show the following: - The URL of the browser tab - Your node's Gnosis Chain address - Your node's HOPR address, also known as Peer ID 2. Please provide the associated staking address for your node. Thank you.

The RPCh Dapplist voter HOPR Boost NFTs have been distributed. Check your wallet now and make sure to stake it on stake.hoprnet.org to boost the yield you get from staked HOPR tokens 💰

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 We published a new episode of web 3 Faces 🔥

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🟡 We had a blast at ETH Global Waterloo! 🎉

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🟡 Why you need to know before apeing into NFTs

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🟡 We took you on a journey through DERP. The Dumb Ethereum RPC Provider.

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🟡 We’re one step closer to making truly private RPC providers the new standard!

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🟡 Say hello to parallel entry nodes & our new availability monitor!

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Dear community, We've distributed another badge of network registry slots! 🥳 These following 15 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0x975cd81f07aebd0b5dffac2330ab99d010c30430 0x7febada1daefda307c6f52f4818de6fe190c5b82 0x14e420926f1383331ca099be86fb04dcf177961f 0x0f980c4362b14eb99a4914aff12c952cab44698e 0x07339ecf97528e964aa42d9741a0e98065b685fe 0x8a216a56e44c77858f623fbaa68a040cee9bea97 0x76e31d38c62b0eda2c286de07041166b0cdf29d0 0x4a5294ee54ef7efc84970655dd58d9ec540b7202 0xa70c08f3e86483d5fcbb5c8bcd976bcd794596db 0x43bfcadfde1326383789f0eccb48086f26d7bdd7 0x8e54acd1a2c69e606d0311c8f97489745ccee3f5 0x787f5feaf690c24996577b5cf8eebf6f946746f3 0x373b65997edf61a063cdb329d02e8a7c91a15b25 0x7763b5b3aed592da4bbf0e30b19043def5498a52 0x503f4449382febcda13797c2fb40554175249cb1 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network:

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If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍️

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 150,000 HOPR tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous two weeks. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. This signifies the beginning of a new two-week distribution cycle and another chance to earn some $HOPR.💰😎 Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

We are absolutely thrilled that RPCh has made it into the top 10 most upvoted dApps listed on The Dapplist! 🔥🤩 A staggering total of 392 dedicated individuals have cast their votes in favor of RPCh. The support and enthusiasm of YOU is truly inspiring! 🚀💪 We will distribute the RPCh Dapplist voter HOPR Boost NFT next Monday. Don’t forget to fill out this form if you haven’t done so yet to receive the NFT:

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Dear community, We've distributed another badge of network registry slots! 🥳 These following 15 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0x78e87757861185ec5e8c0ef6bf0c69fa7832df6c 0x09ad1dc3dd5ebe57adf8f8a1aece103b4f266bf7 0x491c386b324abe99a2c6e90e83850e3e04021796 0x8e3474526d9018d45e6db3fc174cf9e376b53cfe 0x378aa43f8a44150fb88ad7f6ce8a0349460f8c12 0x71078189ff9057e2256525cf9b37edd6fcda720c 0x730da4dcf123da0248e95904946aadab97dd47ea 0x40111cea40eb5b81f4d4db32a519947f12603850 0xd659879e24d1a43fb176791e9a1ae1434f377036 0xfee030a5fbdc66e6d290f1be249721028aeaaf61 0x4e51921564883af00db50a177d8c609aa6ba81ff 0x0affab5d666840e1f7bfcea9b4864fda8b7c3b79 0x77d05812dacac1a61397728e06c80031e875fe61 0x4319ac8eeadca1cc80aac4a12ead04fe255b892e 0x5ccea3e4e694e6726e2f033f5e5705c5dc43fc7b 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network:

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If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 After roughly 3 months into the trial of Automated Liquidity Managers, we checked in on the HOPR Arrakis vault.

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🟡 We hosted aTwitter Spaces with our frens from Dedaub talking about smart contract security. A summary is being posted later today @hoprnet on Twitter.

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🟡 A week ago we asked you to vote for RPCh on the Dapplist and we’re beyond excited to have been listed thanks to you, the best community!

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🟡 What is better than one entry node? Multiple! Learn more about the RPCh SDK.

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🟡 Using a VPNs you still have to trust a centralized solution and by using a decentralized VPN the attack vector is multiplied because controlling all nodes would result in centralization.

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🟡 We published a new feature for RPCh making it more stable than ever

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🟡 We all know large centralized providers can easily harvest all our data and online activity BUT what would you say if soon, any node runner will be able to do the same?!

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Dear Community! The vote on thedapplist.com i still open! If you haven’t cast your vote for RPCh yet: 1️⃣ Head over to thedapplist.com 2️⃣ Connect your wallet and earn XPs 3️⃣ Fill out your profile to get more XPs 4️⃣ Vote for RPCh with your XPs here thedapplist.com/curate?status=Active Don’t forget, everyone who casts their vote for RPCh will be rewarded with a HOPR Boost NFT! 💰 Fill out this form if you haven’t done so yet to receive the NFT:

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Join Sebastian & Dedaub's cofounder, Neville, now on Twitter Spaces for a talk on the Tornado Cash attack and everything smart contracts

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Join Sebastian & Dedaub's co-founder, Neville, tomorrow as they discuss everything smart contract security 🔗 Join the Twitter Spaces here tomorrow at 6 PM CEST ⏰

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It’s time to check in on the HOPR Arrakis vault ⏰ All data from our Dune dashboard: dune.com/hopr/hopr-arrakis We’re six weeks into the trial of Automated Liquidity Managers, as voted for by the HOPR community in our fifth governance experiment 🗳️ snapshot.org/#/vote.hopr.eth/proposal/0x0f36e7d9cb695224af76bd345417f5780545b2d3b799159a8f3719dc44bce5ee Around $300k from the community treasury was allocated to @ArrakisFinance to manage in one of their Arrakis Palm vaults 🌴 etherscan.io/token/0xc7b95a90d5c7bd234def512be51afca3002dbe37 Although this represents just 5% of the community holdings in the Uni v3 pool at the time, the Arrakis vault has facilitated 13% of volume during the trial dune.com/queries/2355465/3857778 The first month of the trial was smooth, with the vault almost keeping parity with just holding the assets (in addition to providing plenty of liquidity for other token holders) dune.com/queries/2496231/4107204 Unfortunately, the weekend’s market turbulence affected HOPR as well 😩 This is reflected in the data, with a quite large drop in vault performance versus holding. dune.com/queries/2496231/4107206 Of course, this isn’t unexpected impermanent loss is an intrinsic feature of providing liquidity, and the goal of the community liquidity provision isn’t primarily to make moneyHopefully the PALM system can close that gap as the market starts to recover 📈 It’s too early to deliver a verdict, of course, and there are many confounding factors: the bear market certainly isn’t helping liquidity pools thrive 🐻 The seventh governance experiment resulted in a significant investment in future HOPR products 🧑‍💻 snapshot.org/#/vote.hopr.eth/proposal/0x40760c8440daf1fbfff80080752dd113010d80599ef96eb4af67594ae51f3c43 This had the (intended) side effect of reducing the depth of the liquidity pool, in turn making the Arrakis vault a much more significant player It will be interesting to see how that plays out over the coming months 👀

The vote on Dapplist is now open! 🏁 1️⃣ Head over to thedapplist.com 2️⃣ Connect your wallet and earn XPs 3️⃣ Fill out your profile to get more XPs 4️⃣ Vote for RPCh with your XPs here thedapplist.com/curate?status=Active To express our gratitude for your support, everyone who casts their vote for RPCh will be rewarded with a HOPR Boost NFT! 💰 Please fill out a form for rewards:

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GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 All of your wallet's addresses are exposed and linked – DERP now highlights this issue with its new feature 👀

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🟡 Here’s a more in-depth explanation of this new DERP feature

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🟡 Here’s a recap of our Twitter Spaces session with @SourcifyEth on why smart contracts should be verified ✅

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🟡 We’ve presented the issues of web3 privacy at @web3privacy in Prague 🇨🇿

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🟡 Our Devs did it again 🛠️

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🟡 First Bug Bounty – no funds were at risk, but we’re still grateful for the spot

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Quick update regarding node runner incentivization:

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We are currently in the process of publishing a list of eligible node runners. The waitlist sheet merely reflects registration and indicates who is eligible to run.

We’re thrilled to announce that our Monte Rosa release has been running stable for 32 weeks now with over 150 community-run nodes 🔥🤝 Now that the network is consistently stable, it’s possible to resolve an outstanding governance decision from our second experiment: “Grants for Node Runners and HODLRs” From the budget for that proposal, 13,500 DAI were ultimately allocated to the first 100 node runners, with a further 13,500 allocated to the next 300 from the waitlist The original proposal is here:

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The vote is here:

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Updates on implementation can be found here:

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We’ll be aggregating the necessary data and beginning the distribution process soon

The first payout has been made from the HOPR Hats vault! 🔥 Security researcher Rahul (saxenism.com) spotted a sneaky oversight in the staking contract: under certain circumstances staker funds could be locked if the contract owner (the HOPR comm team multisig) prematurely reclaimed tokens sent to the contract in error. Internal processes meant this would never happen so no funds were ever at risk. But we’re still grateful for the spot and will be updating this in future staking seasons. 🐞💀 The full report can be found on-chain and on Medium:

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It's time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! 🛠️ Let's see what our devs have been up to the last three weeks 🟡 Monte Rosa v1.93.7 🟡 We’ve developed and are currently testing Monte Rosa v1.93.7! This release comes with several bug fixes and patches to improve node stability. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5065 🟡 Migrated Cryptographic Code 🟡 The Rust migration hit a significant milestone as all our cryptographic code is now fully migrated to Rust. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/4834 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5063 🟡 Improved Packet Processing 🟡 This sprint came with notable improvements to the packet processing mechanisms, improving the overall performance of the protocol. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5102 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5074 🟡 Testing & Deployment Workflow 🟡 We’ve updated our testing & deployment workflow, improving the setup and allowing us to track the progress of certain functionalities much better. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5071 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5080 🟡 Migrated & Improved core-ethereum DB 🟡 Another large milestone for the Rust migration was the movement of our core-Ethereum database functionality to Rust. This migration also came with a few bug fixes, which will improve the overall stability and performance of our payment layer. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5097 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5072 🟡 Improved Logging Mechanism 🟡 We've improved our logging mechanism, adding support for the Rust tests and fixing a problematic bug in our outputs. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5111 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5108 🟡 Library & Dependency Management 🟡 And finally, we rounded off the sprint with some library and dependency management to improve the overall hygiene of our code: 1️⃣ Fixed the Python text requirements conflict 2️⃣ Bumped OpenZeppelin library to 4.8.3 3️⃣ Pinned Foundry to a set version github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5126 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5125 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5075

Dear community, We've distributed another badge of network registry slots! 🥳 These following 15 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0xe99dc1864b1bea3efd8b87d5cec5b7b65ff23379 0x7e93003b41876e24e389101655fc45d24806ebed 0x50094bdb899e94ebc1e5a68c676e7b5921e8e2d0 0xdf2c1baf5db34ddef5fd418ae0bcf6ba66992cdb 0xb2c8bb4bf53b34fdb55795ba5dac0598dea37819 0x3b5569a21010a908ea9acaccfa9a21db41292b43 0x54fda14d0b2ea086e0f8c094f43bec789da11335 0xd07334008b02843936eb7b08c649c8933d9e29b5 0x77ea33c694c81ab3bd2097e4206e36321e17e1b8 0xe002692784bafbafe7cfaf6adb03b43850acc9ef 0x0201359abdf19e5ad33c0737461ac652364a100e 0x35e939c53b208ccec114c6b92f6d754b023dff4d 0xb78a0adf38a6054f8b84d6d67a16d1b43d763cb9 0xcac11b91de39ea4b28305700b1a10a846ae20886 0x7c7565c70e3bc73912dbc85dc39b99cfee8bccce 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network:

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If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍️

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Our Sebastian was invited to Gnosis Builders’s podcast to discuss the privacy problem throughout all layers of the blockchain stack and more! 🔥

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🟡 He was also featured in Beyond FOMO’s podcast, talking about what data and metadata like your IP address is collected by wallets and web3 platforms! 🤯

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🟡 Where the dream HOPR community members at?!

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🟡 Rik and Tibor will be speaking at the web3 privacy summit today at 3:20 pm CEST. Watch the live stream at

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🟡 We took you on an educational journey to better understand why RPCh is not only a nice to have but a must. 👉 What is the EVM? 💻🌎

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👉 Do you speak Solidity, Bytecode and Opcode? 🤓

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👉 What is the cost of interacting with a blockchain? ⛽️

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👉 What is an RPC? 🧐

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👉 Do you know that every product you view, every button you click, and every page you browse is all tracked, time-logged and stamped with your IP address? 🚨

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👉 What goes on under the hood of your simple token swap? 🔎

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👉 What are smart contracts really? 📑

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👉 How do smart contracts work? 🛠️

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Share this tweet and help us spread awareness for RPCh 🤝

Dear community, We are thrilled to announce that Rik, Co-Founder, and Tibor, Engineer, will be attending the upcoming web3privacy summit in Prague! Additionally, Tibor will be presenting a talk on the topic of Ethereum's lack of privacy and the solutions we are developing. For those who are unable to attend in person, you will have access to a livestream of the entire event by visiting

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The talk is planned to start at 3:20 pm CEST ⏰

Dear community, Join us for a podcast featuring Sebastian discussing the privacy problem across all layers of the blockchain stack, the workings of HOPR & RPCh, and the synergies between Crypto and MedTech. 🟡🦉 👉 Link:

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P.S. Don't forget to like and retweet!

Dear Community, We are impressed by the number of new sign-ups, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who are interested in running a node on the Monte Rosa release. Your support is greatly appreciated! 🙏 We are pleased to announce that we have recently updated our waitlist sheet, which you can access through this link:

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If you have any questions, please refer to our waitlist FAQ page here:

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Additionally, please don't hesitate to reach out to our HOPR Ambassadors if you require further assistance.

Dear community, We’ve had some feedback about the recent DAO rewards and wanted to give a bit more information from our governance designer. The main determinant of NFT rank is the discussion phase. If you only vote you can’t get more than bronze. If you participate in discussion but don’t vote, it (generally) drops you down one rank. Moderating the discussion isn’t an exact science, and we don’t publish the precise moderation processes to avoid people trying to game the system, but in general: ➡️ Posts are ranked for their contribution ➡️ Posts which are off topic, or which don’t contribute beyond generic support, are ignored ➡️ Posts from HOPR team members or proposal creators are also ignored ➡️ The diamond rank is determined manually: there are a limited number of diamonds available and these are allocated to the participants who provided the most valuable contribution in the eyes of the moderator ➡️ There is no penalty for disagreement, being negative or going against consensus, as long as its constructive ➡️ New for this experiment, there was a notable use of AI tools such as ChatGPT. There’s no penalty for this, as long as the output is constructive. I appreciate being told that AI tools have been used, but this isn’t required. I did mark several posts to be ignored which were obviously AI-assisted, but they were ignored because they added nothing to the discussion. If you think you received the wrong rank, I’m happy to review your contribution, provided you first check two things: ➡️ Check you uploaded your voting address to the forum in the NFT field? These addresses are gathered automatically and some are missing. ➡️ Look back over your posts and ask yourself: did this really further the discussion? Finally, the percentages of the NFTs are determined based on the budget for the staking season and data about historic NFT ownership and usage. Thanks again to everyone who participated and made the discussion so positive and constructive. Even where posts were ignored for the purpose of rewards, we never have any trolling, outright spam or bad negativity. I never have to delete posts. This is rare in crypto and the Internet in general and we’re extremely grateful 🙏

It’s been a month since the start of the liquidity trial with @ArrakisFinance, as voted by the HOPR community 🗳️ Check out our new Dune dashboard to see how things are going 🚀

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Full analysis later this week 📊

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Our governance upgrades are gaining speed 🗳️

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🟡 The network continues to grow, with another 150k $HOPR in network rewards distributed 💎

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🟡 Meanwhile, HOPR’s European tour continues, meeting old and friends and new…

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… and presenting HOPR and DERP on the big screen at SpaghettETH in Naples, Italy 🍕🇮🇹

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How does HOPR’s new governance scale into the web3 future? 🔎 As the HOPR ecosystem grows, more and more entities will need to access governance in different ways. 🔥 We plan to expand and improve on the tools we use to manage the governance while retaining the core flow: 🫴 Propose 🗣️ Discuss ✍️ Sign 🗳️ Vote As token holders, you’ll always be able to participate in the governance of HOPR, but the new system will allow you to focus your attention on the parts of HOPR you care about most. 💛 We think it also should help reduce legal liabilities where appropriate: individual entities using the new governance system will be incorporated (or not) in the most appropriate forms and jurisdictions for their use case. 🤝 As participants, legal risks should hopefully be mitigated because it will be clear that this is NOT an overarching DAO with everyone working together towards a narrow goal. 🛑 Instead it is a true ecosystem comprised of independent actors and entities working separately, albeit with shared values. 🎯 Although it’s very different from what’s come before, we feel this approach is the best fit from both a legal AND web3 perspective. 🚀

It’s time to upgrade HOPR governance, but what should it look like? Looking at HOPR as an ecosystem, not a monolith, different entities have different needs. Different parts of HOPR require different types of proposal, levels of automation, and robustness against governance attacks. Some parts might need high participation thresholds, others not. Some parts will need to make decisions quickly and automatically, while others will be slower. Some might want quadratic voting, others one token one vote. The list goes on. For example, the Community Trust will continue to manage the assets raised at launch, and the new equity it holds in HOPR RiSe. This Trust MUST act on decisions made by $HOPR holders and also needs to be very secure against governance capture. 💰 The HOPR Association will continue to use governance in an advisory capacity, consulting token holders for their opinions on development, marketing, and future products. 📦🎟️ Finally, the HOPR protocol itself will need governance to set various parameters like packet size, ticket winnings and probability. However, only HOPR tokens staked in active HOPR nodes should have a say. Decisions should be registered on-chain and automatically implemented by HOPR nodes.🚀 We need a system which can meet all these needs while still being accessible to everyone. This will require a significant structural overhaul which we’ll share once its complete. But rest assured that as a participant everything will still be familiar: you’ll discuss proposals, sign them, then vote according to your token holdings 🙏