Podcast 70 [Bridged]- Sebastian Bürgel

How does HOPR prevent information harvesting and ensure that only the right amount of user information is disclosed?

Join us as we speak with Seb, founder at HOPR. In a nutshell, HOPR is a way for people, companies, and devices to exchange information online with complete privacy.

Tune in to learn about what the HOPR team has been working on, metadata surveillance, RPCh and much more. Enjoy!

Link to HOPR’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/hoprnet

Link to HOPR’s website
👉🏻 https://hoprnet.org/

Episode Breakdown

00:40 - How would you explain HOPR to a 5-year old?

02:00 - What does privacy mean to you?

05:00 - Would you be able to elaborate on the notion of metadata surveillance and some of its key implications?

09:00 - To what extent does surveillance from external entities actually take place? 

11:00 - How does HOPR prevent information harvesting, ensuring that only the necessary amount of information is disclosed?

15:00 - What is the end-to-end process for setting up and running a HOPR node?

18:30 - ‘The more people that use HOPR, the more private it becomes’, explain and elaborate on this statement please?

20:40 - What significant milestones has HOPR achieved over the last year?

26:40 - What sort of traction has RPCh seen to date?

28:40 - Have you initiated any conversations with wallet providers to grow RPCh’s adoption?

30:00 - What can users expect from HOPR to be shipped in 2024?

36:00 -Why the name HOPR for the protocol?