We are hoping you all had a great time off, and are ready to make this year an unforgettable one!
Before we kick it off, we would like to look back and appreciate what has been achieved by our team in the last 12 months.
Presenting you this neatly packed overview of 2018.
Dive right in!
https://blog.keep.network/an-overview-of-2018-4a81b402862d
Before we kick it off, we would like to look back and appreciate what has been achieved by our team in the last 12 months.
Presenting you this neatly packed overview of 2018.
Dive right in!
https://blog.keep.network/an-overview-of-2018-4a81b402862d
Keep Network
An overview of 2018
Highlights of the Keep Network achievements last year
Good day everyone!
One of our newest developers Markus Fix shares his incredibly interesting background with all of us in this newly published interview.
Hope you will enjoy knowing him better as much as we did!
https://blog.keep.network/getting-to-know-the-keep-team-markus-cf7a40f9787e
One of our newest developers Markus Fix shares his incredibly interesting background with all of us in this newly published interview.
Hope you will enjoy knowing him better as much as we did!
https://blog.keep.network/getting-to-know-the-keep-team-markus-cf7a40f9787e
Keep Network
Getting to know the Keep team: Markus
An interview with one of our newest developers, Markus Fix
Hey, how is it going folks? :)
We just wanted to let you know that we have updated our FAQ
https://www.reddit.com/r/KeepNetwork/comments/anqgb5/keep_network_frequently_asked_questions_faq/
and we have also updated our direct Slack invite link, so for those who would like to share it with friends -
this is the one now - https://bit.ly/2FMkV6T !
Hoping this week is going fantastic for you so far!
We just wanted to let you know that we have updated our FAQ
https://www.reddit.com/r/KeepNetwork/comments/anqgb5/keep_network_frequently_asked_questions_faq/
and we have also updated our direct Slack invite link, so for those who would like to share it with friends -
this is the one now - https://bit.ly/2FMkV6T !
Hoping this week is going fantastic for you so far!
Our first monthly summary this year has arrived! Click the link for news about new project hires, Keep rebranding, use cases ideas, updated FAQ and more.
Also - we spent the cold January in a warm company of the whole team. Read more about our on-site adventures in this new blog post.
https://blog.keep.network/january-roundup-team-onsite-82518de97954
Also - we spent the cold January in a warm company of the whole team. Read more about our on-site adventures in this new blog post.
https://blog.keep.network/january-roundup-team-onsite-82518de97954
Medium
January Roundup + Team Onsite
Project and Team Updates
Good day everyone! We are thrilled to announce that the Keep Development team is racing to mainnet in full gear under new Technical Leadership now.
Take a peek at their plans for building Keep protocol and learn about their views on the importance of privacy in this new article.
https://blog.keep.network/keeps-rising-talent-9af0a55890e0
Take a peek at their plans for building Keep protocol and learn about their views on the importance of privacy in this new article.
https://blog.keep.network/keeps-rising-talent-9af0a55890e0
Medium
Keep’s Rising Talent
Announcing New Technical Leadership in Keep Network
Hello everyone! Today, we are delivering all of the February happenings to you in this new blog post, including new technical leadership, design contest, an interview with our Head of Design, Russian FAQ...
And a suprise!
We are extremely pleased to announce that we are ready to share a still-evolving draft of our Keep Random Beacon Yellowpaper with our community and we welcome your feedback.
For now, it will remain in our Slack, until we finalize it further. We invite you to have a look and let us know what you think.
Included in the yellowpaper is a comprehensive overview of the beacon operation and an early draft of the pricing. As it's still in active development, many details are subject to change as we continue to have it reviewed by community members, mentors, as well as academic and technical advisors.
We're looking forward to discussing it with you!
https://blog.keep.network/february-roundup-7b5de0db96e
And a suprise!
We are extremely pleased to announce that we are ready to share a still-evolving draft of our Keep Random Beacon Yellowpaper with our community and we welcome your feedback.
For now, it will remain in our Slack, until we finalize it further. We invite you to have a look and let us know what you think.
Included in the yellowpaper is a comprehensive overview of the beacon operation and an early draft of the pricing. As it's still in active development, many details are subject to change as we continue to have it reviewed by community members, mentors, as well as academic and technical advisors.
We're looking forward to discussing it with you!
https://blog.keep.network/february-roundup-7b5de0db96e
Medium
February Roundup
Random Beacon Yellowpaper and highlights from content, team, and community behind the Keep project.
A trusted, decentralized source of random numbers on Ethereum is what our team has been working towards. The Keep Random Beacon is the first component of the Keep privacy protocol we are launching to mainnet in 2019. We would like to elaborate on why it is essential to release this feature first.
Trusted randomness is the core foundation of decentralization. It removes the need for involvement of a centralized player, oracle or other external entity, allowing for mutual trust across an open network.
In our newest article, we put together the overview of randomness on public blockchains and the reasoning behind our focus on the Random Beacon.
We are looking forward to discussing it with you in our Slack!
https://blog.keep.network/why-is-trusted-randomness-so-important-c22de1c1c5ee
Trusted randomness is the core foundation of decentralization. It removes the need for involvement of a centralized player, oracle or other external entity, allowing for mutual trust across an open network.
In our newest article, we put together the overview of randomness on public blockchains and the reasoning behind our focus on the Random Beacon.
We are looking forward to discussing it with you in our Slack!
https://blog.keep.network/why-is-trusted-randomness-so-important-c22de1c1c5ee
Medium
Why is Trusted Randomness So Important?
Independent networks are the heart of decentralized systems
Happy Friday, folks!
Shiny new Keep Business Primer is here!
Following our recent visual brand refresh, we have also updated the looks and the content of our Business Primer.
https://keep.network/KeepBusinessPrimer.pdf
Share away !
Shiny new Keep Business Primer is here!
Following our recent visual brand refresh, we have also updated the looks and the content of our Business Primer.
https://keep.network/KeepBusinessPrimer.pdf
Share away !
Since the Keep Network was first announced, the project and its team have progressed, and so should its visual identity.
You may have noticed that Keep underwent a significant design update.
New elements and colors have been introduced, presenting a new look and feel for the project, creating a sturdy base for our ongoing and future work with different elements of our privacy protocol.
In this new article Keep’s Head of Design Michael Gluzman elaborates on thought process and details of this update. Enjoy and let us know in our Slack how you like the new look!
https://blog.keep.network/announcing-keeps-visual-refresh-bc9697b2bb11
You may have noticed that Keep underwent a significant design update.
New elements and colors have been introduced, presenting a new look and feel for the project, creating a sturdy base for our ongoing and future work with different elements of our privacy protocol.
In this new article Keep’s Head of Design Michael Gluzman elaborates on thought process and details of this update. Enjoy and let us know in our Slack how you like the new look!
https://blog.keep.network/announcing-keeps-visual-refresh-bc9697b2bb11
Keep Network
Announcing Keep’s Visual Refresh
We’re rolling out updates to our visual identity with a refined focus on security and privacy.
Dive into our new blog post to explore Keep Random Beacon's mechanism, how dApps can benefit from it and why we’ve chosen to build the Keep Random Beacon on threshold relay technology.
https://blog.keep.network/whats-in-a-beacon-12c34b0bc078
We keep exploring a wide range of its use cases and possibilities - for Keep Network and beyond.
If you are an organization, project or a dApp developer interested in building with the Keep Random Beacon or the broader Keep Network, be sure to get in touch to discuss ways we could collaborate.
We are looking forward to hearing from you in our Slack!
https://blog.keep.network/whats-in-a-beacon-12c34b0bc078
We keep exploring a wide range of its use cases and possibilities - for Keep Network and beyond.
If you are an organization, project or a dApp developer interested in building with the Keep Random Beacon or the broader Keep Network, be sure to get in touch to discuss ways we could collaborate.
We are looking forward to hearing from you in our Slack!
Medium
What’s in a beacon?
A foundational stand-alone component of the Keep Network
Today, we present to you the interview with our Growth Lead, Laura Wallendal.
Laura is the person who drives the project in the right direction and skilfully wrangles many go-to-market things here at Keep.
Along with fun facts and Keep’s goals, she tells us an engaging story of her career path, the world of tech startups, and shares some sales success tips.
We hope you enjoy this read, and have a great weekend!
https://blog.keep.network/getting-to-know-the-keep-team-laura-e1ea71cc8742
Laura is the person who drives the project in the right direction and skilfully wrangles many go-to-market things here at Keep.
Along with fun facts and Keep’s goals, she tells us an engaging story of her career path, the world of tech startups, and shares some sales success tips.
We hope you enjoy this read, and have a great weekend!
https://blog.keep.network/getting-to-know-the-keep-team-laura-e1ea71cc8742
Medium
Getting to know the Keep team — Laura
An Interview with our Growth Lead — Laura Wallendal
Our April Roundup has arrived! Read on about:
- Our efforts on the gas cost improvements on Ethereum, aimed to help move the whole ecosystem forward by making core curve operations cheaper and unlocking new use cases
- Randomness for dApps
- An interview with Keep Network Growth Lead Laura Wallendal
- MIT Bitcoin Expo, where our very own co-founder Corbin Pon was invited for a chat around public blockchains
- Boston Blockchain Week, where Corbin was invited to expand on the importance of privacy.
Some of us will also be attending Blockchain Week NYC, let us know if you are around!
https://blog.keep.network/april-roundup-d613e80a7d3b
- Our efforts on the gas cost improvements on Ethereum, aimed to help move the whole ecosystem forward by making core curve operations cheaper and unlocking new use cases
- Randomness for dApps
- An interview with Keep Network Growth Lead Laura Wallendal
- MIT Bitcoin Expo, where our very own co-founder Corbin Pon was invited for a chat around public blockchains
- Boston Blockchain Week, where Corbin was invited to expand on the importance of privacy.
Some of us will also be attending Blockchain Week NYC, let us know if you are around!
https://blog.keep.network/april-roundup-d613e80a7d3b
Keep Network
April Roundup
Random Beacon, Conferences, Gas Cost Improvement, and Team Interviews
One of our goals at Keep is to contribute to cutting-edge technology adoption. We do this by providing privacy across public blockchains.
Given the caliber of this responsibility, security is of paramount importance to our project.
One of the most important security components of our protocol is homomorphic encryption - a way to compute over encrypted information without the need to decrypt it.
Today, we bring to your attention an article by Keep’s Tech Lead Piotr Dyraga on how we’ve implemented threshold-ECDSA with homomorphic encryption and sMPC to build decentralized, autonomous system components.
We hope you enjoy reading it, join our Slack to discuss it with Piotr and the rest of the team!
https://blog.keep.network/keeping-secrets-in-public-places-with-homomorphic-encryption-49995979acbc
Given the caliber of this responsibility, security is of paramount importance to our project.
One of the most important security components of our protocol is homomorphic encryption - a way to compute over encrypted information without the need to decrypt it.
Today, we bring to your attention an article by Keep’s Tech Lead Piotr Dyraga on how we’ve implemented threshold-ECDSA with homomorphic encryption and sMPC to build decentralized, autonomous system components.
We hope you enjoy reading it, join our Slack to discuss it with Piotr and the rest of the team!
https://blog.keep.network/keeping-secrets-in-public-places-with-homomorphic-encryption-49995979acbc
Keep Network
Keeping Secrets in Public Places with Homomorphic Encryption
Public blockchains introduce a myriad of use cases, but for the opportunities created, their public status presents restrictions. At Keep…
Our Writer & Communication Strategist Olivia Lovenmark shares an op-ed on the vulnerabilities and trust we put into centralized financial institutions entitled.
She exposes the issues inherent in governance, decision-making and trust in both centralized and fully decentralized systems. Olivia also offers some potential solutions as we build towards a more decentralized future.
Please enjoy and we'd love to hear your thoughts on Slack!
https://blog.keep.network/the-failings-of-financial-centralization-62413b5d4625
She exposes the issues inherent in governance, decision-making and trust in both centralized and fully decentralized systems. Olivia also offers some potential solutions as we build towards a more decentralized future.
Please enjoy and we'd love to hear your thoughts on Slack!
https://blog.keep.network/the-failings-of-financial-centralization-62413b5d4625
Keep Network
The Failings of Financial Centralization
“We’re only as secure as our most centralized component.” That’s a line from Keep’s Project Lead, Matt Luongo, who will use it to explain…
Hello everyone, May Roundup is here!
Short summary:
- We have attended and spoke at conferences in Boston and New York, meeting great minds and working on new partnerships.
- We are also presenting at CogX in London next week at Web 3.0 & Decentralised Future Stage.
(Get in touch with us on Slack if you are around - we have some free tickets to share with friends and community members!) 🎉
- Our developers held a presentation at the IPFS call on one of the important components of Keep - libp2p.
- We have welcomed two great team members for the roles of Writer & Communication Strategist and Ecosystem Growth & Innovation Lead.
- We have published the new article expanding on how Keep computes over encrypted information without the need to decrypt it using the homomorphic encryption.
To see the full summary of May happenings, click on the blog post link!
https://blog.keep.network/may-roundup-6083cddbe7a7
Short summary:
- We have attended and spoke at conferences in Boston and New York, meeting great minds and working on new partnerships.
- We are also presenting at CogX in London next week at Web 3.0 & Decentralised Future Stage.
(Get in touch with us on Slack if you are around - we have some free tickets to share with friends and community members!) 🎉
- Our developers held a presentation at the IPFS call on one of the important components of Keep - libp2p.
- We have welcomed two great team members for the roles of Writer & Communication Strategist and Ecosystem Growth & Innovation Lead.
- We have published the new article expanding on how Keep computes over encrypted information without the need to decrypt it using the homomorphic encryption.
To see the full summary of May happenings, click on the blog post link!
https://blog.keep.network/may-roundup-6083cddbe7a7
Medium
May Roundup
New team members, conferences, IPFS libp2p presentation, and a giveaway!
Good day everyone! ☀️
In our newest blog post, Olivia Lovenmark analyses parallels between the early days of computing and the adoption of blockchain. She posits how interoperability will spark mass adoption, much like email did for the internet.
At Keep, we believe a world of connected blockchains will power the next leap for this industry and are powering the technology behind this movement.🚀
Enjoy the read and join our Slack or Twitter to discuss this with Olivia and the rest of the Keep team!
https://blog.keep.network/cross-chain-bridges-are-the-email-of-blockchains-76f13ea9cbb7
In our newest blog post, Olivia Lovenmark analyses parallels between the early days of computing and the adoption of blockchain. She posits how interoperability will spark mass adoption, much like email did for the internet.
At Keep, we believe a world of connected blockchains will power the next leap for this industry and are powering the technology behind this movement.🚀
Enjoy the read and join our Slack or Twitter to discuss this with Olivia and the rest of the Keep team!
https://blog.keep.network/cross-chain-bridges-are-the-email-of-blockchains-76f13ea9cbb7
Medium
Cross-Chain Bridges are the Email of Blockchains
From intranets to internet; an interoperability solution for siloed blockchains
This weekend, on June 23rd, Keep founder, Matt Luongo and summa.one founder James Prestwich will give a workshop on "Toward Cross-Chain Interoperability with Zcash” at the Zcon1, annual privacy conference 🚀
Zcon1 is a three-day conference for people who are working on building the privacy infrastructure for the public good.
The event will be livestreamed on the Zcash Foundation’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi01v05DNTUEC_eB0c9rpgQ
Zcon website: https://www.zfnd.org/zcon/
Zcon speaker agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hcsi2Bd0CNuUuPiCKMavHOByFMnTsKkM6_Rw165_oe8/edit
Zcon1 is a three-day conference for people who are working on building the privacy infrastructure for the public good.
The event will be livestreamed on the Zcash Foundation’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi01v05DNTUEC_eB0c9rpgQ
Zcon website: https://www.zfnd.org/zcon/
Zcon speaker agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hcsi2Bd0CNuUuPiCKMavHOByFMnTsKkM6_Rw165_oe8/edit
Our technical updates are now being posted in the Proof Of Work weekly newsletter, look out for those in your inbox, or subscribe!
https://proofofwork.news/p/proof-of-work-72
https://proofofwork.news/p/proof-of-work-72
proofofwork.news
Proof of Work #72
A few housekeeping notes; We’re now running updates from Keep & Solana, two interesting new projects. As I’ve noted before, we run updates from a variety of projects with the only criteria being that they are doing something interesting technologically or…
June was a phenomenal month for the Keep project. Here's a short recap for you:
- Keep Project Lead, Matt Luongo and James Prestwich of Summa held a workshop at the annual Zcon1 entitled “Toward Cross-Chain Interoperability with Zcash”. The event was a success and Zooko mentioned that it's one of his favorite things in the works for Zcash.🦓
- The EIP-152, which the Keep team championed, has been accepted into next Ethereum hard fork. EIP-152 helps move cross-chain interoperability forward and we are excited to contribute to the ecosystem.
- Out team has welcomed a fantastic engineer, Liam Zebedee, follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/liamzebedee
- Our Ecosystem Growth & Innovation Lead Jarrell James spoke at the privacy panel of CogX with other experts — Tom Pocock from AZTEC team and Arjun Hassard from NuCypher. Here is the video for you. https://bit.ly/2XBH80N
- Matt Luongo appeared on the Baselayer podcast and talked about Keep, privacy, zero-knowledge proofs, and the upcoming mainnet launch. https://apple.co/2JxhgJV
Follow this link for more details of June happenings as well as the technical updates!
👉https://blog.keep.network/keep-network-june-roundup-db063f305ad9
Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list 💌
- Keep Project Lead, Matt Luongo and James Prestwich of Summa held a workshop at the annual Zcon1 entitled “Toward Cross-Chain Interoperability with Zcash”. The event was a success and Zooko mentioned that it's one of his favorite things in the works for Zcash.🦓
- The EIP-152, which the Keep team championed, has been accepted into next Ethereum hard fork. EIP-152 helps move cross-chain interoperability forward and we are excited to contribute to the ecosystem.
- Out team has welcomed a fantastic engineer, Liam Zebedee, follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/liamzebedee
- Our Ecosystem Growth & Innovation Lead Jarrell James spoke at the privacy panel of CogX with other experts — Tom Pocock from AZTEC team and Arjun Hassard from NuCypher. Here is the video for you. https://bit.ly/2XBH80N
- Matt Luongo appeared on the Baselayer podcast and talked about Keep, privacy, zero-knowledge proofs, and the upcoming mainnet launch. https://apple.co/2JxhgJV
Follow this link for more details of June happenings as well as the technical updates!
👉https://blog.keep.network/keep-network-june-roundup-db063f305ad9
Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list 💌
We are pleased to announce that Keep has partnered with Summa to establish a blockchain interoperability working group, called Cross-Chain Group.
Cross-Chain Group is an industry resource for technologies, projects, and efforts at the forefront of blockchain interoperability. The group is dedicated to furthering cross-chain research, design, and implementation through collaboration, development, and educational events.
Working together as a community, we aim to support a more robust and user-friendly ecosystem.
We're excited to learn about new projects that are working on interoperability solutions. If you or a team you know should be included, we'd love to hear from you.
Read the article for more details.
https://blog.keep.network/blockchain-interoperability-working-group-keep-summa-30eb8071f865
Cross-Chain Group is an industry resource for technologies, projects, and efforts at the forefront of blockchain interoperability. The group is dedicated to furthering cross-chain research, design, and implementation through collaboration, development, and educational events.
Working together as a community, we aim to support a more robust and user-friendly ecosystem.
We're excited to learn about new projects that are working on interoperability solutions. If you or a team you know should be included, we'd love to hear from you.
Read the article for more details.
https://blog.keep.network/blockchain-interoperability-working-group-keep-summa-30eb8071f865
Medium
Summa and Keep Partner on Cross-Chain Working Group
At the forefront of public blockchain interoperability.