After a week of creativity and research, we reached the end of the Metadata Games! …

Data privacy is a universal concern, but it’s naive to think that privacy concerns are the same the world over. The issues faced by a user in Zurich will be very different to those encountered by someone in Sydney, Lagos or Buenos Aires. Since its inception, HOPR has placed a…

Quadratic voting and funding are hot topics in crypto governance as tools to reach fair decisions that balance the voices of smaller and larger token holders. We’ve used quadratic voting (QV) in our past governance experiments, and have been pleased by the results, but it was also clear that many…

In October 2021 the HOPR DAO was consulted to decide how to allocate the almost $300k in HOPR and DAI tokens which had been generated in fees from the DAO’s liquidity provision on Uniswap. This was the second of our HOPR Governance Experiments, and the result was eight different proposals…

As we move into Season 3 of the HOPR Staking program, we wanted to provide a refresher on how the program works and how it’s evolving. The information in this article supersedes the previous info on the staking program. HOPR Staking Evolution Season 3 of the HOPR Staking Program will launch soon, and it will bring some major improvements: new baseline…medium.com To get started with staking, visit stake.hoprnet.org, …

Season 3 of the HOPR Staking Program will launch soon, and it will bring some major improvements: new baseline parameters, more NFTs, and a fairer distribution that makes sure active participants get more rewards than passive stakers and whales. In the run-up to Season 3, we ran a thorough audit…

The third HOPR DAO governance experiment has come to an end. Nearly 150 people contributed to discussing our most technical topic yet, but the community more than rose to the challenge. This post will walk through the results and high-level stats of the experiment. Now that we’ve run three of…

NFTs have been the focus of our gamified staking program since the first season began in July 2021. This post will give you an overview of all the HOPR boost NFTs we’ve issued and how you could get them. Intrigued? Consider joining our community activities to earn yourself one of…

It’s time for the third HOPR DAO experiment! Last time the DAO voted on how to distribute the almost $300k in fees earned from the DAO’s liquidity provision. This resulted in 8 different proposals, all of which have either been fulfilled or are currently being implemented. This time, as part…