Secure hardware is all around us, quietly working behind the scenes to protect our digital lives. Your laptop, phone, smartwatch, car, TV, game console, Blu-Ray player, Chromecast, home cinema system, crypto wallet, data centres, certificate providers, blockchain nodes, the WorldCoin Orb, and even your PC monitor are all powered by…

Imagine a world where privileged agencies have access to private data where others do not. Where secret algorithms push curated information. Where financial models can only be run by those with permission. In this blog post I’m going to explain why cryptography and private data alone is not enough for…

Is our ideological obsession with decentralization killing Web3’s future? While we endlessly debate the purity of decentralization, the real world waits for no one. It’s time we confront an inconvenient truth: Our ideological rigidity might be the very thing holding back Web3 technologies from mainstream adoption. In this post, I’ll…

Creating on-chain applications that use randomness is a minefield. And yet, it’s super frickin’ important for a whole range of use-cases. It’s not that there aren’t solutions out there, there are a bunch of ways to get randomness in your on-chain app. It’s just that all of them suck. This…

When I first ventured into the realm of SGX, the trusted execution environment that ships with almost all Intel server chips, my understanding was muddled with misconceptions. I held inaccurate mental models of its functioning, and, more significantly, I anticipated a different programming approach. …

In his recent blog post, ‘The Three Transitions’, Vitalik Buterin delineates the key challenges that must be addressed by the Ethereum ecosystem. These issues encompass various user experience (UX) facets, such as cost, confidence to store assets, and the lack of data transparency. …

We are excited to announce the partnership between Obscuro and Republic. Together we aim to bring to Ethereum what HTTPS brought to Web 2 leading to an explosion in applications and usage. Obscuro achieves this goal by building an encrypted Ethereum Layer 2, leveraging the consensus and security of Ethereum. …

At Obscuro, we are thrilled to unveil our dynamic collaboration with KuCoin Labs, set to redefine the realm of privacy on Ethereum. Obscuro delivers a Layer 2 solution that enhances privacy and scalability for Ethereum, while KuCoin Labs, a leading incubation and research division of KuCoin, specializes in early-stage project…

Imagine your task is to create a web service that keeps all data confidential, even from the team running the infrastructure. For example, the system allows insurance agents to compare their clients in real time against each other to discover fraud. …