Announcements
Offshift Launches Ethereum-Moonriver Cross-chain Bridge on Meter Passport
The Offshift Ethereum-Moonriver Bridge is now live on Meter Passport , where users can send XFT between the Ethereum and Moonriver blockchains. Moonriver is Moonbeam’s community-led sister parachain on Kusama. To streamline cross-chain transfers and simplify user experience, the Offshift Ethereum-BSC Bridge has also been migrated to Passport, which will facilitate all cross-chain XFT transfers going forward. With a fully operational cross-chain bridge now live, we are excited to advance toward the public release of our Pilot and Mainnet with development progressing on Ethereum and Substrate in lockstep.
Dec 15, 2021 | 2 min read
Development
Bulletproofs, zkSNARKs, and zkSTARKs Walk into a Blockchain
We dissect a trio of zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs and explain why Offshift selected Bulletproofs as the best fit for our PriFi solution. Zero knowledge proofs (‘zk proofs’ or ‘zks’) are amongst the foundations of modern cryptography. At Offshift, zks are a bedrock of our PriFi technology. In conjunction with a decentralized oracle network, zk proofs enable our users to mint zkAssets, our proprietary line of fully private synthetics. But what exactly is zero knowledge?
Nov 24, 2021 | 6 min read
Development
Offshift November Community Call & PriFi AMA Recap
In November’s community call, we covered some questions from the community about the present and future of Offshift. We also had a small code demo to demonstrate how far we’ve come. In this month’s update, we discussed what steps the team has taken to get the word out to others in the Web3, privacy, and DeFi communities, and the upcoming events Offshift will be attending. We also had questions that ranged from simple explanations of how zkAssets work to more complex questions concerning the future of the project’s development.
Nov 19, 2021 | 3 min read
Development
Offshift October Community Call & PriFi AMA Recap
Zokyo joined us to demo some internal tests on our code, cryptography, and Solidity. We also answered your questions on the role of synthetics, interoperability, transparency of zk balances, and where we’re at on our roadmap. In this month’s Developer Update & PriFi AMA recap, Zokyo cryptographer Victoria Grasshopper joined us to run some internal tests on our code, cryptography, and Solidity blockchain application. To keep updated with what the Zokyo team is working on, check out our Roadmap .
Oct 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Community
Synthetics: The Future of the PriFi Revolution
In our last Offshift blog, Crypto, PriFi , and the Fight Against Surveillance Capitalism , we outlined our perspective on the journey of privacy in the internet age, and its (often lackluster) evolution in crypto and Web3. From Facebook to Google, many people still remain unaware of the extent to which our data and identities are tracked and commoditized in the digital domain. While many turn to blockchain and DeFi applications to evade the corporations that mine and profit from our data, privacy only protects users if it’s properly augmented in established internet communities.
Oct 19, 2021 | 5 min read
Development