{"title": "Eppie: the web3-native email, now available on GitHub", "logoImg": "bafkreigaqicfsciuptxbmij2h276ubyfluv5zausibzst54sehyte7evhq", "website": "https://eppie.io", "bannerImg": "bafkreifzjd4obybp665zmrylnt7k6lnhzect3ng5xoylqlmv26jdd5bsxe", "createdAt": 1681916611309, "userGithub": "EppieApp", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..C2IFUwm6xQaB3iQ1Y147JlF7OIRWYdvUezI5H_oWGd_mP5aV61SSXxJI-UxK-TtD_78gG3Z8x248am0KrzetDQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-19T11:43:30.274Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-19T11:43:30.274Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-18T11:43:30.274Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x26938B1A8f0B70e78a9FE03810eddeb03E4D1fE3", "hash": "v0.0.0:XtUZ0sIGqiG8yFy6yoj2deTOTYHUmi41YnLiUNHr99w=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#Eppie-io#114587339"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..NyHD5sKyRypCaWlKwUdvaOsrk4O5L-WAA0Ufjs7D8NGozHhKDdF3QYD3AcD4bGqBeEH-UshCLerTqru0jGanCw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-19T11:43:26.571Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-19T11:43:26.571Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-18T11:43:26.571Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x26938B1A8f0B70e78a9FE03810eddeb03E4D1fE3", "hash": "v0.0.0:T27uV0hXWS3iJ7vRpGL5d2I5A1pUqrjCyKpznPIcPJM=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#EppieApp"}}}, "description": "tl;dr Eppie is a community-powered providerless email. Check out our repositories on [GitHub](https://github.com/Eppie-io). Public Alphas of both GUI and CLI aplications are available for testing. By the way, we have a soft spot for stars \u2b50 on GitHub \ud83d\ude01\n\n\n[Download GUI client](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-App#install-from-microsoft-store-app-store-or-google-play) | [Download CLI](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-CLI#downloads) | [Subscribe](https://eppie.io/)\n\n\n## The Big Picture \ud83e\udd84\n\nOur mission is to take private data away from the servers of the Big Tech and allow users to be independent owners of their identities. We believe that decentralized trustless networks are ready to bring freedom and justice to the Internet. For everyone, not just a few advanced crypto enthusiasts. But first, Web3 needs some more every-day utility. _Like an email_.\n\n## Here Comes The Community\ud83c\udf89\n\nA conventional email has a server. It \"provides the service\" to the users and, along the way, takes full control over their accounts and data. \n\nEppie is nothing like that. It operates entirely in a p2p network, where users provide the service to each other. Your messages are encrypted, delivered, and stored by the combined efforts of every user in the system. Why is it better? Your email finally belongs to you.\n\n- Nobody can access it\n- Nobody can prevent you from using it\n- And it is protected \u2014 not by one server, but by millions of other users machines\n\nWith all that said, Eppie is simple, beautiful, easy to set up and use: accept your seed phrase and you are all set. It is compatible with other DID standards and can send messages within Eppie\u2019s own network or directly to any crypto wallet. Eppie integrages ENS which allows direct communication between ENS addresses *_and_* recieving normal Web2 emails to ENS address.\n\nThe client application is also compatible with normal email, so you can keep using you Gmail or Microsoft Outlook along with the decentralized mailbox.\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie.png)\nCreate an Eppie account by accepting your Seed Phrase.\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie1.png)\nStart decentralized messaging like it\u2019s a normal email.\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie2.png)\nConnect your existing mailboxes and crypto wallets. Make them public or make them invisible at will.\n\n## Features\n\n- \ud83c\udf0e Works on all platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android\n- \ud83d\udd76\ufe0f Privacy-first: there's no such thing as optional encryption\n- \ud83d\ude80 P2P messaging: without servers nobody's holding your hand anymore\n- \ud83d\udd11 Identity manager: key management is a breeze\n- \ud83d\udcbe Decentralized backup: your data is safe and only yours\n- \ud83e\udd19 Ultimate interoperaility: Eppie can communicate with Ethereum, Bitcoin and more\n- \ud83d\udcec IMAP/SMTP compatible: connect to Gmail, Microsoft Outlook etc.\n- \ud83e\udd84 Proton Mail Authentication: Eppie is the first native desktop client capable of that\n- \ud83d\udd10 PGP encryption: stay safe even with conventional email\n\nNOTE: the project is early in development, not all of the features are publicly availabe\n\n## Fun fact \ud83d\udc40\n\nEppie can use conventional email as a name service: so you send a message to Gmail address, but it never lands on the server and goes straight to the decentralized network.\n\n\n## The Team \ud83e\udd13 \ud83d\ude3e \ud83e\udd73\n\nWe are 10 nerds with a passion for decentralized web. Our company is based in Estonia \u2014 it is one of the best countries in Europe for Web3 project development in terms of legislation. We have been building multi-platform applications for more than 10 years. Our previously released products have 20 million downloads worldwide. Among other things, our programmers are involved in development of [**Beam**](~https://beam.mw/~) \u2014 confidential cryptocurrency and DeFi platform.\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/team.png)\n\n\n## Why You Need Another Email? \ud83d\udcec\n\nYour mailbox probably stores all sorts of important information \u2014 on your business and social activity, financial state, health, consumer behavior etc. You might even be using it as an identity provider to log into some crypto exchange and dozens of other services. Email is the core of your digital identity. \n\nYet, of 4+ billion email accounts in the world, about 0 belong to users. You log in \u2014 _the server decides whether to allow you to use your identity or not_. This is a privacy violation by design. Identity naturally belongs to human, it should not be a service.\n\n* Own your messages at all times\n  With a decentralized network you never have to trust a server to deliver your message. You create it, you own it. This is guaranteed by the whole community\n\n* Exchange messages with Gmail and Ethereum network\n  Eppie will be compatible with conventional email and Ethereum addresses at launch, with many more to come. Switch to Web3 \u2014 stay connected to everyone.\n\n* Don\u2019t manage keys, manage contacts\n  In Eppie identity management finally makes sense: create an identity card, choose people to share it with \u2014 so they can message you, not your hash.\n\n* Move your old mailbox to Web3\n  Any mailbox including Gmail. Emails and contacts. Make your data truly private by moving it to a decentralized network.\n\n\n## How Does It Work? \u2699\ufe0f\n\nThe client application encrypts the data, breaks it to pieces and stores them on random nodes of the network \u2014 the other client machines. The address is also a public key. Only the user can retrieve the data using their matching private key. No one else has access to it, including us, the developers. \n\nAnd no one has the authority to allow or disallow a user into their account. The decision is made on your machine, locally. _Whoever owns the key, owns the mailbox_.\n\n\n## Project Updates \ud83c\udfd7\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie4.jpg)\n\nWe have finally made Eppie public! It is still in Alpha and the decentralized messaging only works in a test network. But you can try it anyway, both GUI and CLI applications.\n\n[Here](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-App) is a GUI app.\n\nAnd [this](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-CLI) is a CLI client for you, terminal lovers \u2764\ufe0f\n\nAlso, we are still improving ProtonMail integration: Eppie is the first native desktop client capable of authenticating at **ProtonMail**, the largest title on privacy-first conventional email market. \n\n\n## How We Use The Money? \ud83d\udcb0\n\n- Complete core product development for Public Beta\n- Complete UX/UI design\n- Conduct independent security audit\n\n\n## Roadmap \ud83d\udccd  \ud83d\udccd  \ud83d\udccd\n\n### Open Beta\n\n- Windows app \u2705\n- CLI for Windows, Linux and MacOS \u2705\n- Linux & macOS app \ud83c\udfd7\n- Decentralized account creation \u2705\n- Decentralized messaging \ud83c\udfd7\n- Decentralized backup support \ud83c\udfd7\n- E2E encryption \u2705\n- Traditional email support \u2705\n- ENS support \ud83c\udfd7\n\n### Release\n\n- Android & iOS\n- Open source the protocol\n- Web3 name services support\n- Sending emails to Bitcoin and NFT addresses\n- Attachments of any size\n- Custom domains\n\n\n## Join us \ud83e\udd1d\n\nWe admire Open-Source movement for its altruism and creativity. Its philosophy resonates with our own and that of our project. But admiration aside, transparency is crucial for a trustless decentralized solution, such as Eppie. So the source code is fully available on our GitHub. We\u2019re conducting a public security audit shortly before launch and we welcome everyone to test, contribute, or criticize.\n\nBe our hero, give us some stars \u2b50 on [GitHub](https://github.com/Eppie-io) \ud83d\ude80\nAnd subscribe to the waitlist on our [Website](https://eppie.io/) \u2712\ufe0f\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "Eppie-io", "projectTwitter": "EppieApp"}
Eppie: the web3-native email, now available on GitHub
tl;dr Eppie is a community-powered providerless email. Check out our repositories on [GitHub](https://github.com/Eppie-io). Public Alphas of both GUI and CLI aplications are available for testing. By the way, we have a soft spot for stars ⭐ on GitHub 😁


[Download GUI client](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-App#install-from-microsoft-store-app-store-or-google-play) | [Download CLI](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-CLI#downloads) | [Subscribe](https://eppie.io/)


## The Big Picture 🦄

Our mission is to take private data away from the servers of the Big Tech and allow users to be independent owners of their identities. We believe that decentralized trustless networks are ready to bring freedom and justice to the Internet. For everyone, not just a few advanced crypto enthusiasts. But first, Web3 needs some more every-day utility. _Like an email_.

## Here Comes The Community🎉

A conventional email has a server. It "provides the service" to the users and, along the way, takes full control over their accounts and data. 

Eppie is nothing like that. It operates entirely in a p2p network, where users provide the service to each other. Your messages are encrypted, delivered, and stored by the combined efforts of every user in the system. Why is it better? Your email finally belongs to you.

- Nobody can access it
- Nobody can prevent you from using it
- And it is protected — not by one server, but by millions of other users machines

With all that said, Eppie is simple, beautiful, easy to set up and use: accept your seed phrase and you are all set. It is compatible with other DID standards and can send messages within Eppie’s own network or directly to any crypto wallet. Eppie integrages ENS which allows direct communication between ENS addresses *_and_* recieving normal Web2 emails to ENS address.

The client application is also compatible with normal email, so you can keep using you Gmail or Microsoft Outlook along with the decentralized mailbox.

![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie.png)
Create an Eppie account by accepting your Seed Phrase.

![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie1.png)
Start decentralized messaging like it’s a normal email.

![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie2.png)
Connect your existing mailboxes and crypto wallets. Make them public or make them invisible at will.

## Features

- 🌎 Works on all platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- 🕶️ Privacy-first: there's no such thing as optional encryption
- 🚀 P2P messaging: without servers nobody's holding your hand anymore
- 🔑 Identity manager: key management is a breeze
- 💾 Decentralized backup: your data is safe and only yours
- 🤙 Ultimate interoperaility: Eppie can communicate with Ethereum, Bitcoin and more
- 📬 IMAP/SMTP compatible: connect to Gmail, Microsoft Outlook etc.
- 🦄 Proton Mail Authentication: Eppie is the first native desktop client capable of that
- 🔐 PGP encryption: stay safe even with conventional email

NOTE: the project is early in development, not all of the features are publicly availabe

## Fun fact 👀

Eppie can use conventional email as a name service: so you send a message to Gmail address, but it never lands on the server and goes straight to the decentralized network.


## The Team 🤓 😾 🥳

We are 10 nerds with a passion for decentralized web. Our company is based in Estonia — it is one of the best countries in Europe for Web3 project development in terms of legislation. We have been building multi-platform applications for more than 10 years. Our previously released products have 20 million downloads worldwide. Among other things, our programmers are involved in development of [**Beam**](~https://beam.mw/~) — confidential cryptocurrency and DeFi platform.

![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/team.png)


## Why You Need Another Email? 📬

Your mailbox probably stores all sorts of important information — on your business and social activity, financial state, health, consumer behavior etc. You might even be using it as an identity provider to log into some crypto exchange and dozens of other services. Email is the core of your digital identity. 

Yet, of 4+ billion email accounts in the world, about 0 belong to users. You log in — _the server decides whether to allow you to use your identity or not_. This is a privacy violation by design. Identity naturally belongs to human, it should not be a service.

* Own your messages at all times
  With a decentralized network you never have to trust a server to deliver your message. You create it, you own it. This is guaranteed by the whole community

* Exchange messages with Gmail and Ethereum network
  Eppie will be compatible with conventional email and Ethereum addresses at launch, with many more to come. Switch to Web3 — stay connected to everyone.

* Don’t manage keys, manage contacts
  In Eppie identity management finally makes sense: create an identity card, choose people to share it with — so they can message you, not your hash.

* Move your old mailbox to Web3
  Any mailbox including Gmail. Emails and contacts. Make your data truly private by moving it to a decentralized network.


## How Does It Work? ⚙️

The client application encrypts the data, breaks it to pieces and stores them on random nodes of the network — the other client machines. The address is also a public key. Only the user can retrieve the data using their matching private key. No one else has access to it, including us, the developers. 

And no one has the authority to allow or disallow a user into their account. The decision is made on your machine, locally. _Whoever owns the key, owns the mailbox_.


## Project Updates 🏗

![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie4.jpg)

We have finally made Eppie public! It is still in Alpha and the decentralized messaging only works in a test network. But you can try it anyway, both GUI and CLI applications.

[Here](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-App) is a GUI app.

And [this](https://github.com/Eppie-io/Eppie-CLI) is a CLI client for you, terminal lovers ❤️

Also, we are still improving ProtonMail integration: Eppie is the first native desktop client capable of authenticating at **ProtonMail**, the largest title on privacy-first conventional email market. 


## How We Use The Money? 💰

- Complete core product development for Public Beta
- Complete UX/UI design
- Conduct independent security audit


## Roadmap 📍  📍  📍

### Open Beta

- Windows app ✅
- CLI for Windows, Linux and MacOS ✅
- Linux & macOS app 🏗
- Decentralized account creation ✅
- Decentralized messaging 🏗
- Decentralized backup support 🏗
- E2E encryption ✅
- Traditional email support ✅
- ENS support 🏗

### Release

- Android & iOS
- Open source the protocol
- Web3 name services support
- Sending emails to Bitcoin and NFT addresses
- Attachments of any size
- Custom domains


## Join us 🤝

We admire Open-Source movement for its altruism and creativity. Its philosophy resonates with our own and that of our project. But admiration aside, transparency is crucial for a trustless decentralized solution, such as Eppie. So the source code is fully available on our GitHub. We’re conducting a public security audit shortly before launch and we welcome everyone to test, contribute, or criticize.

Be our hero, give us some stars ⭐ on [GitHub](https://github.com/Eppie-io) 🚀
And subscribe to the waitlist on our [Website](https://eppie.io/) ✒️

Eppie: Web3 native email and identity manager