{"signature": "0x05530daa513cc1d5643063aeedb5e7e20d60a04f1677196187473e1e83f1535f63ad3a108a2b22a303b38898836446a91c83888c7af8d0bf66a9e941cb22d8801b", "application": {"round": "0x8de918f0163b2021839a8d84954dd7e8e151326d", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "DLeWZ5Mj84RTEsPpUhafJsZ2CfEF1KOEUQc7X5GkTbIKF95q9Fbh4yUY+5Te/CJB", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "007c131a5868663e66b97aca1d984fd282e5876694435ac827d149d9e2a019c3594c004c41de2568ba6d5b972655e00b3bfd097dfa9fc5e3727ac5828c2458d551a0362d1aca44c52c1adce48b4a643cb335a0a4f1b015a3a1a5a33dc8053691e7882c1e2104b2ed95bc099f538ca5796cfab116d8f1b85a746dd1b9cdc8a3b000000000000000208c6fc58048374d65ed2cfcd938ed264b7b3149bc9af7320d8b5b20c357406984f5bd7e8689d62e9aea02a5ac82630ab0"}}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://github.com/orgs/Eppie-io/repositories", "hidden": false, "question": "Project GitHub Repo (Not team page)", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle", "questionId": 2, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "ZApm1zEx1TGwIWBTF5fS2Tc42l3oDwptcBVF2ea9O/o=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "66786f67e1963149839380c362e2eff9d10e58f01c10ff8edb2ff355b8454c46e460e20e922ebdfccfeef23f7886d30e1acf387161bc90c1115789f99a16ae44b553c36d4c1a628d2b14424ccada5906ee73ebb1de541993f6474340720e3ca2a56a527a4fa5f39c4e5688b24607d476af1c61910064fd64852bbabe79f096ae00000000000000202f13018610adfbe9272e4dbadcd43de6c5dcd1ba96d322e474d293ddf71328d288a5936e66268fe7f13576936607d9b4"}}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://discord.gg/QfZ6syxw", "hidden": false, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat (Discord or Telegram)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "number", "answer": "1500", "hidden": false, "question": "Total prior funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Gitcoin Beta Round: 1500 USD", "hidden": false, "question": "Please expand on how much funding you\u2019ve received from each funding source and when (VC, grants, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "10", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "12", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://github.com/anatolse\nhttps://twitter.com/V_Polyachenko", "hidden": false, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our mission is to take private data away from the servers of the Big Tech and help Internet users be independent owners of their data and their digital identities. We believe adapting an open protocol decentralized communication technology should be the next step in Web3 development.\n\nSo we build Eppie \u2014 an open protocol decentralized e2e encrypted email for all the existing and many more potential Web3 users. It is easy-to-use as any other email client, but it works in a permission-less p2p network. And it bridges the gap between Web3 and Web2 by supporting conventional email. So users don\u2019t have to immediately give up on the technology they are used to, but have the best of the both worlds.\n\nWe believe Eppie can become an important piece of Web3 ecosystem and bring more users to it.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Eppie is applying for the second time. Since its first appearance in Gitcoin Beta Round, Eppie got a few significant updates, which are available on Eppie's GitHub (https://github.com/Eppie-io).\n\nWe've been also working on UX to get the app ready for the upcomming Open Beta.\n\nAnd the most important update is the support of ProtonMail (Eppie is currently the only native desktop email client capable of passing ProtonMail's SRP authentication procedure)\n\nDemo is available here: https://youtu.be/UkkGY5V0QLw", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We evaluate the success of our project by the number of users (1000, 10 000, 100 000) and the amount of disk space allocated by users in a decentralized network (10 TB, 100 TB, 1 PB).", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have been building multi-platform applications for more than 10 years. Our previously released products have 20 million downloads worldwide.\n\nOur engeneers have been in the Core development team of Beam \u2014 a privacy-first cryptocurrency and DeFi platform so we are more than capable of pulling off this project.", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews?", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities?", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Europe", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is based", "questionId": 17}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:585", "title": "Eppie: Web3 native email", "logoImg": "bafkreidfywmf7mhmkcrgevplbyjwq2d2gg4hdu24e37lqftobqomwp4ao4", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiedo2d3enkyqtjffrvlbapp73xijf7krdp6bjr77qpig6pwt2tcay", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://eppie.io", "bannerImg": "bafkreiegevtc3alpz75xhy6mswsf27srwug3vv5h7sa4dptwvmkr2qxeqy", "createdAt": 1690968103210, "userGithub": "EppieApp", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..x-AnNn-sH4WmfZ2UjfYIav3W21r5EIGx6n44cZtQ4guvr93a51vEtgKb9mgklxP8ZgWuTZQrLjZDvvYk5xEsDg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-03T12:20:40.707Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-03T12:20:40.707Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-01T12:20:40.707Z", "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..LbtL2s_gAx-hygji7to_vdmLlBQnLlhikWZNKdCStz49Etz3HtBFC_sQfOZ1vITu5y_MqdhMOxUHPsTYofdGBA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-04T16:21:22.298Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-04T16:21:22.298Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-02T16:21:22.298Z", "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": "## The Big Picture \ud83e\udd84\n\nOur mission is to take private data away from the servers of the Big Tech and allow Internet users to be independent owners of their identities. We believe that decentralized trustless Web is ready to become The Web, not just a geek's toy for crypto investments. But first, it needs some more every-day utility. _Like an email_.\n\n\n## Here Comes Eppie \ud83c\udf89\nEppie is like Crypto, but it's email.\n- Open protocol\n- Peer-to-peer\n- Encrypted\n\nThrough the combination of decentralized architecture and asymmetric cryptography it allows users full account ownership. It 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.\n\nThe client application is also compatible with SMTP/IMAP protocols, so you can connect a Web2 email service and, if you decide so, move the data to the decentralized network.\n\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie.png)\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie1.png)\n![image](http://finebits.com/apps/eppie/eppie2.png)\n\n## Fun fact \ud83d\udc40\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## 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\nWith a decentralized network you never have to trust a server to deliver your message. You create it, you own it.\n\n* Exchange messages with Gmail and Ethereum network\nEppie is 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\nIn 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\nAny 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\nEppie has no servers. It works through a peer-to-peer network, where every devise shares the responsibility in message delivery. The 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## Demo \ud83d\udcfa\n\n[![IMAGE_ALT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kJbVIc--pHM/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJbVIc--pHM)\n\n## Project Update \ud83c\udfd7\n\nSince the last Round we\u2019ve been working on the UX and preparing Eppie for the upcoming beta. A major update is 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## ProtonMail Integration \ud83d\udd10\n\n[![IMAGE_ALT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UkkGY5V0QLw/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkGY5V0QLw)\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- Build 100K community\n- Conduct independent security audit\n\n\n## Roadmap \ud83d\udccd  \ud83d\udccd  \ud83d\udccd\n\n### Open Beta\n- Windows app \u2705\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\n### Release\n- MacOS & Linux\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\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 one of the keys to global success of the project. It is crucial for a trust-less decentralized solution, such as Eppie, to be available for anyone to verify. This is why Eppie protocol, and the application source code will be fully available on our GitHub. We\u2019re conducting a public security audit shortly before launch and we welcome anyone to contribute or criticize.\n\n[GitHub](https://github.com/Eppie-io)\n[Website](https://eppie.io/)\n[Beta](https://eppie.io/)\n[Twitter](https://twitter.com/EppieApp)\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Eppie-io", "projectTwitter": "EppieApp"}, "recipient": "0x26938B1A8f0B70e78a9FE03810eddeb03E4D1fE3"}}