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Sapphire is the first confidential EVM-compatible Network. This means that it is the only network where developers can build Smart Contracts in Solidity which can hide aspects of state. This added flexibility for developers will lead to numerous performance benefits and improvements in the user experience when interacting with these DApps. Use cases can be seen in a variety of sectors like DeFi, Gaming, NFTs, Decentralized Identity, and Social applications. Just as web2 was empowered by privacy protocols like HTTPS, we believe web3 will be propelled forward from these new functionalities.

The Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) is a cross-chain EVM-compatible privacy solution,that allows Solidity developers to create decentralized applications (dApps) with privacy and confidentiality features, or even more, they can add its privacy features to existing dApps. OPL is not a new paratime or a new chain, but it is actually a layer 2 solution, powered by Sapphire. In order to build and deploy, all that developers need is Solidity and knowledge of hardhat, but they can also use Vyper, OPL being compatible with Metamask. OPL also offers RNG and end-to-end encryption, its main focus being on the fact that there isn’t any change to the user experience. In regards to gas, it’s done by a gas-relayer. So the users have the ability of using any coin/token, and the gas-relayer pays in the native token that runs the privacy layer, so no need for anyone to do any swapping. The main decision on the level of privacy that the contract will have, is entirely up to the user.

We can take an example of an existing DAO on an EVM network that wants to add privacy features, for example a secret ballot option for proposals. Well in order to do that, you’ll need to deploy the smart contracts for said ballot on Sapphire. Then the DAO contract can begin voting by sending messages to the secret ballot contract via a message-passing bridge. The members of the DAO submit their votes confidentially as encrypted messages, and when the voting ends, the result is sent back to the DAO.

That this is correct, users won’t have to pay with ROSE, but pays with whatever token that the dApp they’re interacting with requires, the gas relayer converts it without the user having to use the native ROSE token.

Yes, you can check that over here https://faucet.testnet.oasis.dev/

Yes, as the private key gives you access to one account, while the seed phrase grants access to the entire blockchain wallets that secure multiple blockchain accounts.

Here are some examples:

• Secret Ballots: OPL ensures fair voting and unbiased DAO governance through secret ballots.
• Confidential Auctions: NFT creators can use OPL for confidential auctions, reducing congestion and ensuring fairness.
• Private Game Logic: OPL supports confidential gaming logic, enhancing user experiences while keeping everything on-chain.

OPL, together with Sapphire, redefines Web3 privacy standards. It offers a simple yet versatile solution for integrating robust privacy technology into various sectors of the crypto economy. OPL empowers developers to build on the best privacy technology, enhancing user safety and experiences across Web3.

You can read more about OPL on our blog here

Oasis Sapphire is presented as a key player in supporting the development of decentralized social media applications with enhanced security, stronger user privacy, and a familiar user experience reminiscent of Web2. It is suggested that Oasis Privacy Layer can be integrated into SocialFi applications developed on other blockchains to leverage Oasis privacy solutions. These solutions include privacy-centric developer features and interoperability across multiple blockchain networks. Oasis is recognized for addressing the real and pressing privacy issues in Web3 social media and empowering users to control their data and sensitive information.

We are not keeping track of this, since anyone can actually integrate Parcel. This website doesn’t show much, but maybe it helps you with what are you looking for: https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Oasis-Parcel/integrations/

Rose isn’t a privacy coin. Everything is visible on the blockchain, on Consensus, and on paratimes it is also visible, on Emerald for example. With Sapphire and Cipher, there are confidential smart contracts, Developers can develop confidential smart contracts thanks to the hardware of the trusted execution environments. These smart contracts allow to hide aspects of state, which can be specific details, like lets say, fees on a DEX to avoid minor extractable value attacks, or makes possible to have confidential NFTs, or makes possible to have secret ballots voting on DAOs

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We could think of it as a Layer 2 with the ability to have different engines, all of them interacting with The Consensus Layer. Each Paratime could use the Virtual Machines that suit better to their needs. Today, we have 3 Paratimes, each different from the others.

Emerald Paratime uses an Ethereum Virtual Machine, so creating dApps there is the same as doing it in the Ethereum Network.

Cipher Paratime uses a WASM and confidential Smart Contracts. It uses a system similar to an Airplane’s Black Box, using Trusted Execution Environments to isolate the Smart Contracts and the encrypted data.

Sapphire Paratime is an EVM compatible as Emerald but incorporates Confidential Smart Contracts.

It is not the same but somehow similar. Layer 2s are built on top of a Layer 1 to improve speed, transaction cost and other inherent problems in that Layer 1. While Paratimes are conceived since genesis as part of our system architecture allowing Consensus Layer to keep uncongested.

There are a number of ways in which Sapphire can help scale NFTs. It can allow for novel minting/auction methods of NFTs which leverage confidentiality. This could be something like an auction where you can not see the bids of other buyers . Also it enables confidential ownership of NFTs. For example you may have a known wallet and own an NFT which represents a ticket to an event which maybe you do not want others to know about. Finally it allows for further use cases and possibilities of confidential NFTs where only the NFT owner can access some private data

https://medium.com/oasis-protocol-project/understanding-confidential-nfts-on-oasis-network-30d6b47cbd8e

Sapphire is a groundbreaking developer environment as it is the first and only confidential Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible ParaTime. This runtime has the ability to help scale blockchain rapidly towards Web3 and allow EVM developers to quickly lay the foundations for privacy-enabled blockchain dApps, which are becoming a necessity as users demand data sovereignty.

Sapphire offers Solidity developers a familiar, Ethereum-compatible building environment, but with the added benefits of Oasis’ privacy technology which is key to allowing blockchain to be part of the Web3 world.

Privacy of personal and sensitive information, confidentiality, and individual data control, as well as data sovereignty, are core facets of Web3, but public blockchains, like Ethereum, cannot provide even basic levels of privacy. For example, If you want to use a decentralized ID on Ethereum and interact with a DApp that needs to verify what country you live in, this is possible, and makes sense as a use case in some regards. However, you also have to accept that all your other personal information would be available publicly on the chain, if you want to maintain on-chain integrity, because of that smart contract execution. Other sensitive and personal data would have to be public if blockchain was used in other sectors, such as healthcare. If a healthcare DApp was built on a public chain, all your personally-identifiable data would have to be public if the data wasn’t stored off-chain, not to mention information usually reserved only for your doctor; totally destroying client confidentiality.

With Sapphire, confidential smart contracts can be built to keep sensitive health data, financial information, or any identifiable information private, enabling a new set of use cases perfectly suited to Web3.

Sapphire is the first confidential EVM-compatible Network. This means that it is the only network where developers can build Smart Contracts in Solidity which can hide aspects of state. This added flexibility for developers will lead to numerous performance benefits and improvements in the user experience when interacting with these DApps. Use cases can be seen in a variety of sectors like DeFi, Gaming, NFTs, Decentralized Identity, and Social applications. Just as web2 was empowered by privacy protocols like HTTPS, we believe web3 will be propelled forward from these new functionalities.

Paratimes are basically parallel runtimes, so a ParaTime Layer can hosts many paratimes, each representing a replicated compute environment with shared state. You can learn more about that over here https://youtu.be/rk–BXRL6YY

Oasis Network is a Layer-1 Blockchain that is designed with a system architecture that is divided into two distinct layers: the Consensus Layer and the Paratimes Layer. The Paratimes Layer is capable of hosting up to 1,000 different independent Paratimes. As of now, we have three Paratimes live on our Mainnet: Emerald, which is EVM-compatible, Cipher, and Sapphire, which was our EVM Confidential Paratime.

https://oasisrose.garden/ecosystem/ here you will find an official list. Here you can see a good summary of the community ecosystem https://oasiswatcher.com/dapps-list/ it is made by an ambassador but Oasis isn’t affiliated to Oasis Watcher so DYOR.

Oasis Labs was founded back in 2018, by Dawn Song, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the world’s foremost experts in computer security and trustworthy artificial intelligence. https://medium.com/oasis-protocol-project/the-genesis-of-the-oasis-foundation-b3d701de9688

https://www.oasislabs.com/dawn-song

Oasis Protocol Foundation is a decentralized, non-profit group of individuals focused on supporting the Oasis Network as a whole. Oasis Labs is a private technology firm whose core product is Parcel – a privacy driven SDK built on top of the Oasis Network.

Oasis Labs works closely with projects and teams to help accelerate growth on the Oasis Network. We work closely together to support the development and features of the technology that will improve the network as a whole, and its individual projects within the ecosystem. Additionally, Oasis Labs has the responsibility to research and develop new privacy technology and is working with more enterprise aligned partners to help deploy these within their stack. Here you could check even more details: https://medium.com/oasis-protocol-project/the-genesis-of-the-oasis-foundation-b3d701de9688

It’s open-source. You can view the code base on github if you wish. https://github.com/oasisprotocol . It has been audited, but there are to my knowledge at least, no public reports. You can find it here: https://github.com/trailofbits/publications#blockchain-reviews 

There’s also an open website for bounties that tracks the history of the Oasis Network in relation to bugs being found and addressed: https://hackerone.com/oasis_protocol_foundation?view_policy=true

The Oasis Network is a decentralized proof of stake network. At the consensus layer there are 120 active external node operators spread across many different countries.

The ParaTime layer is very flexible and allows each paratime to choose its own parameters. Confidential paratimes that utilize TEEs can choose to restrict the operators that can run the ParaTime to mitigate risks due to TEE vulnerabilities. It can also be dynamic–ParaTimes can choose to relax or tighten restrictions over time based on the current state of threats affecting a particular TEE platform.

Currently it is Emerald, but our main focus is on Sapphire for the future.

Oasis is a decentralized proof of stake network, having 120 validators, who are responsible for proposing and validating new blocks.

The Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) is a cross-chain EVM-compatible privacy solution,that allows Solidity developers to create decentralized applications (dApps) with privacy and confidentiality features, or even more, they can add its privacy features to existing dApps. OPL is not a new paratime or a new chain, but it is actually a layer 2 solution, powered by Sapphire. In order to build and deploy, all that developers need is Solidity and knowledge of hardhat, but they can also use Vyper, OPL being compatible with Metamask. OPL also offers RNG and end-to-end encryption, its main focus being on the fact that there isn’t any change to the user experience. In regards to gas, it’s done by a gas-relayer. So the users have the ability of using any coin/token, and the gas-relayer pays in the native token that runs the privacy layer, so no need for anyone to do any swapping. The main decision on the level of privacy that the contract will have, is entirely up to the user.

The Oasis Privacy Layer a.k.a OPL has a wide applicability, given the fact that not only new dApps can benefit from it, but it can also be added to existing ones, boosting and improving the privacy, along with the user experience. In terms of use cases, we could mention the following:

1. DeFi applications that will enable secure transactions.
2. Healthcare Data, offering patients the opportunity of sharing their sensitive health information, without compromising their privacy, or security. This use case will better be highlighted when it comes to medical research.
3. Supply Chain Management, that requires an accurate and secure tracking of the assets.
4. DAO Voting systems, as having a strong identity system, with fraud prevention is critical for fairer governance, preventing users from creating multiple identities and influencing the voting results, based on personal preferences, or for example based on a popular opinion. Here comes another real life use case, as having both anonymity and transparency could also influence the results of the voting, the outcome being a biased one. The main purpose is to have the votes being submitted in secret, and to only have the results being revealed.
5. Identity Management, where we can also mention the partnership with Equifax, meant to bring KYC solution

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We can take an example of an existing DAO on an EVM network that wants to add privacy features, for example a secret ballot option for proposals. Well in order to do that, you’ll need to deploy the smart contracts for said ballot on Sapphire. Then the DAO contract can begin voting by sending messages to the secret ballot contract via a message-passing bridge. The members of the DAO submit their votes confidentially as encrypted messages, and when the voting ends, the result is sent back to the DAO.

That this is correct, users won’t have to pay with ROSE, but pays with whatever token that the dApp they’re interacting with requires, the gas relayer converts it without the user having to use the native ROSE token.

The Sapphire ParaTime is our official confidential EVM Compatible ParaTime providing a smart contract development environment with EVM compatibility.

The key features of Sapphire:

• Confidential state, end-to-end encryption
• EVM Compatibility
• Easy integration with EVM-based dApps (Defi, NFT, gaming)
• Scalability, increased throughput of transactions
• 99% lower fees than Ethereum

All of this is possible, as developers can develop confidential smart contracts thanks to the hardware of the Trusted Execution Environments. Confidential paratimes that utilize TEEs can choose to restrict the operators that can run the ParaTime to mitigate risks due to these vulnerabilities.

Interoperability in blockchain refers to the ability of different blockchain systems or networks to communicate and work together seamlessly. This means that data, assets, and applications can be shared between different blockchain networks without the need for intermediaries or centralized platforms. And Oasis achieves this by Sapphire’s EVM interoperability.

Yes, you can check that over here https://faucet.testnet.oasis.dev/

Yes, as the private key gives you access to one account, while the seed phrase grants access to the entire blockchain wallets that secure multiple blockchain accounts.

Some of the quests and challenges in Oasis Odyssey include writing articles, creating Twitter threads, designing stickers and memes, promoting events, supporting the community on third-party platforms, participating in trivia contests, creating videos, and contributing to developer documentation and tutorials.

Community members earn Experience Points (XP) by completing quests and challenges. Accumulating XP allows them to climb the leaderboard and unlock perks and benefits.

Climbing the leaderboard in Oasis Odyssey unlocks exclusive loyalty badges that come with benefits such as voting power, NFT access, early-bird opportunities, and exclusive community access.

To participate in Oasis Odyssey, one needs to join the Oasis Network Discord community and explore the Oasis Loyalty Quests in the dedicated Zealy space. Each quest has specific requirements and instructions that need to be followed to earn XP.

Participants can track their progress in Oasis Odyssey through the leaderboard, which reflects their XP and ranking. The leaderboard is reset at the end of each month, providing a fresh opportunity to aim for top spots.

At the end of each month, the top 20 users on the leaderboard are recognized and rewarded with loyalty badges based on their activity and dedication within specific areas of the Oasis Network community.

You can access official Oasis logos and Design Tools by visiting over here

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OPL offers technical advantages:

• Transaction Signatures: Contracts on Sapphire, via OPL, sign their transactions, serving as an alternative to Ethereum’s Gas Station Network.
• Compatible Confidentiality: OPL enables Ethereum-compatible addresses and signatures with end-to-end encryption.
• Portable Privacy: OPL provides cross-chain privacy, allowing dApps to access Sapphire’s privacy features.
• Precompiled Contracts: OPL grants access to Sapphire contracts with private storage, reducing resources and inefficiencies.

Here are some examples:

• Secret Ballots: OPL ensures fair voting and unbiased DAO governance through secret ballots.
• Confidential Auctions: NFT creators can use OPL for confidential auctions, reducing congestion and ensuring fairness.
• Private Game Logic: OPL supports confidential gaming logic, enhancing user experiences while keeping everything on-chain.

OPL, together with Sapphire, redefines Web3 privacy standards. It offers a simple yet versatile solution for integrating robust privacy technology into various sectors of the crypto economy. OPL empowers developers to build on the best privacy technology, enhancing user safety and experiences across Web3.

You can read more about OPL on our blog here

SyROSE introduces a new level of seamless access to the broader Web3 ecosystem for the global Oasis community. It opens up opportunities for lending, swapping, staking, and other applications throughout the crypto space using synthetic Oasis assets. This is a significant achievement for Oasis users and builders, as it improves the flexibility and usability of the native ROSE token. Additionally, the collaboration between SYNTHR and Oasis is expected to continue, further enhancing the omnichain capabilities of the Oasis ecosystem’s native token and rooted in Oasis-native tooling like illumineX.

SyROSE offers several features and benefits for Oasis users, including:

• Ease of Transportation: Oasis users can easily transport their tokens to other ecosystems outside of Oasis using syROSE.
• Immediate Swaps: Swaps between ROSE and syROSE can be executed with zero slippage and immediate execution, thanks to SYNTHR.
• Multi-Chain Yield: Users can earn multi-chain yield by adding liquidity to syROSE-ROSE pairs on illumineX, which is the first DEX built on Oasis Sapphire.
• Access to a Native DEX: Users can swap other synthetic pairs (syASSET) on the slippage-free SYNTHR native DEX.
• Synthetic Asset Creation: Users can mint highly solvent synthetic assets by staking collateral assets like ETH, USDC, and USDT.
• Price Exposure: Users can take price exposure to non-Oasis-native assets like UNI, CVX, CRV, and more.

Synthetic assets like syROSE enhance the usability of native tokens within ecosystems. They allow token holders to access various decentralized applications (dApps) across multiple ecosystems with ease. This means that users can use their native tokens in different environments without being limited by fragmented liquidity. This enhances the overall utility and functionality of these assets.

SyROSE is a synthetic iteration of ROSE, the native token of the Oasis ecosystem. It’s designed to serve as an omnichain asset, meaning it can be used across various ecosystems in the crypto space. This introduction of syROSE aims to improve the liquidity, usability, and accessibility of ROSE by making it interoperable with other ecosystems.

Oraichain is described as an Interblockchain Communication Protocol (IBC)-enabled Layer 1 protocol with a focus on AI-infused decentralized applications (dApps) and oracle services. Its core purpose is to enable secure and transparent AI integration through multidimensional Trustworthy Proofs™️. Oraichain is committed to expanding functionality and improving the Web3 user experience by ensuring the secure delivery of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) services.

Oasis Sapphire is presented as a key player in supporting the development of decentralized social media applications with enhanced security, stronger user privacy, and a familiar user experience reminiscent of Web2. It is suggested that Oasis Privacy Layer can be integrated into SocialFi applications developed on other blockchains to leverage Oasis privacy solutions. These solutions include privacy-centric developer features and interoperability across multiple blockchain networks. Oasis is recognized for addressing the real and pressing privacy issues in Web3 social media and empowering users to control their data and sensitive information.

Account Abstraction is a concept that simplifies the process of interacting with blockchain transactions and accounts, making it more user-friendly. It aims to replace complex actions like signing transactions with programmable entities, abstracting away technical complexities. This simplification is crucial to make Web3 more accessible, especially for users new to the technology, by providing a familiar and intuitive experience similar to Web2 applications like Venmo.

Sapphire is a completely separate chain from Emerald and there is no plan for existing dApps to be automatically “moved” from Emerald to Sapphire – it’s up to dApp developers to port them over. Some issues to consider: If accounts are already used contract create transactions would fail due to the wrong nonce, same goes for other transactions; Sapphire behaves differently in some cases (signed view calls) and the client apps also need to set the new web3 endpoint and the chain ID. This calls for trouble, if we wanted to do it automatically.

Securing personal data onchain is a core tenet of the Oasis Network mission. By integrating Oasis encryption and privacy technology into Crust Files, users benefit from advanced security features. Sapphire, the only production-ready confidential EVM in Web3, ensures customizable visibility into on-chain data storage for all network transactions. This means sensitive details are kept visible only to those who need access, providing a secure and private environment for decentralized data storage.

Crust Files, launched in January 2022, is a Web3-native storage application system designed for secure personal file storage. Users connected to Oasis Network can log into Crust Files using their Web3 wallet. With the integrated Sapphire runtime, they experience the simplicity and security of decentralized data storage at no cost. Additionally, Crust Files provides a secure key storage and management feature, leveraging end-to-end encryption and data secrecy provided by Oasis Network, ensuring robust and seamless data security.

Ocean Predictoor prioritizes data privacy by using Oasis Sapphire, the first and only confidential Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in Web3. Oasis Sapphire’s programmable confidentiality features allow for end-to-end privacy. User-submitted data, computations, and computed results remain private unless specific conditions are met, ensuring the integrity of user information.

The collaboration between Oasis and Ocean is significant as Oasis provides the privacy infrastructure supporting Ocean Predictoor. Oasis Sapphire’s features safeguard the privacy of prediction data within Predictoor. This partnership demonstrates the power of Oasis technology in securing the secrecy of financial, weather, real estate, and other prediction formats in the Web3 space.

CoinSender’s integration with Oasis harnesses the privacy tools of the Oasis Sapphire runtime, providing a robust solution for tokenized asset distribution. This collaboration enhances privacy standards, safeguarding sensitive data such as wallet addresses and transaction sums, aligning with Oasis Network’s commitment to advancing privacy solutions in Web3.

Oasis Sapphire serves as the privacy layer for all CoinSender user activities, setting a new standard for data security in Web3 payments. This integration ensures confidential handling of sensitive financial data, aligning with Oasis Network’s vision of creating a secure and trusted environment for users engaging in decentralized applications.

Oasis Network sees CoinSender as a pioneer in shaping the future of Web3 payments. By actively collaborating and supporting Coinsender’s efforts, Oasis aims to deliver tailored solutions for managing assets throughout Web3. The integration of Sapphire’s on-chain confidentiality not only enhances data security but also sets a precedent for the broader Web3 ecosystem.

Oasis Sapphire is integral to illumineX’s functionality by providing a confidential runtime where tokens are wrapped into special ERC-20 tokens. This enhances the privacy and security features of illumineX, aligning with Oasis Network’s dedication to privacy-centric blockchain solutions.

A: Oasis built Nexus to meet the growing demands of Web3 users and builders seeking enhanced data privacy. Nexus acts as a comprehensive data-fetching backend, surpassing traditional indexing to become a vital conduit for on-chain data access. Nexus continually fetches, parses, and stores blockchain data, offering a JSON-based web API for seamless data access.

Oasis Nexus boasts key features like adherence to OpenAPI Specification 3.0, foundational routes for Web3 builders, and dynamic data sourcing from various entities. Sources include the Oasis node, metadata registry, Sourcify for code and EVM transactions, and IPFS for additional NFT details.

Oasis Nexus boasts key features like adherence to OpenAPI Specification 3.0, foundational routes for Web3 builders, and dynamic data sourcing from various entities. Sources include the Oasis node, metadata registry, Sourcify for code and EVM transactions, and IPFS for additional NFT details.

NFTb (soon PixelRealm) is a Binance Labs-backed multichain social gaming HUB with DeFi features. Launching on Oasis Sapphire, it utilizes Oasis’s programmable confidentiality tech stack, enhancing data safeguards and privacy for a secure trading platform.

Collaborating with Oasis Foundation, NFTb pioneers Web3 technology in the NFT market. With cutting-edge privacy solutions, NFTb sets a high standard for privacy in NFT marketplaces, benefiting Oasis and raising industry-wide privacy expectations.

Oasis supports NFTb in bringing Oasis’s privacy tools to the digital collectibles market. Oasis is committed to advancing privacy solutions and invites innovators to join the global community of Oasis BUIDLERs, positioning Oasis as the industry leader for Smart Privacy in the Web3 ecosystem. Visit Oasis’s grant page for more on the future of privacy.

Web3 infrastructure builders encounter challenges like front running and gas wars when bringing traditional auction tools into the digital space. Oasis Sapphire, with its confidential tools, uniquely addresses these challenges, providing a groundbreaking solution for Web3 auctions. The article explores the distinct advantages offered by Oasis compared to transparent blockchains like Ethereum.

Oasis Network’s native integration of confidentiality provides “smart privacy,” allowing transparency when needed and privacy when required. This approach transforms Web3 auctions, tackling challenges like bid confidentiality, front-running, and congestion issues faced by fully transparent networks.

Sealed bid auctions offer enhanced privacy, fair bidding, limited manipulation, and broader participation. Bids and bidder identities remain confidential until the auction concludes, ensuring fairness and preventing manipulation. Sealed bid auctions are well-suited for an efficient and privacy-centric Web3 economy.

Oasis Sapphire’s confidentiality features provide the foundation for advanced NFT auctions in the digital collectibles industry. Trustless, private, efficient, and innovative, NFT auctions on Sapphire set a new standard, surpassing the capabilities of transparent-by-default networks.