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Hush
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Agama (Hush is expected to be supported on Kodama's wallet, Agama, in the next release.)
Hush is a privacy cryptocurrency forked from Zcash (which is forked from Bitcoin.) It takes advantage of Zcash protocol features that provide anonymity by mathematical processes (shielded addresses and zero knowledge proofs, zkSnarks) that prevent exploitable metadata from ever being recorded on the blockchain. This means the sender and receiver addresses as well as the transaction amounts are impossible to discern without the appropriate private keys. The end result is that Bob can verify Alice's identity without Alice actually telling Bob who she is.
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized from governments but if the community can't be a part of any decisions, is it really decentralized? Hush is not owned or controlled by any company or organization. It is developed and driven completely by our community.
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Private Messaging Hush Messenger is a state-of-the-art private messaging protocol built in HushNG.
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Counterparty port
Need to give brief description of what Counterparty is. A Counterparty Port to Hush enables public and private asset issuance. Ethereum developers will be able to easily author smart contracts on Hush, enjoying the added benefits of zkSnarks.
- Does this mean Hush wallets listen on the standard Counterparty port?
- How exactly do smart contracts integrate with zkSnarks?
- Does this mean you can send a transaction AND a contract without exposing sender/receiver/amount/and the fact a contract exists?
- Is the contract in the memo field used by hushlist?
Messenger, Wallet, Miner, and Asset Issuance Platform All-in-one, Hush NG is a high-speed messaging, transaction, and asset platform for the blockchain.
Leveraging a zkSnarks core, HushNG enables rapid messaging, transacting and issuance for private or public addresses, on all platforms.
- Is HushNG an application? Is this something people download and run locally or is it web-based?
- What rapid messaging are we referring to? Is this Hush Messaging? What makes it rapid? Is it unique to Hush?
In final stages of development and coming soon.
For Miners
Hush is consistently among the Top 10 equihash coins to mine. You can mine simply with your [Zcash miner](https://forum.myhush.org/t/hush-mining-quickstart-guide/13).
For Developers
Our community of developers bring their skills to an open source project. Check out our current projects, or visit Discord (LINK).
Hushlist is a program which allows communicating via Hush transactions. You can send messages to around 50 people simultaneously, allowing for encrypted mailing-list style messaging.
Hush is a fork of Zcash (which is a fork of Bitcoin), which allows transactions involving shielded addresses in addition to normal transparent Bitcoin addresses. This allows transactions without disclosing sender, receiver, message (or even that a message existed), or financial transaction amount.
Hushlist supports Hush and Zcash (mainnet and testnet). Komodo will supported in the future, although it's not clear yet which versions.
Messages are encoded within the protocol that Hush uses (Zcash). This allows several important things to happen.
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The type of traffic is obscured. A man-in-the-middle attack cannot tell if a transaction is a financial transaction, a conversation, or both.
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The conversation is encrypted within the blockchain protocol itself, rather than being encrypted as a separate piece. Because the (encrypted) message is publicly posted with the blockchain this guarantees a specific thing was said at a specific time to a specific person or group of people. All anyone needs is the key to unlock it.
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Keys are tied to a specific send/receive address. You may create as many addresses as you like as often as you like, similar to creating email addresses.
BarterDEX is a cryptocurrency exchange(1) developed by Komodo, which supports HUSH and many other currencies. It allows you to exchange one cryptocurrency for another, just as you would exchange paper money in a currency exchange in an airport. It does this using a technology called Atomic Swaps. Atomic Swaps allow buyers and sellers to perform exchanges peer to peer (P2P) rather than through a centralized exchange. In the most simple terms, it acts as a sort of escrow.
Example: Bob wants to sell some HUSH and buy KMD. Alice wants to sell KMD and buy HUSH. Bob and Alice are strangers. Using BarterDEX's order-matching process, Bob and Alice can do business with each other. Bob sends his HUSH. As long as Alice sends her KMD within the agreed upon timeframe the exchange is complete. But if Alice fails to uphold her end of the agreement, Bob’s HUSH is returned to him.
You can sign up on the Komodo site to be notified when it is released.
You can also monitor the release page.
There are dozens of currencies that are supported. You can find the up to date list here.
It's a very straightforward and intuitive UI. Tell it what you have to offer and what you are looking for.
The following outlines the Hush development path for 2017. Bounties are available for many of the following dev tasks.
Take a look and drop us a link on Slack (LINK) or Discord (LINK)!
##### HushNG: Electron Integration
**Core Team Project**
Technical Protocol Documentation of how the blockchain is updated, the data is exchanged between nodes, and fees are calculated. Link to white paper.
Areas: node.JS, zcash protocol knowledge, BitcoinNG protocol knowledge, data science,
Status: Active
#### HushNG: Counterparty Port
**Community Project **
_Bounty: 2000H_
> ##### Need clarification on status.
> We're advertising this above. Is this complete?
#### Hush: Network Dashboard
**Core Team Project**
Status: Active
> ##### Need clarification on Network dashboard.
> What is it?
#### Make the Mac Wallet GUI
**Core Team Project**
Status: Active
> ##### Need clarification on status of wallets.
Who's on first?
Axel Karlsson Founder & Community Manager Axel is a 22 year old District Heating Planner from Stockholm, Sweden. He's been doing business, big and small, since he was about 10 years old. Axel joined the crypto-scene the first time back in 2010-2011.
Larry Ludlow (madbuda) Larry Ludlow Core Developer & Infrastructure Larry is an infrastructure architect with 20+ years Linux and open source experience. He first became involved in cryptocurrency in 2011 while working at University of Michigan. There he was a participant in a study on the benefits of blockchain and bitcoin.
Matthew Reichardt Matthew Reichardt Core Developer, Tooling and Forum Matthew is a full-stack developer and cryptocurrency enthusiast from Illinois. His passions are security and authentication, and gaming. By day he is a Cyber Threat Analyst. Mathew is the author of Authparty.io, a blockchain authentication system.
Kent Sommer Kent Sommer Core Developer Kent is a graduate researcher for the Intelligent Systems and Neurobotics Lab at KAIST. His interests include machine learning, computer vision, and mobile robotics. Kent has diverse experience in the fields of software engineering, robotics, and business intelligence.
Iolar Demartini Junior Iolar Demartini Jr Founding Member & Front-End Iolar is a 29 year old, front-end wed developer and cryptocurrency day trader from Brazil. He has more than 15 years of experience in web development and has worked in several agencies and companies including A Estrutural, Agrobovi, A Foco and Dual Studio.
Tamsin Thorn (clamoring) Tech Writer Tamsin's most recent professional focus has been on enterprise-level computer networking as a former Network Engineer at F5 Networks. Her work troubleshooting encryption issues as well as exposure to cutting-edge networking technology dovetails naturally into an intrigue with cryptocurrency, and her experience translating dev jargon to management-speak has honed her ability to explain very technical content to non-technical audiences. LinkedIn
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