Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
What is HOPR?
The HOPR network is an incentivised p2p network where nodes are relay points for transferring data between users. Data is encrypted and mixed between nodes, so only the receiver can view the data, and only the sender knows the source and destination of the data transfer.
Where can I find the yellowpaper?
Coming soon.
What is metadata privacy?
Metadata is data about data. E.g. who sent the data? Who received it? When was it sent? Where was it sent from and received? Metadata leaks are highly exploitable and a primary infrastructural concern for web3.
What’s so special about HOPR?
What makes HOPR unique is that people are rewarded for helping to relay data: when your node acts as a “hop” on the route data takes through the network, you receive HOPR tokens. By incentivising node runners to work in the network's interest and creating an airtight protocol to remove the risk of exploitation, HOPR creates a solution to these transport layer privacy leaks without relying on altruism.