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It offers innovative privacy features, benefiting both users and the broader ecosystem by promoting confidentiality and trust in decentralized networks", "hidden": false, "question": "How is the open-source software you're creating contributing to the evolution or enhancement of the wider Ethereum and Web3 ecosystem?", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "All mentioned in forus gtc19 post.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Good question ! We plan to measure the impact of forus , through a combination of key performance indicators and metrics tailored to our privacy-focused objectives. These metrics and examples are critical for tracking and reporting our project's impact in future reports. Here are the main aspects we consider:\n\n1. User Adoption: The number of users on our platform is a fundamental metric. An increase in user adoption demonstrates the growing demand for enhanced privacy in blockchain transactions.\n\n2. Transaction Volume: We track the total transaction volume processed through the Forus platform. Higher transaction volume indicates greater activity and trust in our service.\n\n3. Address Reuse Reduction: One of our core goals is to reduce the reuse of wallet addresses. We measure the decrease in address reuse among our users, which is a strong indicator of our success in enhancing privacy.\n\n4. User Feedback: Gathering feedback from our users is essential. Positive user feedback, satisfaction ratings, and testimonials are invaluable indicators of the project's impact on enhancing privacy and user experience.\n\n5. Third-party Audits and Reviews: We regularly seek independent security audits and reviews of our platform. Positive assessments from reputable third-party organizations serve as a measure of the project's security and privacy effectiveness.\n\n6. Privacy-specific Metrics: We use privacy-specific metrics, such as the reduction in the exposure of wallet addresses and the unlinkability of transactions, to gauge the level of privacy enhancement achieved.\n\n7. Community Engagement: The growth and engagement of our community on social media, forums, and other platforms are monitored closely. A thriving community indicates the project's impact and relevance.\n\n8. Use Cases and Case Studies: We actively highlight specific use cases and case studies where Forus has been utilized to improve privacy. These real-world examples serve as practical evidence of our impact.\n\n9. Partnerships and Integrations: We track the number of integrations and partnerships with other projects or platforms. This demonstrates our impact on the broader blockchain ecosystem.\n\n10. Educational Content: We measure the reach and engagement with our educational resources on privacy and blockchain. Increased knowledge and awareness about privacy are significant indicators of our project's impact.\n\nThankyou!", "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": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4000", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Grants"], "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? Check all that apply", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Team Size", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? 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For example, well-known addresses like 'vitalik.eth' can expose transaction histories, potentially enabling the tracking of financial activities. Forus addresses this concern by eliminating the necessity of sharing a wallet address to receive funds. Instead, it allows users to receive funds in fresh stealth address each time which has no financial history before.\n\n## Wth is Forus?\n\nForus is a revolutionary privacy-centric solution designed to empower users with privacy in financial transactions. Forus introduces a paradigm shift in financial transactions by allowing users to receive funds in unique stealth addresses , Users receive funds by sharing a unique key instead of sharing and disclosing any personal wallet address , ensuring the level of privacy and security. Forus works in a very cheap and user friendly atmosphere .\n\n\n## Working of forus :\n\nUnlike other privacy solutions like tornado and monero , forus is very cheap and easy lets understand the short working demo of forus ,\n\n1. The receiver generates a new \"Forus Key,\" which is a one-time, base58 encoded address with an additional cryptographic prefix and suffix. Instead of sharing the personal wallet address, the receiver provides the Forus Key to receive funds. ( Forus Key is not bounded to any blockchain address)\n\n2. The receiver also saves the corresponding \"signature Key\" on demand, which serves as the private key for the Forus Key. This signature should securely saved for future use. (Note : Never share your signature Key with anyone always share ForusKey to receive funds)\n\n3. Next the sender generates a stealth address using the receiver's Forus Key and sends funds to this new anonymous address. The sender's public key, would be generated on demand, is published in a designated logs directory. This entire process is completed in a single transaction.\n\n4. The receiver scans the logs directory and perform calculations using his signature Key and the sender's public key. Through Diffie-Hellman key exchange, the receiver derives the private key for the stealth address on which funds have been send.\n\n5. With the derived private key, the receiver gains control over that address on which the funds have been sent and can manage the funds received securely .\n\n6. Now its up to user he can seamlessly withdraw funds to another wallet address or exchange or he can remember the private key of stealth address.\n\nIn this whole process user's personal wallet address remains disclosed  and he managed to receive funds privately in unknown stealth addresses which are not linked to any of his personal wallet address.\n\n\n\n## What has been done for forus since gtc18?\n\n1. Simplified public key retrieval from the contract directory.\n2. Enhanced user experience and performance.\n3. Added a user guide section.\n4. Introduced a quick fund withdrawal feature to other accounts or exchanges.\n5. Numerous bug fixes and contract improvements.\n6. Researching efficient relayer fee coverage mechanisms.\n\n## Milestones:\n\n1. Security audits\n2. Release docs\n3. Adding nft implementation\n4. Deploying  on other evm compatible blockchains\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "TheForus", "projectTwitter": "The_forus"}, "recipient": "0x0Daa1D7EC140F26FB1F8de77B355B72FbADF7f84"}}