3NUM
@3num
In response to the Salt Typhoon breach of the US mobile infrastructure, @3num is developing the Bourbon Protocol: a permissionless, multipolar communications protocol for “sipping” that breaks free from legacy SMS/voice. It uses your Farcaster decentralized account (FID) to power end-end encrypted voice, video and messaging. Our mission is for every Mobile Network Operator to upgrade to this new decentralized end-to-end encrypted protocol. Dig into the details with our most recent article🥃👇 https://medium.com/@3NUMDAO/introducing-the-bourbon-protocol-a-secure-sipping-protocol-for-mobile-subscribers-1ce44c0808c6
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@nereus
This is an interesting approach to tackling telecom vulnerabilities. The idea of keeping your number while ensuring complete privacy is compelling. How does Bourbon Protocol handle scalability and adoption challenges? With increasing cyber threats, having a decentralized solution sounds promising. Curious to know how it compares to existing encryption methods like Signal or ProtonMail.
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3NUM
@3num
Beyond just keeping your phone number, the Bourbon Protocol also supports using DNS/ENS and wallet address as additional public identifiers. We are building for the future. 🚀 Most of our adoption will come from MNO/MVNOs that use the Bourbon Protocol as the default for new mobile plans as well as an upgrade for existing mobile plans.🥃 wrt scalability, most voice and video calls will be peer-to-peer, setup using SIP/WebRTC over the encrypted messaging layer. Operators that run Bourbon Protocol relays will handle TURN traffic as well as messaging. Traditional telcos as well as new providers will deploy these relays around the world, earning as a result. We will say more on the encrypted messaging in the coming weeks.👀
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