A peek at the privacy project Iron Fish from the background

1. Technical introduction

Iron Fish is an easy-to-operate privacy protection trading platform based on Web3 technology.

Whitepaper: https://ironfish.network/docs/whitepaper/1_introduction

Selling point:

1, No super technical background is required, everyone can use it

2, with top encryption method

3, Available for audit by financial institutions

Its purpose is mainly to solve the pain points of slow cryptocurrency transactions, no privacy due to transaction broadcasting of all details, and imperfect and difficult-to-operate other privacy protection tools on the market.

Iron Fish does this by creating a new cryptocurrency called Iron. Users can operate nodes, mine, and trade. The specific information can only be viewed after the owner discloses the view key

(Refer to: https://ironfish.network/docs/onboarding/iron-fish-tutorial)

Technologies used in the product include:

1. Zero-knowledge proof, construct a private transaction that conceals the sender, receiver, and quantity, and provides valid transaction proof;

2. Proof of work, the advantage lies in security, better understanding of hacker attack vectors, and effective decentralization;

3. P2P broadcast, use gossip contract to prevent congestion.

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Schematic diagram of P2P broadcasting, a broadcasts to bc, c broadcasts to de, d broadcasts to fg, and so on.

Iron Fish has launched the test network (reference: https://testnet.ironfish.network/about)

Provide incentives for contributing behavior. Different points can be obtained for different actions. After the mainnet is launched, IRON tokens can be shared in equal proportions with these points (note that the currently tradable iron in the market is a stable currency, which is easy to confuse). Those who get the highest points for each item can get an additional Iron Fish NFT. At present, the test network is relatively active, with users operating every minute. Official Twitter calls its testnet one of the largest in the world.

2. Financing situation

2021.11.30 Round A $27.6 million. a16z led the round, Electric Capital, Sequoia, Elad Gil (https://twitter.com/eladgil), Linda Xie (https://twitter.com/ljxie), Balaji Srinivasan (https://twitter.com/balajis ) and so on.

3. Company background

The company was founded during the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, based on the frequent electronic transactions and the lack of privacy protection. IronFish got its name from World War II. In the Indian encrypted information system used by the US military, Ironfish means submarine. The founder believes that Ironfish can protect the network security in the cyber world just like a submarine protects the people in war, which is quite tender.

The website design style is clear and concise but not shabby. Blue, pink, and white are the main colors. The pattern has the feeling of Robinhood, and the logo is more memorable.

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The company’s social media (brand twitter, CEO’s personal twitter) and website are all close to the people and highly interactive.

The official website will list the development stage and expected completion time on the google sheet, and carefully explain the meaning of each stage. Every small detail implements the meaning of “accessibility”, and is not afraid to let followers clearly understand the trend https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KoJBd3WYmjBcwX-EGfshDQ4tDHxtNo0O8KFlfZ8d0jg/edit#gid=1590284126

In addition, there are detailed instructions on how to download IronFish on the testnet and conduct currency transfer tests (the level of detail is similar to the github installation tutorial, and even the homebrew installation method is covered), and each block is clearly listed here: https: //explorer.ironfish.network/explorer

4. Team background

CEO

Elena Nadolinski

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenanadolinski/details/experience/

I grew up in Russia. From 2011 to 2014, I studied computer science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a public university. I live in Fairfax, Virginia, near DC, with a strong high-tech atmosphere. Elena has worked at Airbnb, Tilt, Microsoft. It can be found on Elena’s LinkedIn page that her third-year intern boss highly praised her ability to make decisions, leadership and appeal, and her non-stop learning ability. Elena is also a member of the 2022 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the financial sector. In addition, Elena in high school won the National Council for Women in Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing competition and was invited to the White House.

Veteran 1

Derek Guenthe

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-guenther/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-guenther/

From 2009 to 2013, he majored in computer science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a public university, and wrote a custom stock program during college. Joined IronFish in September 2020 and worked at Uber and Microsoft. It is worth mentioning that he and Elena interned at Microsoft at the same time and place in 2012. It is speculated that he and Elena met during the internship, and it has been 10 years since then.

Elder 2

Jason Spafford

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-spafford-14892511/

From 2008 to 2010, he studied computer science at State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota, a public university. His main job was writing games when he graduated. Joined in September 2020 and used to work at Uber.

designer

Skylar Richard

https://www.linkedin.com/in/skylar-richard-1b8999a4/

Canadian, studied philosophy at Mount Allison University in Canada from 2008 to 2012.

Software engineer Rohan Jadvani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanjadvani/) joined in June 2021 and has worked at Citadel and Snap. From 2013 to 2017, he studied electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He often served as a teaching assistant for general computer studies. He studied in a public high school before.

Learn more about membership: https://ironfish.network/careers

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