3.2.1 Decentralized VPN / Hybrid Network

Making "Network-Layer Anonymity" the Default Configuration

Traditional VPNs require users to download and configure manually, and have risks such as "single-point failure" and "traffic monitoring". The decentralized VPN / hybrid network of DePIN creates an "out-of-the-box" anonymous network environment for all applications in the ecosystem:

• Technological upgrade: "Efficient anonymity" beyond TorDrawing on Tor's "multi-node relay" privacy protection logic, but achieving "performance leap" through two major technical optimizations:

  • Dynamic node scheduling: The system analyzes the load, delay, geographical location and other data of nodes across the network in real time, and automatically matches the optimal relay path for users (for example, North American users preferentially connect to the American node cluster to reduce cross-continental transmission delay). Compared with Tor's "random relay", the delay is reduced by 60%.

  • Lightweight encryption algorithm: The ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption algorithm (lighter than AES-256 used by Tor) is adopted. While ensuring encryption strength, it reduces the computing power consumption of the device. Ordinary mobile phones can also run smoothly, and the traffic obfuscation capability is increased by 5 times. Even in the face of professional network sniffing tools, it is impossible to track the user's real IP and access content.

• Application scenarios: "Invisible shield" covering the entire ecosystemAll applications in the imperial ecosystem (such as zk-Social anonymous social networking, Oasis DEX privacy transactions, and SkillVerify anonymous job hunting) are connected to this network by default, and users do not need additional operations:

  • When chatting on zk-Social, messages are relayed through 3-5 nodes. Each node is only responsible for forwarding a section of encrypted data and cannot decrypt the complete content. Moreover, the chat IP is dynamically hidden, and the other party cannot track your real location through "IP positioning".

  • When trading on Oasis DEX, the transaction request is encrypted and sent to the chain through the decentralized VPN. Hackers cannot predict your transaction intention through "network traffic analysis", completely eliminating "front-end sniping".