The Road to Privacy & On-chain communication, 4thTech DEV Roadmap
What are the development milestones ahead to reach a state where end-users will be able to communicate on-chain privately and exchange their data while retaining ownership?

We spent the last four years developing the 4thTech foundations, which are built around privacy and ecosystem integrations. Privacy by design was our guiding approach when building 4thTech. That simply means that we put the consideration of how we could preserve privacy, guarantee protection, and obfuscate metadata to the largest possible degree at the forefront of all our architectural decisions. At the same time, no personal data whatsoever is collected by 4thTech. We were able to build the multi-chain framework that is Ethereum, Polkadot Substrate and Solana interoperable, while it enables on-chain email and messaging that is private, secure, censorship-resistant and immutable. 4thTech enables both W2W communication and will enable E2EE group chat with an additional component of curated community chat groups. Users are also able to share files, and media, through the wallet, in the form of dMail or dChat attachments. An ecosystem can only thrive when solutions are not built in isolation. We have our own UI for the 4thTech dID, dMail, dNotary and dChat but see the maximum potential in ecosystem-wide adoption. Any supported blockchain network app that is looking to include W2W communication features will be able to integrate email and chat functionalities into its platform through our white labels and SDK. We especially see a lot of potential in Web3 projects with large emerging communities such as DAOs, NFTs, gaming, DeFi, Metaverse… Which are all currently using Web2 communication tools, as there is no Web3 on-chain solution on the market.
So, where are we now? What are the development milestones ahead to reach a state where end-users will be able to communicate on-chain privately and exchange their data while retaining ownership? When will Web3 projects enable their communities to use decentralized communication instead of relying on Web2 centralised platforms? Development milestones ahead:
- Stable, affordable & fast blockchain as an underlying network - 2022
- SDK framework DEV - Q3 2022
- dChat EVM SC DEV - Q3 2022
- ECDH protocol integration & MetaMask support - Q4 2022
- UI platform 3.0 DEV - Q4 2022
- W2W E2EE group messaging DEV - Q2 2023 (i.e. estimation)
- Broadcasting Web3 dMail to SMTP client DEV - Q4 2023 (i.e. estimation)