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Sep 15, 2020

Open Source Elections Pioneer on Helping Voters With Technology

Dr. Juan E. Gilbert, a professor at the University of Florida, can recall the disputed U.S. presidential election 20 years ago when fiascos over counting ballots in the Sunshine State left the country in limbo.

Sep 8, 2020

Pioneer Programmer Brian J. Fox on Championing Open Source

When Brian J. Fox, Co-founder of Orchid and the original author of the GNU Bash shell, started out as a pioneer programmer, it was the free exchange of creative ideas that drove advances in computer science.

Sep 1, 2020

Beanstalk Ventures Managing Partner Ken Seiff on the dark side of the Internet

With a special guest appearance by Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse on this week's episode of Follow the White Rabbit

Aug 24, 2020

Richard Muirhead on Blockchain and the New Decentralized Economy

Richard Muirhead has been a Bitcoin believer since as early as 2013. That has provided the partner of Fabric Ventures with a valuable perspective on blockchain and digital assets.

Aug 17, 2020

Berkeley City Council Member Ben Bartlett on civil rights and defending democracy

This week on Follow the White Rabbit, Ben speaks with Orchid’s Alex Kehaya on the fight for freedom and civil rights in the context of his own personal journey.

Aug 5, 2020

How to earn OXT today

We know many of you are wondering what the best way is to earn OXT, Orchid’s native digital currency. There are currently a number of ways people can earn, with more planned for the future.

Mar 20, 2020

Orchid update: actions taken in response to COVID-19

Orchid is now available for free to all journalists, so they can further free speech and the flow of information no matter where they are.

Jan 27, 2020

4 Factors We Considered Before Choosing Ethereum

When we started out designing the Orchid privacy network, we faced the fundamental decision of which blockchain Layer 1 platform to build on.

Oct 9, 2019

Orchid: A New Approach to VPNs

We’re building a next-gen VPN market powered by probabilistic nanopayments, with a design emphasizing these core tenets: scalability, decentralization, usability, simplicity, and extensibility.

May 7, 2019

Orchid Labs May 2019 Update

Orchid Labs’ mission is to build open source software that keeps the Internet open and accessible — a natural resource for everyone, everywhere.