Onbrane Blockchain experimentation

All you need to know

Welcome to a groundbreaking blockchain experimentation in the debt market. We are proud to present a large and ambitious initiative, led by a trusted technology provider.

This initiative is the first of its kind and is set to revolutionize the way the industry approaches blockchain experimentation. Rather than doing one more proof of concept demonstrating the inherent power of blockchain technology to deliver transparency, security, and efficiency, Onbrane has developed a simulator, shadowing real transactions in a virtual blockchain environment.

The experimentation is built on Ethereum, a public blockchain infrastructure, ensuring transparency and security for all participants. Onbrane extends an invitation to every actor in the primary debt market to join its clients, already committed participants to the Blockchain Experimentation.

From debt negotiation to settlement, Onbrane is exploring the full potential of blockchain technology, facilitating debt issuances that are verifiable and tamper-proof. This approach eliminates operational inefficiencies and delays, streamlining processes for improved efficiency.

Continuity

The experimentation will be available for all transactions on Onbrane.

A Full lifecycle

Negotiation, Issue, Distribution, Settlement: every step of the process is carried on the blockchain.

Full stp

Streamline business logic and reduce errors.

Neutrality

the technology's impartiality makes it easier for players to get along with each other.

Transparent

Create an environment of trust, auditable by all, to prevent fraud.

Step by Step approach

A collaborative approach to manage risk and change management

First phase

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Call for application

Brings together diverse actors to cover a wide use case. The experiment is also to issuers, intermediaries, investors, IPAs and clearers.

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Workshops

Define together a more precise roadmap, responsibilities and steps to follow

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Transactions

Execute the first transactions while offering follow-up support

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Feedbacks

Draw conclusions to continue or not towards more legal value to transactions made on the blockchain

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Join an "official" sandbox

If participants wish to continue the experimentation, we can ask to join sandboxes organized by central banks to add legal value to the information on the blockchain.

Transparency of the experimentation

The more you know the best it is

The transparency offered by blockchain is essential for boosting the trust and efficiency of financial technologies.


However, it is important to reconcile this transparency with the confidentiality of stakeholders. Technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs offer ways of preserving confidentiality while enabling the verification and validation of data on the blockchain.

Auditable smart contracts

Our smart contracts will be audited by specialized third-party companies and deployed publicly.

Blockchain explorer

The transactions validity and the uncompiled code of the decentralized protocol will be visible to all on blockchain explorers.

Roundtables about the exp

Your feedback will be at the heart of our research to continually improve our protocol.

Wallet management

Choose your level of control

A blockchain wallet is an essential tool for anyone who wants to interact with a blockchain. It is a digital wallet that allows users to securely store, manage, and transfer their tokens.


The wallet model is based on a private key and a public key. The private key will be generated on the user’s front end, and will be shared depending on your knowledge of the topic and the responsibility you wish to bear, the experiment offers you different solutions for managing your wallets

100% managed by you

You use your own keys, in full responsibility, and we never have access to them.

Delegated to Onbrane Platform

We can manage your keys for you, and access to them is via the Onbrane platform connection system.

Delegated to a third party

You can delegate the management of your keys to a third party as long as they know how to use Ethereum wallets.

MPC (multi party computation)

You can split your key into several parts and give it to several actors thanks to Shamir’s Secret Sharing algorithm.

Technology used

EVM hexadecimal private addresses

On Ethereum and other networks compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), public addresses all share the same format: they begin with 0x, and are followed by 40 alphanumeric characters (numerals and letters), adding up to 42 characters in total. They're also not case sensitive.

Babyjubjub addresses

Babyjubjub addresses are shorter and generated using the Babyjubjub elliptic curve.
These addresses are designed to be more lightweight and offer improved privacy.

Privacy of your data

The more you know the best it is

We don’t want to force any market changement about transparency. The experimentation will have the same level of privacy than the current market.

Technology used

Homomorphic Encryption’s Hidden Potential: ElGamal Addition

Homomorphic encryption is a fascinating field in cryptography that enables operations to be performed on encrypted data without the need for decryption.
In this article, we will explore ElGamal encryption with a focus on its additive homomorphic property, which allows us to perform addition on encrypted values. This capability has significant implications for secure computations and data privacy.

Exploring Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

In the world of cryptography, secure communication is a paramount concern. To achieve this, various techniques have been developed, and among them, two prominent methods stand out: Diffie-Hellman (DH) and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange.

In this article, we will delve into the workings of these two key exchange methods and understand how they enable secure communication.

Blockchain’s Hidden Power: Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Fiat-Shamir

Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Proofs (NI-ZKPs) are cryptographic protocols that enable a prover (Alice) to convince a verifier (Bob) that they possess knowledge of a secret value without revealing the actual value itself.
This is achieved through a dance of mathematical computations that can be applied to various scenarios, including those within the domain of blockchain technology.

Token

Use existing and proven standards

Different types of tokens are used in the protocol to represent on-chain assets.
There is no value attached to these tokens during the experimentation phase.
Thanks to ethereum compatibility, we use standard tokens ERC (Ethereum Request for Comment)

Technology used

ERC20 - Simulate fund transfers in fungible form (fake currency).​

An ERC-20 is a standard smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain that represents fungible tokens. Each ERC-20 token is interchangeable with another of the same type, meaning they have the same value.
Additionally, the balances and amounts transferred with ERC-20 tokens are encrypted for security and privacy.

ERC721 - Represent a debt instrument

The ERC-721 introduces a standard for NFT, in other words, this type of Token is unique and can have different value than another Token from the same Smart Contract. It's perfect for a debt instrument that have a common framework of rules but with specific characteristics as rate types or maturity.

Blockchain

Leverage the power of public blockchain

The Onbrane protocol will be initially deployed on Polygon for experimentation phase, which is a scaling solution (layer 2) built on Ethereum .
Polygon enables fast transactions and provides additional functionalities such as meta-transactions. Allow Onbrane to pay the transaction initiator’s gas fees thus providing much easier access to blockchain technology.
We have opted for an EVM-compatible (Ethereum Virtual Machine) blockchain to leverage the vast Ethereum ecosystem and its associated benefits.

Public blockchain

Increase transparency and quality of open source resources

Scalability

Faster and cheaper transactions.

Security

Provide robust security features and leveraging the Ethereum network's established security infrastructure for enhanced protection of assets and transactions.

Interoperability

Enabling Onbrane protocol to be deployed and connected to EVM blockchains and EVM DAPPs.

Polygon

Polygon enables fast transactions and provides additional functionalities such as meta-transactions.

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Different types of tokens are used in the protocol to represent on-chain assets.
There is no value attached to these tokens during the experimentation phase.
Thanks to ethereum compatibility, we use standard tokens ERC (Ethereum Request for Comment)

Homomorphic Encryption’s Hidden Potential: ElGamal Addition

Homomorphic encryption is a fascinating field in cryptography that enables operations to be performed on encrypted data without the need for decryption.
In this article, we will explore ElGamal encryption with a focus on its additive homomorphic property, which allows us to perform addition on encrypted values. This capability has significant implications for secure computations and data privacy.

Blockchain’s Hidden Power: Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Fiat-Shamir

Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Proofs (NI-ZKPs) are cryptographic protocols that enable a prover (Alice) to convince a verifier (Bob) that they possess knowledge of a secret value without revealing the actual value itself.
This is achieved through a dance of mathematical computations that can be applied to various scenarios, including those within the domain of blockchain technology.

Exploring Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

In the world of cryptography, secure communication is a paramount concern. To achieve this, various techniques have been developed, and among them, two prominent methods stand out: Diffie-Hellman (DH) and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange.

In this article, we will delve into the workings of these two key exchange methods and understand how they enable secure communication.

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