PonyHof
A privacy-first, permissioned, decentralized off-chain dark pool relay network
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About
PonyHof is a decentralized infrastructure overlay that extends the 1inch Limit Order Protocol by enabling: 1) Permissioned, encrypted dark pools where traders share and match sensitive limit orders off-chain with cryptographic privacy. 2) Decentralized, trust-enhanced relay using libp2p IPFS-based P2P network with encrypted routing and membership control. 3) Reputational scoring system for relayers and traders, incentivizing reliable, censorship-resistant order propagation. 4) Onchain settlement of orders on deployed 1inch contracts (LimitOrderProtocol & GasStationOnFill on Sepolia). 5) Gasless fills for seamless UX to lower user friction. This system gives 1inch and users institutional-grade privacy, programmable order logic and censorship resistance missing from current public limit order infrastructure.
How it's made
PonyHof leverages: 1) Backend, extended with modules for dark pool management, symmetric encryption, and reputational scoring. 2) Libp2p-based decentralized encrypted order relay mesh, routing orders in permissioned pools off-chain. 3) Ethers.js Sepolia JSON-RPC provider for blockchain interactions with deployed LimitOrderProtocol and GasStationOnFill contracts. 4) A React frontend with Metamask integration to sign EIP712 limit orders off-chain, encrypt for pools and submit securely to PonyHof backend. Live display of relay reputations and dark pool membership.