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On September 23, 2025, I talked @wifiproof for the first time.
At the time, it was a hackathon idea built around a very simple observation: whenever people arrive at a hackathon, conference, or venue, one of the first things they ask is, “What’s the Wi-Fi password?”
That tiny ritual stuck with me.
Because if you are physically in a venue, trying to connect to the venue’s Wi-Fi, that already says something important. It says you are there. And I kept asking myself: why do we still have to give away so much personal information just to prove something as simple as attendance?
Why should proving “I was there” require exposing your name, phone number, email, or other unnecessary details?
That question became WiFiProof.
Version 1 was important because it proved the idea had life. People understood it immediately. They loved the concept. But if I’m being honest, v1 also showed me all the places where the design was not strong enough yet. There were real security assumptions and weaknesses that needed to be revisited. So I went back to the drawing board.
Over the past few months, I’ve been building WiFiProof v2.
Reworking assumptions.
Fixing vulnerabilities.
Tightening the security model.
Improving the proof flow.
Making the system more credible, more private, and much closer to the product I originally imagined.
This has been one of those projects where the deeper you go, the more you realize how much care is required if you want to build something that is not just interesting, but actually trustworthy.
And now, after all that iteration, WiFiProof v2 is ready for testing.
Tomorrow, I’ll be demoing it at @Web3Clubs Labs.
I’m excited, but more than that, I’m grateful. Grateful that an idea that started as a hackathon experiment is now at the stage where people can actually come interact with it, test it, question it, and help shape what it becomes next.
If you’ve followed the journey since the first post, thank you.
If this is your first time hearing about @wifiproof , welcome.
And if you care about privacy, ZK, cryptography, proof of attendance, or building better systems for the real world, I’d love for you to come see what we’ve been working on.
See you tomorrow at Web3Clubs Labs.
