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Opal is a host-proof application with an intuitive interface for sharing and communicating with other users, while still maintaining an exceptional level of security.

Creating an accessible, familiar, and simple user experience is the main crux of seeing wide adoption of Opal.  Towards this end, we are focusing our efforts on developing Opal around existing standards, using open source wherever possible.

To acheive the highest possible level of security, Opal encrypts all user data on the client, before it is sent to the server.  Because the server only sees encrypted data, there is no possibility for an evesdropper, hacker, or anybody with access to our database to read or manipulate our users' private communications.  Furthermore, data is encrypted specifically for the recipients, so only they will be able to decrypt and read the communications.  Lastly, are using a javascript port of a well-known and trusted encryption library called NaCl, which currently used by many trusted applications.

Opal is being built in a highly modular way which allows for a clean separation of concerns and ease of adapting the user experience to ensure a high level of adoption and engagement.