ConceptsPrivacy Proxies

Privacy Proxies

On-chain privacy is pointless if your IP address gives you away off-chain. A typical wallet queries an RPC provider directly from your browser — handing that provider a neat log of your IP next to every address you care about.

BlackVault’s browser talks only to BlackVault’s own origin. Server-side proxies relay everything:

TrafficProxied
Chain reads & broadcasts (JSON-RPC)
ENS / name resolution
Price quotes & chart history
News feeds & article thumbnails
Social embeds
Trending market data

What this buys you

  • No correlation — RPC providers, price APIs, and CDNs see BlackVault’s server, never you.
  • Shared caching — one upstream call serves every user for that window; quotes and feeds stay live without hammering third parties.
  • Resilience — last-good responses are served if an upstream throttles, so the UI never blanks.

Hardening on the same layer

  • The image proxy blocks server-side request forgery (private-range and metadata IPs are rejected after DNS resolution).
  • Abuse-prone routes carry per-IP rate limits.
  • A strict Content-Security-Policy pins the browser to the app’s own origin — even injected code can’t quietly call third parties.