Encryptable is committed to becoming a professionally validated, enterprise-ready privacy framework while remaining free and open-source forever.
Professional security audits and sustainable development require funding. This document outlines our transparent, tiered sponsorship goals and what each funding level enables.
We have three realistic sponsorship goals, each representing a progressively ambitious vision for building privacy-first tools:
First goal: $3,000/month in sponsorships to dedicate full-time effort to developing and maintaining Encryptable.
- 🛠️ Full-time development - New features, bug fixes, documentation
- 🔒 Initial professional security audit - $4,000-6,000 one-time investment for comprehensive cryptographic validation
- 🔄 Ongoing security validation - $2k-4k per major version + $2k-3k annual re-certification
- 📚 Educational resources - Tutorials, examples, and best practices documentation
- 🌐 Ecosystem growth - Integration with other frameworks and tools
Security isn't a one-time expense—it's an ongoing commitment:
- Initial audit (~$5k): Full comprehensive review of Encryptable's cryptographic implementation (~500 lines of core crypto code)
- Major version updates (~$2k-4k each): Re-audit of changed cryptographic components
- Annual re-certification (~$2k-3k/year): Maintains compliance as threats evolve and enterprise customers require up-to-date validation
At $3,000/month, full-time work on Encryptable is sustainable, and funds can be gradually built for both the initial audit and ongoing security validations—ensuring the framework remains production-ready for years to come.
A professional security audit will transform Encryptable from a cryptographically sound framework to a production-validated, enterprise-ready solution.
What you'll get:
- ✅ Official security certification - Published audit report from qualified cryptographers for the framework itself
- ✅ Easier app compliance - Using an audited framework significantly reduces your application's audit scope and cost
- ✅ Framework compliance validated - Encryptable's cryptographic implementation certified for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2
- ✅ Vulnerability remediation - Any issues found in the framework will be fixed and documented
- ✅ Customer confidence - Third-party validation of the encryption layer you're using
- ✅ Reduced liability - Professional attestation of the framework limits your legal exposure
Important: The audit certifies Encryptable itself, not your application.
Your app will still need its own compliance validation, but using an audited encryption framework makes that process significantly cheaper and faster since the cryptographic layer is already certified.
What WON'T change:
- ❌ Free & open-source forever - No change to license or pricing
- ❌ Core architecture - The cryptographic design is already sound
- ❌ API compatibility - No breaking changes expected
Our commitment: Whether or not the audit gets funded, Encryptable will remain free and open-source.
The audit would simply unlock its full potential for production use with sensitive data.
We're being transparent about this limitation so you can make informed decisions about where to use Encryptable.
Intermediate goal: $7,500/month in sponsorships to establish Wanion Technologies as a professional company brand and build a sustainable development operation.
- Professional brand identity - Transition from individual project to technology company
- Domain infrastructure:
wanion.tech- Main company website and portfolioencryptable.wanion.tech- Encryptable framework sitedocs.wanion.tech- Unified documentation hubblog.wanion.tech- Technical blog and announcements
- Email infrastructure:
contact@wanion.tech- General inquiriesencryptable@wanion.tech- Product-specific supportsecurity@wanion.tech- Security reportspartnership@wanion.tech- Enterprise partnerships
- Legal foundation - Business entity registration, trademark protection for "Wanion Technologies"
- Professional online presence - Company website, portfolio, team profiles
- WanionCane (Founder/CTO) - Full-time leadership, architecture, and core development
- 1-2 skilled remote developers - Leveraging geographic arbitrage (Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia)
- Part-time security consultant - Ongoing security guidance and pre-audit reviews (10 hrs/week)
- Part-time technical writer - Documentation, tutorials, and company content (10 hrs/week)
- ✅ Encryptable framework excellence - Continuous improvements, bug fixes, and features
- ✅ Rust library development - encryptable-rs as primary multi-language expansion
- ✅ Security audit completion - Professional audit of Encryptable framework
- ✅ Database prototyping - Design and early development of Rust-based NoSQL database
- ✅ Brand building - Conference talks, blog posts, company visibility
- WanionCane's salary (Founder/CTO): $35k-38k/year
- 1-2 Remote developers: $22k-28k/year each ($22k-56k total)
- Part-time security consultant (10 hrs/week): $4k-6k/year
- Part-time technical writer (10 hrs/week): $3k-5k/year
- Security audits: $5k-6k/year
- Infrastructure & domains: $2k-3k/year
- Business/legal setup: $2k-3k/year (one-time, Year 1 only)
- Contingency/buffer: $2k-4k/year
Year 1: Wanion Technologies Foundation
- Establish Wanion Technologies brand and legal entity
- Launch wanion.tech company website
- Set up subdomain infrastructure (encryptable.wanion.tech, docs.wanion.tech, blog.wanion.tech)
- Team assembled (WanionCane + 1-2 developers + consultants)
- Encryptable framework audit completed
- Rust library (encryptable-rs) alpha/beta
- Database design finalized
Year 2: Product Expansion
- Rust library production-ready (first product under Wanion Technologies)
- Database development progresses (second product)
- Company blog: regular technical content
- Team grows to 2 developers
- Community growth initiatives
Year 3: Multi-Product Company
- Database beta release as "EncryptaDB by Wanion Technologies"
- Multi-language driver development
- Enterprise early adopters
- Team potentially expands to 3 developers with additional revenue
- Wanion Technologies recognized as privacy infrastructure company
Professional credibility:
- "Wanion Technologies" sounds like a real tech company (vs. solo developer project)
- Enterprise partners prefer working with companies, not individuals
- Easier for procurement, legal, and partnership discussions
Scalability:
- Encryptable becomes "a product by Wanion Technologies"
- Future products (EncryptaDB, SDKs, tools) fit under same brand umbrella
- Subdomain structure scales infinitely (database.wanion.tech, academy.wanion.tech, etc.)
Marketing advantage:
- Tech companies are taken more seriously than individual projects
- "Wanion Technologies announces..." carries more weight
- Attracts better talent and partnerships
Realistic goal: $15,000/month in sponsorships to build the complete privacy-first ecosystem with focused, sequential development.
- WanionCane + 3-4 developers - Leveraging global talent through geographic arbitrage
- Part-time security researcher - 15-20 hours/week for continuous threat analysis
- Part-time technical writer - 20 hours/week for enterprise-grade documentation
- Community coordinator - Part-time role for ecosystem growth and user support
- Rust - encryptable-rs (high-performance, memory-safe) ✅ Year 1 priority
- Kotlin - Continued development and feature parity ✅ Ongoing
- Additional languages - Evaluated based on community demand (Year 2+)
- C++ - Considered for embedded/IoT if resources permit (Year 3+)
- Year 1-2: Design, prototyping, and core development
- Year 2: Beta release with professional security audit
- Year 3: Production-ready with full audit certification
- NoSQL architecture optimized for encrypted document storage
- Cryptographic addressing as first-class feature
- Secret-based access model native to the database
- Security audit budgeted from day one - Not an afterthought
- Year 2-3: Development begins after database stabilizes
- Rust-based framework designed to integrate seamlessly with our database
- Memory-safe secret handling leveraging Rust's ownership model
- Zero-knowledge authentication patterns built-in
- Conference presentations and workshops (1-2 per year)
- Free educational content and tutorials
- Community support and mentorship
- Research collaborations (academic partnerships)
- WanionCane's salary: $38k-42k/year
- 3 Remote developers: $28k-31k/year each ($84k-93k total)
- Part-time security researcher (15-20 hrs/week): $8k-10k/year
- Part-time technical writer (20 hrs/week): $7k-9k/year
- Part-time community coordinator (15 hrs/week): $6k-7k/year
- Security audits (ongoing): $8k-10k/year
- Infrastructure & tools: $3k-4k/year
- Conference/education budget: $2k-3k/year
- Contingency/buffer: $3k-4k/year
Year 1: Rust Library + Database Foundation
- Assemble core team (WanionCane + 3 developers initially)
- Kotlin framework: continuous improvements and optimizations
- Rust library (encryptable-rs): production-ready release
- Database: Design finalized, development begins in earnest
- Security: Ongoing audits and security reviews
Year 2: Database Beta + Framework Prototyping
- Team expansion to 4 developers if budget allows
- Database: Beta release with professional security audit
- Rust library: Ecosystem growth and additional language evaluation
- Backend framework: Design and early prototyping begins
- Community: First privacy workshop or small conference
Year 3: Database Production + Framework Development
- Database: Production-ready with full audit certification
- Backend framework: Active development, alpha/beta release
- Multi-language support: Expand based on community feedback
- Enterprise adoption: Support program and enterprise features
- C++ library: Evaluate feasibility and begin if viable
- ✅ Geographic arbitrage - Hire skilled developers from regions with lower cost of living
- ✅ Sequential focus - One major component at a time (Rust lib → DB → Framework)
- ✅ Part-time specialists - Security researcher, writer, coordinator as part-time to optimize budget
- ✅ Audit-first mentality - Security audits budgeted into every major release
- ✅ Community-driven expansion - Additional languages based on actual demand, not speculation
Progressive ambition explained:
Each tier builds upon the previous foundation. The progression represents not just more resources, but fundamentally different scales of impact:
- $3k/month: Solo sustainable development with audit path
- $7.5k/month: Professional company brand (Wanion Technologies) with small focused team
- $15k/month: Professional team with realistic global talent, focused sequential development
The Wanion Technologies milestone ($7.5k) is strategic:
- Transitions from "individual developer project" to "technology company"
- Establishes professional brand infrastructure (wanion.tech, encryptable.wanion.tech)
- Makes Encryptable "a product by Wanion Technologies" (scalable for future products)
- Opens doors for enterprise partnerships and serious investment conversations
We believe in radical transparency:
- The $3k goal is achievable and sustainable—enables full-time development with audit funding
- The $7.5k goal is strategic and realistic—establishes Wanion Technologies as a professional brand with a small focused team
- The $15k goal is ambitious but achievable through geographic arbitrage and focused execution—builds the complete privacy ecosystem
This isn't just about building software—it's about creating production-ready privacy tools that developers can trust and use with confidence.
While we've outlined sponsorship goals, Encryptable's long-term sustainability won't rely solely on sponsorships. As the project matures, we plan to explore complementary revenue streams:
- Enterprise support contracts - Professional support and SLA guarantees for companies using Encryptable in production
- Managed hosting - Optional hosted database service for teams that prefer not to self-host
- Training and certification - Professional training programs and developer certifications
- Consulting services - Architecture review and implementation assistance for complex use cases
- Other projects - Development of complementary tools, plugins, privacy-focused applications, and websites focused on privacy that leverage the Encryptable ecosystem
Key commitment: The core framework will always remain free and open-source (MIT License), regardless of any commercial services built around it. Commercial offerings would fund continued open-source development, not replace it.
Quarterly reports on:
- Development progress and milestones achieved
- Audit fund status and allocation
- Team composition and hiring updates
- Community growth metrics
Commitments:
- All audit-dedicated funds used exclusively for professional security validation
- Recognition for all contributors in project documentation
- Open-source forever, regardless of funding status
- No bait-and-switch: MIT License will never change
Can't sponsor financially? You can still help:
- 🌐 Share Encryptable with your network and on social media
- 🔍 Contribute security reviews (if you have cryptographic expertise)
- 🤝 Help us find pro-bono security reviewers or academic partnerships
- 📢 Post about the project on r/crypto, r/netsec, r/programming, or security forums
- 📝 Write blog posts or tutorials about using Encryptable
- 🐛 Report bugs and contribute code improvements
- 📚 Improve documentation - typo fixes, clarifications, examples
- ⭐ Star the repository on GitHub to increase visibility
Every contribution helps build a more privacy-respecting internet!
- Limitations - Framework limitations and constraints
- AI Security Audit - Comprehensive AI-generated security analysis
- Innovations - Technical innovations and novel contributions
- Compliance Analysis - Alignment with PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2
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