HQZ HQZ LLC
United States · Delaware Registered

Building Africa's open financial infrastructure.

HQZ LLC is a technology company that designs, builds, and operates the decentralized financial systems behind the Birr ecosystem — including the BRDPoSChain settlement network, the BirrWallet self-custody application, the BirrID on-chain identity standard, and the BirrConnect social and commerce platform powering birr.foundation.

Our Products About the Company
2024
Founded · Delaware, USA
5 products
Across the Birr ecosystem
EVM
Compatible L1 network
100%
Self-custody by default
What We Build

Infrastructure that respects users.

We engineer end-to-end financial systems — from the consensus layer to the consumer wallet — so the next billion users can transact without intermediaries extracting value from every interaction.

BR

BRDPoSChain

An EVM-compatible Delegated Proof-of-Stake network engineered for the throughput, finality, and cost profile of everyday African commerce.

BW

BirrWallet

A non-custodial mobile wallet — published by HQZ LLC — that lets users hold their own keys, send and receive on BRDPoSChain, and verify identities with BirrID.

BC

BirrConnect

A social, commerce, and identity layer that links real people, merchants, and creators to the same on-chain reputation graph.

BI

BirrID

An on-chain identity standard (ERC-721) issuing tamper-resistant verifiable credentials with optional KYC tiers and biometric proofs.

BP

BirrPay

Merchant payment rails that settle in BRC on BRDPoSChain — instant, low-fee, with optional fiat off-ramps via partner banks.

BF

Birr Foundation

The ecosystem governance and grant program coordinated under birr.foundation, supporting open development across the stack.

Our Approach

Engineering, not marketing.

We ship working software backed by open standards and public infrastructure. Every protocol we operate has verifiable, on-chain state. Every consumer product we publish keeps custody and privacy with the user — not with us.

  • ✓Self-custodial by default. Users hold their own keys.
  • ✓Open source where it matters. Consensus, contracts, and SDKs are public.
  • ✓Built for African scale. Low fees, mobile-first, multi-language.
  • ✓Compliant by design. Optional KYC tiers, sanctions screening, auditable trails.
HQZ

A holding entity for a public ecosystem.

HQZ LLC oversees the technical development, security operations, and commercial relationships behind the products that comprise the Birr ecosystem.

Have a partnership, integration, or press inquiry?

We work with financial institutions, regulators, and developers building on BRDPoSChain.

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