Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix
Developers are narrowing the list for the Hegotá upgrade, including a package to change how wallets approve and pay for transactions, giving developers of…
Ethereum devs to narrow 66 proposals tied to Hegotá upgrade
The Hegotá upgrade aims to introduce more native privacy for Ethereum applications. Source:Cointelegraph
Miden bets on privacy stablecoins with introduction of USDCx
USDCx will let users transact without publicly exposing balances, counterparties or transaction histories, while allowing selective disclosure for compliance.…
Ethereum Foundation adds SEAL 911 co-founder to board as privacy focus grows
Pascal Caversaccio joins the Ethereum Foundation’s fourmember board as the organization elevates privacy and security in its protocol strategy.…
Ethereum startup EthSystems bets privacy is key to getting banks on public blockchains
EthSystems, which spun out of the Ethereum Foundation earlier this month, is focused on building privacy infrastructure for banks and other financial…
The KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance system
The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wakeup call for everyone who values…
Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second
The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to paymentnetwork scale. Source:CoinDesk
The privacy paradox of protecting kids online
We don’t need to imagine the privacy pitfalls of age verification. They’ve been happening for years, argues Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard.…
Ethereum Foundation spinout EthSystems targets banks with blockchain privacy technology
The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years. Source:CoinDesk
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is preparing its 'biggest rebuild' since the Merge
A revised roadmap details how the multiyear overhaul would replace nearly every major part of Ethereum's protocol, with quantum resistance and privacy moving…
Venice AI becomes unicorn after $65M Series A as AI privacy concerns grow
The funding round is Venice AI’s first external capital raise since it launched in May 2024. Source:Cointelegraph
Anthropic's Mythos AI finds no more 'serious' bugs in Zcash: Wilcox
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said Anthropic's Mythos AI model found no further "serious bugs" in the privacy protocol following the patching of a previously…