# Privacy on Ethereum #8

> Weekly digest

**Published by:** [Privacy on Ethereum](https://paragraph.com/@privacyonethereum/)
**Published on:** 2025-08-25
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@privacyonethereum/8

## Content

Free Roman Storm https://freeromanstorm.com/UpdatesReport on on the progress of the leading builders in the Privacy ecosystem https://x.com/HouseofZK/status/1957449981301813565L2Beat introduces a new framework to evaluate trusted setups of ZK proving systems https://x.com/l2beat/status/1958510175100289308An overview @ShutterNetwork of major breakthroughs that improve threshold encryption, encrypted mempools and MPC https://x.com/bezzenberger/status/1957769394790060319A new @zkMACI module allows DAOs to run private voting rounds on their proposals https://x.com/AragonProject/status/1958138194278412798New trusted setup ceremony completed to roll out new Semaphore version https://x.com/SemaphoreDevs/status/1958545469790937094Enclave introducing Ciphernodes, a new primitive to coordinate and secure encrypted execution https://x.com/EnclaveE3/status/1958549978986500517Curvy receives grant from the Arbitrum DAO for private transactions https://x.com/0xCurvy/status/1958120194242482248Quick deposit into Veil pools https://x.com/veildotcash/status/1958985516378202213Privacy Pools now support $USD1 https://x.com/0xprivacypools/status/1958638859572715581Resources6 myths about privacy on blockchains https://x.com/a16zcrypto/status/1957843243980452052New podcast with @drakefjustin on what @eth_proofs actually is https://x.com/zeroknowledgefm/status/1958163620602257809State of ZK https://x.com/cryptistanbul/status/1958597435443618004A new interactive map showing countries with supported documents in the ZKPassport registry https://x.com/ZKPassport/status/1958114312708297187Watch a step-by-step guide on using the Self SDK to integrate identity verification into your app https://x.com/selfprotocol/status/1958878125171122475ResearchWhy and how to use WHIR for Ethereum in the future https://ethresear.ch/t/whir-for-ethereum/22938EIP-8005: Encrypted Transaction Envelope (ETE) Typed Transaction https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-8005-encrypted-transaction-envelope-ete-typed-transaction/25110Ethereum Validator Key Management via DDH-Based Exponent Verifiable Random Functions (eVRF) https://ethresear.ch/t/ethereum-validator-key-management-via-ddh-based-exponent-verifiable-random-functions-evrf/22948/1ZEX v0.1: Confidential Peer-to-Peer DEX https://ethresear.ch/t/zex-v0-1-confidential-peer-to-peer-dex/22949/EventsRichard Stallman, Hacktivist, inventor of copyleft, GNU, GPL and Free Software Foundation joining Cypherpunk Congress https://x.com/web3privacy/status/1958224930773909755Propose your locations for the next zkSummit in Europe, 2026 https://x.com/AnnaRRose/status/1957496678014972311Sep 11 - Web3Privacy now @ ETHTokyo https://lu.ma/k71p60cbSep 21 - Cypherpunk Retreat Berlin https://cypherpunk.camp/Oct 16 - Web3Privacy Now @ ETHRome https://lu.ma/8jv4odjnNov 16, Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 https://lu.ma/u2sw5kpvIf I missed anything. Or if you want to get involved. Feel free to reach out.

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