50+ privacy enthusiasts participated in our #2023privacyproof selection of the best pro-privacy projects, key news, innovation & anti-privacy doxxers. And we publish a longlist to explore highlighted initiatives.

The privacy market in web3 matures every year. New research papers, projects, demos, and events are delivered. We want to give the privacy community a voice & celebrate annual privacy contributions worldwide.

Note*: The longlist will be updated till our shortlist is published (mid-Jan, 24).*

total: 27 projects

• Waku

• Brume Wallet

• ZKP2P

• Web3 Privacy Now

• Railgun_

• Skiff

• Trocador

• Nym

• Signal

• LunarDAO

• DarkFi

• Raspi 5

• Messier

Contribution examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

total: 42 news & events

• 

  DeFi Education Fund

  @fund_defi

  DEF is proud to support the industry by filing amicus briefs in precedent-setting cases, such as Harper v. IRS, which involves a John Doe subpoena to Coinbase that resulted in over 14,000 users’ private financial information being sent to the IRS.
  
  Our CLO @amandatums breaks down

  

  Amanda Tuminelli

  @amandatums

  Today, @fund_DeFi submitted an amicus brief in the Harper v. IRS appeal (pending in the 1st Cir) to ensure the court understands the unique Fourth Amendment concerns in allowing the government unfettered access to US citizen’s crypto tx history.

  18

  4:48 PM • Oct 20, 2023

total: 51 projects & papers

• Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium

• Testudo: Linear Time Prover SNARKs with Constant Size Proofs and Square Root Size Universal Setup

• zkEVM

• Fully homomorphic encryption

• TLS Notary

• Universal Privacy Alliance lobbying group formation

• Unstoppable Wallets: Chain-assisted Threshold ECDSA and its Applications paper

• Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (zkML)

• Hardware acceleration progress (e.g. Ingoyama's FPGA work)

• Homomorphic Encryption applications (e.g. Zama's fhEVM)

• Chaumian ecash projects like Cashu and Fedimint

Any project, person, or organisation that sought to reduce privacy within the space.

total: 21 projects & regulators

• Ledger

• Friend.Tech

• WalletConnect

• Arkham

• Stefan Berger & the EU Parliament (MiCA)

• Limone.eth with the bot for points sellers

• Kid Security The US SEC

• 

  Eric Wall | BIP-444

  @ercwl

  there's now officially a situation in sweden
  
  this monday, a middle-aged swedish couple was tied up in their home and robbed by 4 masked men. they were physically abused and threatened with their own kitchen knives. they were tied up for hours and one had to be escorted to the

  3,527

  9:50 PM • Nov 8, 2023

1. Privacy enthusiasts pay close attention to the Tornado Cash case.

2. Some projects like Logos, HOPR, DarkFi, Anoma appeared in different categories (project + innovation).

3. Doxxers could be segmented into 2 directions: public (regulators) & private (like Ledger).

4. Ledger & Arkham are champions of doxxers category.

5. Key news could be positive & negative at the same time impacting the privacy market.

Want to contribute with your selection? DM us on X or Matrix

29 Dec, 23 50 privacy community members sent their selections. A long list has been created & shared publicly.

15 Jan, 24 A list will be constantly updated until we reach two goals: 100 participants & the majority of the key pro-privacy personas contributions. A shortlist will be published.

Disclaimer: #2023privacyproof doesn’t represent an accurate “voice” of the market, but serves to highlight a plurality of takes on privacy. Explore projects, news & and anti-privacy services within a personal quest for privacy.

50+ privacy enthusiasts participated in our #2023privacyproof selection of the best pro-privacy projects, key news, innovation & anti-privacy doxxers. And we publish a longlist to explore highlighted initiatives.

The privacy market in web3 matures every year. New research papers, projects, demos, and events are delivered. We want to give the privacy community a voice & celebrate annual privacy contributions worldwide.

Note*: The longlist will be updated till our shortlist is published (mid-Jan, 24).*

total: 27 projects

• Waku

• Brume Wallet

• ZKP2P

• Web3 Privacy Now

• Railgun_

• Skiff

• Trocador

• Nym

• Signal

• LunarDAO

• DarkFi

• Raspi 5

• Messier

Contribution examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

total: 42 news & events

• 

  DeFi Education Fund

  @fund_defi

  DEF is proud to support the industry by filing amicus briefs in precedent-setting cases, such as Harper v. IRS, which involves a John Doe subpoena to Coinbase that resulted in over 14,000 users’ private financial information being sent to the IRS.
  
  Our CLO @amandatums breaks down

  

  Amanda Tuminelli

  @amandatums

  Today, @fund_DeFi submitted an amicus brief in the Harper v. IRS appeal (pending in the 1st Cir) to ensure the court understands the unique Fourth Amendment concerns in allowing the government unfettered access to US citizen’s crypto tx history.

  18

  4:48 PM • Oct 20, 2023

total: 51 projects & papers

• Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium

• Testudo: Linear Time Prover SNARKs with Constant Size Proofs and Square Root Size Universal Setup

• zkEVM

• Fully homomorphic encryption

• TLS Notary

• Universal Privacy Alliance lobbying group formation

• Unstoppable Wallets: Chain-assisted Threshold ECDSA and its Applications paper

• Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (zkML)

• Hardware acceleration progress (e.g. Ingoyama's FPGA work)

• Homomorphic Encryption applications (e.g. Zama's fhEVM)

• Chaumian ecash projects like Cashu and Fedimint

Any project, person, or organisation that sought to reduce privacy within the space.

total: 21 projects & regulators

• Ledger

• Friend.Tech

• WalletConnect

• Arkham

• Stefan Berger & the EU Parliament (MiCA)

• Limone.eth with the bot for points sellers

• Kid Security The US SEC

• 

  Eric Wall | BIP-444

  @ercwl

  there's now officially a situation in sweden
  
  this monday, a middle-aged swedish couple was tied up in their home and robbed by 4 masked men. they were physically abused and threatened with their own kitchen knives. they were tied up for hours and one had to be escorted to the

  3,527

  9:50 PM • Nov 8, 2023

1. Privacy enthusiasts pay close attention to the Tornado Cash case.

2. Some projects like Logos, HOPR, DarkFi, Anoma appeared in different categories (project + innovation).

3. Doxxers could be segmented into 2 directions: public (regulators) & private (like Ledger).

4. Ledger & Arkham are champions of doxxers category.

5. Key news could be positive & negative at the same time impacting the privacy market.

Want to contribute with your selection? DM us on X or Matrix

29 Dec, 23 50 privacy community members sent their selections. A long list has been created & shared publicly.

15 Jan, 24 A list will be constantly updated until we reach two goals: 100 participants & the majority of the key pro-privacy personas contributions. A shortlist will be published.

Disclaimer: #2023privacyproof doesn’t represent an accurate “voice” of the market, but serves to highlight a plurality of takes on privacy. Explore projects, news & and anti-privacy services within a personal quest for privacy.