# Annual Privacy Tech  Poll - #2023privacyproof

By [Web3Privacy Now](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy-now) · 2023-12-17

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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.

We ask leaders behind privacy protocols, enthusiasts, developers, researchers, and community builders to share their opinions on the year's crucial privacy projects, people, and events.

Our goals help privacy projects get a new audience facilitate community contribution to privacy knowledge sharing create a discussion around the annual privacy footprint

**#2023privacyproof poll**
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### In a nutshell

1.  What is your favourite pro-privacy project/product of 2023? **Name one**.
    
2.  What was the major news or key event regarding privacy in 2023? **Name up to two**.
    
3.  What is the most exciting innovation (new research, protocols, or approaches) supporting privacy? **Name up to two**.
    
4.  Doxxer of the year (any project, person, or organisation that sought to reduce privacy within the space). **Name one**.
    

_Example_

![https://twitter.com/tsu_kareta shared his winners & losers](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/851b073d27aa0a340a18fe724be421af486bb436f0ceae253d551d8347fdd867.png)

https://twitter.com/tsu\_kareta shared his winners & losers

_Useful links_

*   [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/507bde8d3162e61c2754a31917953283c2b846d7709b3f68bae5f9b703808218.jpg)](https://twitter.com/fund_defi)
    
    [DeFi Education Fund](https://twitter.com/fund_defi)
    
    [@fund\_defi](https://twitter.com/fund_defi)
    
    [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/fund_defi/status/1715409633152553074)
    
    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](https://twitter.com/amandatums) breaks down
    
    [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/71288c19806adbc841ee2f7aa04bf6cee7da9b26e9034187b29fc8b8efbfa3b8.jpg)](https://twitter.com/amandatums)
    
    [Amanda Tuminelli](https://twitter.com/amandatums)
    
    [@amandatums](https://twitter.com/amandatums)
    
    [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/amandatums/status/1715409105316151609)
    
    Today, [@fund\_DeFi](https://twitter.com/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. ![👇](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f447.png)
    
     [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 18](https://twitter.com/fund_defi/status/1715409633152553074)[
    
    11:48 AM • Oct 20, 2023
    
    ](https://twitter.com/fund_defi/status/1715409633152553074)
    
*   [Tornado Devs Arrested](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/23/tornado-cash-devs-arrested-on-money-laundering-sanctions-violation-grounds-over-alleged-1b-moved/)
    
*   [Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4563364)
    
*   [Testudo: Linear Time Prover SNARKs with Constant Size Proofs and Square Root Size Universal Setup](https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/961)
    
*   [Friend.Tech](https://cryptobriefing.com/social-friendtech-uniswap-fees-leaks-private-data/)
    

How to contribute
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1.  Answer with your choices to the poll.
    
2.  Send it to our team by
    

*   DM via X / Twitter: [www.twitter.com/web3privacy](https://twitter.com/web3privacy)
    
*   Join and share it within our public [Matrix group](https://matrix.to/#/!KJQzQxqrNPOVcgveVO:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=gwei.cz&via=matrix.freyachat.eu)
    
*   DM #2023privacyproof facilitators via X: [PG](https://twitter.com/PG_CDG) or [Mykola](https://twitter.com/nicksvyaznoy)
    

3\. Wait for public results ([X](https://www.twitter.com/web3privacy), [Mirror](https://mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf416B74DB3DE55Eb4D7513a80F4841073)).

> **Note**: _if you are affiliated with a privacy project (work or invest in them) - try to name another one. It will help to make our poll more balanced._
> 
> Sudo-anon choices are welcome too (we do respect your privacy).

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Deadline
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*   start of the poll: 18 Dec
    
*   end of the survey: 25 Dec
    
*   results: 26 Dec (extended to 15th Jan, 2024)
    

_Choose your privacy favourites of the year, good luck & have fun!_

Special thanks to Alan, tree, PG, Nick for your help.

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*Originally published on [Web3Privacy Now](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy-now/annual-privacy-tech-poll-2023privacyproof)*