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Web3Privacy NowExplorer: Scoring mechanism breakdown
In a forever-evolving blockchain and privacy landscape, evaluating projects objectively is crucial. Our scoring system provides a structured approach to assessing crypto initiatives across three key areas: Openness, Technology, and Privacy. We currently rank projects based on that filled-in information with little to no conditional logic. Do you want to help us improve our scoring mechanism? Come say hi in our TG channel, Or join our weekly meeting on Fridays at 14:00 CEST located at this Jit...
Web3Privacy NowCan Privacy Be a Public Good (and Still Survive)?
“Trying to raise money for privacy is like selling umbrellas in a drought. You know the rain’s coming, but no one wants to invest until they’re already soaked.”Last week, a collection of builders, donors, and philosophical troublemakers gathered in a virtual bar known as X Spaces to discuss the noble and bewildering task of funding privacy in a world that keeps confusing it with invisibility. With Gavin Birch (Luminara, Namada), Peter Van Valkenburgh (Coin Center), Ben West (Pretty Good OSINT...
Web3Privacy NowPrivacy as Freedom of Behavior
What is privacy?What is privacy, really? I’ve been trying to answer that question for years. As someone who’s worked in communications for 15 years, and now leads the Web3Privacy Now Academy, my job has been to explain complex ideas—often deeply technical ones—to people in a way that makes sense. And yet, even after years inside the privacy space, I still struggle to explain what privacy is in a way that lands. Not just factually, but emotionally. When I talk to people outside the space, I of...
The results of “Privacy Proof” annual awards are here. Second patient - “Key news and events of the year” category.
Each year brings mix of different news from cryptography advancement to dev imprisonment. 2024 been a year of positive signals (Assange - free, Tornado Cash positive ruling), and negative implications (continues attack on end-to-end-encryption, massive personal data breaches).
“Privacy Proof” is an annual awards facilitated by the Web3Privacy now collective. It aims to feature key projects, news, innovations & doxxers of the market selected by 90+ enthusiasts, developers, researchers, cryptographers, cypherpunks, and community builders from Vitalik Buterin to Zooko behind the Ethereum, Nym, Logos, Railgun, Aztec, ZK Sync, dappnode, Electric Coin & Co. & many other organisations.
All contributions are public & can be found on X & Fileverse
Tornado positive ruling ensuring that privacy development is less of a crime, especially within the “smart contract development” realm.
important note: Roman Storm still need your support.
Julian Assange has been released from prison.
Notable mentions
FBI tells people to use encrypted apps instead of SMS
TEE GPUs becoming viable faster than initially thought
The attacks on encryption from EU governments and others
Exiled Russian Opposition Leader Launches Blockchain-Based Referendum
Age verification (i.e. mandatory doxxing) laws passing in the US and Europe
Apple native integration of ChatGPT
Anti-crypto army losing US elections
Buenos Aires adopts verifiable credentials
NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards
E2EE enabled by Signal Protocol finally rolled out
Women in Web3 Privacy established
Multiple Monero Exchange delistings
Regulatory Actions Against Worldcoin
National Public Data Breach -2.9 billion records were compromised
US recommendation to use end to end encryption
Midnight Blizzard attack on Microsoft
Dawn of the new zk era
Impending flourishing of agorist markets
Namada mainnet
Penumbra mainnet
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The results of “Privacy Proof” annual awards are here. Second patient - “Key news and events of the year” category.
Each year brings mix of different news from cryptography advancement to dev imprisonment. 2024 been a year of positive signals (Assange - free, Tornado Cash positive ruling), and negative implications (continues attack on end-to-end-encryption, massive personal data breaches).
“Privacy Proof” is an annual awards facilitated by the Web3Privacy now collective. It aims to feature key projects, news, innovations & doxxers of the market selected by 90+ enthusiasts, developers, researchers, cryptographers, cypherpunks, and community builders from Vitalik Buterin to Zooko behind the Ethereum, Nym, Logos, Railgun, Aztec, ZK Sync, dappnode, Electric Coin & Co. & many other organisations.
All contributions are public & can be found on X & Fileverse
Tornado positive ruling ensuring that privacy development is less of a crime, especially within the “smart contract development” realm.
important note: Roman Storm still need your support.
Julian Assange has been released from prison.
Notable mentions
FBI tells people to use encrypted apps instead of SMS
TEE GPUs becoming viable faster than initially thought
The attacks on encryption from EU governments and others
Exiled Russian Opposition Leader Launches Blockchain-Based Referendum
Age verification (i.e. mandatory doxxing) laws passing in the US and Europe
Apple native integration of ChatGPT
Anti-crypto army losing US elections
Buenos Aires adopts verifiable credentials
NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards
E2EE enabled by Signal Protocol finally rolled out
Women in Web3 Privacy established
Multiple Monero Exchange delistings
Regulatory Actions Against Worldcoin
National Public Data Breach -2.9 billion records were compromised
US recommendation to use end to end encryption
Midnight Blizzard attack on Microsoft
Dawn of the new zk era
Impending flourishing of agorist markets
Namada mainnet
Penumbra mainnet
Web3Privacy NowExplorer: Scoring mechanism breakdown
In a forever-evolving blockchain and privacy landscape, evaluating projects objectively is crucial. Our scoring system provides a structured approach to assessing crypto initiatives across three key areas: Openness, Technology, and Privacy. We currently rank projects based on that filled-in information with little to no conditional logic. Do you want to help us improve our scoring mechanism? Come say hi in our TG channel, Or join our weekly meeting on Fridays at 14:00 CEST located at this Jit...
Web3Privacy NowCan Privacy Be a Public Good (and Still Survive)?
“Trying to raise money for privacy is like selling umbrellas in a drought. You know the rain’s coming, but no one wants to invest until they’re already soaked.”Last week, a collection of builders, donors, and philosophical troublemakers gathered in a virtual bar known as X Spaces to discuss the noble and bewildering task of funding privacy in a world that keeps confusing it with invisibility. With Gavin Birch (Luminara, Namada), Peter Van Valkenburgh (Coin Center), Ben West (Pretty Good OSINT...
Web3Privacy NowPrivacy as Freedom of Behavior
What is privacy?What is privacy, really? I’ve been trying to answer that question for years. As someone who’s worked in communications for 15 years, and now leads the Web3Privacy Now Academy, my job has been to explain complex ideas—often deeply technical ones—to people in a way that makes sense. And yet, even after years inside the privacy space, I still struggle to explain what privacy is in a way that lands. Not just factually, but emotionally. When I talk to people outside the space, I of...
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