Hundreds of people are contributing to Web3Privacy now on a weekly basis: outreaching to partners like Access Now, speakers from Amnesty International, wonderful feminist NGOs in Mumbai, & more.
14 projects
5 new Members
50 contributors
Activities from Mumbai to Cannes
Events
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25 events
2 flagship events: Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai, Neo-cypherpunk Summit in Berlin
1000 people coordinated from speakers to visitors
13 global meetups activating from Rio to Mumbai
Offsite
We gathered in Barcelona to plan our activities in 2026, reflect on great 2025 achievements, and just be next to each other.
Occupy EthCC https://luma.com/l3hxaaii - 100 people
Our informal gathering in Cannes - uniting activists, developers, organisers, and community builders from 40 countries in a public space. No keynote speeches, less transactional relations. Care towards each other.
contributors: Migle, Nats, Peter
Mumbai meetup https://luma.com/go5h5mod
50 people
Our first meetup as the Road to Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress. We gathered tech enthusiasts in Mumbai, explored post-ETHMumbai hackathon projects, connected with local community.
contributors: Adtiya, Chandresh, Mykola
Cypherpunk Retreat winter showcase (online)
Cypherpunk Fellows working on stablecoin privacy, distributed MLS or Cashu integration into AT Protocol presented their progress. These fellows were selected at Cypherpunk Retreat we made with Protocol Labs in 2025: http://cypherpunk.camp
third-party
Fosdem https://fosdem.org/2026/
Monerotopia https://monerotopia.com
Dweb camp @ c-base https://tix.dod.ngo/dwebcamp/c-base-meetup/
Parallel Society https://ps.logos.co
ETH Mumbai https://www.ethmumbai.in
PG @ Italian Schools
Zcomm
Play Video Hubs network x RadicalXChange
forthcoming
Rome meetup https://luma.com/q1sdbqf3
The first speakers:
@jaromil x @DyneOrg - cryptographer & "godfather of European anarchist hacking movement", active player at European encryption scene
Prague meetup https://luma.com/98pzi0jh
Neo-Cypherpunk Summit in Berlin
contributors: Beth, Dani, Teresa, PG, Mykola, Coinmandeer, Onahttps://s26ber.web3privacy.infoNeocypherpunk Summit #1
14 Jun 2026 - 2025 was an exceptional year: 10000 people, 130 speakers from Eva Galperin (EFF) to Roger Dingledine (Tor) speaking. We decided to make a sequel and strengthen Cypherpunk activism, culture and actions.
RSVP: https://luma.com/f47k4xnd
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai
contributors: Ben, Mykola, Adtiya, Kyle, Kurt
https://congress.web3privacy.infoEthereum Cypherpunk Congress #3
2 Nov 2026 - The Ancestral Fork - a gathering focused on human rights, privacy, and digital autonomy. It explores how inherited systems shape our digital choices in the AI Age. Two previous Congresses in Bangkok & Buenos Aires made a change: 7000 people, 100 speakers, 50 partners, visionaries from whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning & or Vitalik Buterin.
Explorer https://explorer.web3privacy.info
Privacy dashboard featuring 800+ projects promising decentralised privacy.
contributors: Humbaba, Mykola, Iva, Ben West, Ant
820 projects (+30)
Iva's Privacy Dashboard
Agentic aggregator turning Explorer open-data into measurable dashboard - helpful tool for researchers, builders and startupers exploring state of decentralised privacy from github readiness to category-vs-category.
Cypherpunk Opsec toolkit by Ben West cypherpunk-research.monkeyflower.ca
Operational security agentic kit build on top of Explorer open-data. Helping individuals and organisations apply complex analytics around each project promising privacy in web3.Cypherpunk toolkit research is here to stay!
Wonderful exploration on pro-cypherpunk OSINT, privacy projects, web3 ecosystem by @BenWest
Its goal is to help people navigate complexity of privacy landscape & ensure projects provide legitimate promises.
beta:
Research
Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem report https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/ethereum-privacy-ecosystem-mapping
contributors: Jensei, Max, Mykola, Coinmandeer
The most extensive research shaping the way the Ethereum privacy ecosystem has been build. Featuring hundreds of projects, communities, events, and R&D.
Ethereum Privacy X thread
https://x.com/ethereum/status/2032138245048524982
Media
contributors: Babybit, Peter, Max, Mykola, PG, vovo
Videos
3 years of Privacy Activism video https://x.com/web3privacy/status/2023808846859280582
25 shorts https://www.youtube.com/@Web3PrivacyNow/shorts
20 interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRfhnDS-WG4 (20% uploaded, 80% - post-production)
Interviewed: Juan Benet x Protocol Labs, Harry Halpin x Nym, Jordi Baylina x Zisk, Seth for Privacy x Cake Wallet, Pavel Zoness x Tor Project, Amirr Taaki x DarkFi, Ahmed Ghappour x Flashbots, Rachel-Rose O'Leary x DarkFi & many others.
Juan Benet x Protocol Labs
Play Video "From Privacy Tools to Parallel Societies: The Neo-Cypherpunk Strategy": Jarrad Hope x Logos
Play Video Privacy Is Not Protection. It’s a Weapon for Freedom // Amir Taaki (DarkFi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1z756gXAfY
Privacy Isn’t a Feature - It’s a System // Harry Halpin (Nym): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhANsaWzNZw
Privacy Is a Daily Act - Not Just a Tool // Pavel Zoneff (Tor Project)
Play Video Privacy Isn’t Defense - It’s How We Build New Worlds // Rachel-Rose O’Leary (DarkFi):
Play Video
Ethereum Privacy Stack lightning talks (3)
Post Quantum Compute by Stefano&Fabrizio (NeverLocal)
Play Video Private Proof of Burn by Shahriar (WORM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXIB76WJ1I
Policy as Critical Infrastructure for Privacy by Nikhil Raghuveera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIxhc1Lp2A
Book: The politics of Privacy
In June, the world will see our first book published with legendary cryptographer David Chaum or privacy influencer Naomi Brockwell.
With contributions from Primavera de Filippi, David Chaum, Naomi Brockwell, Judith De Boer, Denis "Jaromil" Rojo, Audrey Tang, Glen Weyl etc.
Editor, designer, printing facility covered.
contributor: PGZine
contributor: vovo
Portal
We are building "media" - one-stop-shop for all decentralised privacy News, Vacancies, Projects, Events, Research and Education.
contributor: Coinmandeer, Max
Academy
contributors: Peter, Oskarth, Kassandra, Coinmandeer
Oskarth x IPTF/EF: ZK for non-tech 101 https://academy.web3privacy.info/p/zk-for-not-tech-by-oskarth
Conscious Engineering with Kassandra (Ethereum Foundation, Kohaku): https://academy.web3privacy.info/p/conscious-engineering-101
web update https://academy.web3privacy.info
Web3 Privacy Academy - Free Education on Privacy, Freedom & Digital Rights
Web3 Privacy Academy is a free, open educational platform exploring privacy, decentralization, and digital rights through courses, interviews, and research.
Privacy Awards
For the three years we are running annual awards poll asking experts share their favourite projects, news, doxxers, innovations.
contributor: Mykola, Max + 80 experts from Nym to Ethereum Foundation
#1 — @TornadoCash Legal Saga
A defining case for developer liability and open-source neutrality.
#2 — EU Chat Control
Mandatory scanning proposals that ignited encryption resistance in Europe.
#3 — @SamouraiWallet Case
Renewed questions about
Best Exciting Innovation longlist https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/privacy-awards-2025-best-exciting-innovations-longlist
Best News longlist https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/privacy-awards-2025-best-news-—-longlist
Event of the year https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/privacy-awards-2025-event-of-the-year
Doxxer longlist
Membership
Model helping us to stay free and impactful - annual support from global organisations.
New members: Logos, Protocol Labs, Zcash, Radicle, Swarm
Mature organisations working on critical decentralised infrastructure, research and economy helping us perform impactful activism.
Thank you, @Logos_network, @protocollabs, @ethswarm, @Zcash
Public Goods
GCC Round - participating in the latest round building bridges between global & Chinese communities.
Bordel donation
We donated to new European hacklab being crafted in Prague. Exceptional educational place fostering hacktivist culture, educating youth, and spreading FOSS.
Volunteers
Launched onboarding processes turning volunteers into active Web3Privacy now contributors.
contributors: Robert, Alisher
166 total submissions https://tally.so/r/3lLqKo
30 participants in a volunteer hub
Stacks https://stacks.web3privacy.info
Micro-projects helping people explore new software & hardware that experts are using.
contributors: ant, max, Mykola
14 submissions: Sooraj Sathyanarayanan x Brave, Mario Havel x Ethereum Foundation, Bob Summerwill x Strato, Andy Guzman x Privacy Stewards of Ethereum, cheeky-gorilla x Protocol Guild, Mikerah x HashCloak, polymutex x walletbeat, Pol Lanski x Dappnode etc
Other
New website (ongoing) https://new.web3privacy.info
Annual Report
Dyne.org newsletter https://x.com/web3privacy/status/2013629810317369682
Cypherpunk Retreat case study
Newsletter
https://news.web3privacy.infoWeek in the Privacy News
Weekly newsletter with round-up of the most important news happening around privacy in Web3.
Asset guide - crafting asset "hub" for external contributors who want to make Web3Privacy now meetups around the world.
Decentralised voices interview
5 episodes of Season 3 are live! Don't miss them
Is privacy a human right or a cypherpunk dream? Answers @nicksvyaznoy, founder of @web3privacy.
@DariaStrategy and Mykola get into the meaning of privacy: not the "big brother is watching you" paranoia, but as a form ofExperimenting with our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/web3privacy_now/
Fostering socials: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/web3privacy.info, X https://x.com/web3privacy, LinkedIn as the place to connect with traditional human rights organisations https://www.linkedin.com/company/web3privacynow, maintaining Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/@web3privacynow
Q1 2026 was full of events, web-development, partnerships, foss and joy of activism from Mumbai to Rome. Onwards!