# Q2 2026 report is here! *Web3Privacy now ecosystem flourish in 2026.* By [Week in Privacy](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy) · 2026-07-02 privacy, activism, web3, report, freedom, encryption --- Hundreds of people are contributing to Web3Privacy now on a weekly basis: outreaching to partners like Access Now, speakers from Amnesty International, organising people in Berlin, amplifying free software and support internet censorship infrastructure. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4bb7caf73046f6514b70cdbdca1a751934b23af0866e2e8a1a7dbd4776d40a1b.png) * 12 projects * 150 contributors * Activities from Berlin to Mumbai **Events** ========== ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/79fcd78a90060ee0eb47df5106ccdf7a8ded3bee076b0cc0b78cd0edd8dcd74d.png) _stats_ * _26 events_ * _2 flagship events: Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai, Neo-cypherpunk Summit in Berlin_ * _1300 people coordinated from speakers to visitors_ * _13 global meetups activating from Rio to Mumbai_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6c3a30b7a3bf38816171aec54899460d619b47bb1df5eaefae4412cc5c794b65.jpg) _Meetups_ **Cluj** [https://luma.com/zttuflbr](https://luma.com/zttuflbr) _contributors:_ Robert ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/bbc504ed1ad4c02b313d829b5800a0fba9d2c3afa8d1853b6a58c365bffceee0.png) **Rome** [https://luma.com/q1sdbqf3](https://luma.com/q1sdbqf3) _contributors: PG, Babybit_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7a3126ea088904d428aa9f9660d750dec99f9f5fa29c8a7453f916d75e937cdb.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/df225c33252e1c39c7a95092abf21d2c58b01b04a5f0f4e5bce902d870b19b1d.png) **Prague** [https://luma.com/98pzi0jh](https://luma.com/98pzi0jh) _contributors: Coinmandeer, Max, Robert, Mykola_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/448d7518c8115ac231b14028aac5fd499aaa92af7d565de26eded9878fd8cbda.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/04fc90a1c1b8be2d752610f0b7b16dd240f97ba4d6e8bb3c1bb2cb460aaca2f6.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a761496a1c26db92255b291b5dccf8bcf2a85ed05360e2a934dc42154c2bbe3e.png) _Summit_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c9dba2861c57ced7bcf5be7ddec87a18f56394b044f55863766f8ff512265bea.png) **Neo-cypherpunk Summit, Berlin** 1000 visitors, 100 speakers, 70 organisations from Tor to GrapheneOS - a celebration of freedom, solidarity and decentralisation of power in a stunning Funkhaus venue. **web** [https://s26ber.web3privacy.info](https://s26ber.web3privacy.info) **videos: (first stage)**: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivVeZI9ne1g&list=PLSsVHWrO8Yh3DAloVapXFlNfZDZ4\_fMUS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivVeZI9ne1g&list=PLSsVHWrO8Yh3DAloVapXFlNfZDZ4_fMUS) **photos:** [https://web3privacy.info/events/s26ber](https://web3privacy.info/events/s26ber) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c8286a97464a4ac290128a25a75311393867bf51e1e7646b9614104129549fea.png) **Cypherpunk Congress 3,** Mumbai: [https://luma.com/spsnos9t](https://luma.com/spsnos9t) _contributors: Adtiya, Becca, Mykola, Sam Da Silva, w3dada⁩_ 1200 registrations! _Continuous work on location, local team, global south representation, curatorial concept, partnerships._ [ Ethereum 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. https://congress.web3privacy.info ![Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #3](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/502a07c41a734953593a8aa3714474220567544bb15dd9a5ee52b0ae5d84933b.png) ](http://congress.web3privacy.info/) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/048af3ab9a0ac1b78bd112973c7b520b0732824ec43f7f43a2ee8f060a9c71ff.png) _Third party_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/266bb70f06a90607ac483306d2eb61dbd472a2b0f8630dbe44de5ce7f87798c1.png) * Plural events (across the world) [https://www.radicalxchange.org/updates/announcements/2026-04-host-a-plural-event/](https://www.radicalxchange.org/updates/announcements/2026-04-host-a-plural-event/) _contributors:_ PG, Nikoline, Kris Is [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/16c8d174bff303342d61645f01c6373c1304291e85f24ea47711acae04701d84.jpg)](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [Web3Privacy Now](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [@web3privacy](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2055207158816403905) “Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective”, - Noam Chomsky. Happy to see people gathering, sharing, co-creating together around deliberate democracy, practical privacy and neo-cypherpunk ethos from Rio to Lisbon. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/50bf42aae0e4059d9556e36dfc9da049dc652349f79541904b2f6c340475ae53.jpg) [11](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2055207158816403905)[ 8:42 AM • May 15, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2055207158816403905) * Road to Devcon, Mumbai [https://luma.com/d0qj66pe](https://luma.com/d0qj66pe) _contributors:_ Adtiya [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1012fac305731364c482ed77d473824713f1e39a0e6c0543efde7b882501865c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/preegee) [Pree](https://twitter.com/preegee) [@preegee](https://twitter.com/preegee) [](https://twitter.com/preegee/status/2068264768851558512) Scenes from [@ethmumbai](https://twitter.com/ethmumbai) MIP-16 meetup with [@web3privacy](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/de9ff640c21ac2ecc0e4cc3e9a609e94764f9f732da3cc38a95001b65ff761a5.jpg) [33](https://twitter.com/preegee/status/2068264768851558512)[ 9:28 AM • Jun 20, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/preegee/status/2068264768851558512) * Re:publica, Berlin (participating) [https://re-publica.com/en](https://re-publica.com/en) _contributors:_ Mykola * ETHPrague (judging, hacking) [https://ethprague.com/](https://ethprague.com/) _contributors:_ Mykola, Jensei [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/16c8d174bff303342d61645f01c6373c1304291e85f24ea47711acae04701d84.jpg)](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [Web3Privacy Now](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [@web3privacy](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2053859922773786718) Hackathons are cultural reflections. [@EthPrague](https://twitter.com/EthPrague) "Ethereum Core" winner any᭙ꪖ᥅ꫀ: "there is no bridge, i love you" by [@jensei\_](https://twitter.com/jensei_) & [@magentoooo](https://twitter.com/magentoooo) represents not just commitment to decentralisation, but to CROPS principles (censorship resistance, open-source, privacy & security), ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/72c0ca754084ceb238deed3baaca3e3ff1308ad324e20715bd946fa63ea3ca84.jpg) [30](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2053859922773786718)[ 3:28 PM • May 11, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2053859922773786718) * Network School [https://ns.com](https://ns.com) _contributors:_ Peter * AI x Web3 School [https://aiweb3.school](https://aiweb3.school) _contributors:_ Peter _Art_ * Pixel prize winner @ Summit [https://justopensource.io/the-pixel-prize](https://justopensource.io/the-pixel-prize) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/16c8d174bff303342d61645f01c6373c1304291e85f24ea47711acae04701d84.jpg)](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [Web3Privacy Now](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [@web3privacy](https://twitter.com/web3privacy) [](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2067627646335463849) Moist Cryptography NeoCypherpunk Summit | Berlin 2026 ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d71f0993ab486b5f5d8d2ceb67c13dfdf78fbc7cd113c958a169ac8c90e5e947.jpg) [12](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2067627646335463849)[ 3:17 PM • Jun 18, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/2067627646335463849) * Plural monolith by Swarm, DarkFi, WomenXprivacy @ Summit [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4fa293407dabe96e6c0f5ccfc6169f5dd4b99aa82275cdb4447bf1da40d40d27.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ethswarm) [Ethereum Swarm](https://twitter.com/ethswarm) [@ethswarm](https://twitter.com/ethswarm) [](https://twitter.com/ethswarm/status/2067517326111420673) The Plural Monolith began as an experiment in collective livecoding. At [@Web3privacy](https://twitter.com/Web3privacy) Summit, it became a working system: shared samples, live code, projected visuals, and an archive returning to Swarm. Join us today at Web3 Summit · Funkhaus · Berlin ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b1a3085e61c9cfae47fea0c8e56bd94a95975f7b1b3b1f37b74e2f4491db73bc.jpg) [13](https://twitter.com/ethswarm/status/2067517326111420673)[ 7:58 AM • Jun 18, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/ethswarm/status/2067517326111420673) **Research** ============ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/57b4d0e184e4939843a472e1a662edf74ea31b809d7b5ddca1262f4ed1638a29.png) **Decentralised privacy mapping** [https://new.web3privacy.info/projects/state-of-decentralized-privacy-report](https://new.web3privacy.info/projects/state-of-decentralized-privacy-report) _contributors:_ Jensei, Talia, Mykola ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/415a2f218e17578e1cb0172277ab7fc035f5b4fe4fb5e6aca7f5a2b3dc01d501.png) **COMMS** ========= **Campaigns** **Tor ecosystem fundraising -** helping freedom ecosystem from browsers to internet censorship measurements to fundraise in crypto: [https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/tor-ecosystem-funding-campaign-case-study](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/tor-ecosystem-funding-campaign-case-study) _contributors:_ Babybit, Peter, Mykola ![Empowering the Tor Ecosystem: A Case Study in Funding Digital Freedom](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fd4fed1b7c58c53e3fab48153200a45ca0478982387b6b9fdfe161251b4890fe.jpg) [ ### Empowering the Tor Ecosystem: A Case Study in Funding Digital Freedom ](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/tor-ecosystem-funding-campaign-case-study) Week in Privacy Jun 23, 2026 About campaign: A coalition of privacy, internet freedom, cryptocurrency and open-source ecosystems, led by the Tor Project and Funding the Commons, today announced a new participatory funding campaig... 0 collected [Collect](/@web3privacy/nft/MqMtbUtFvWIGi6cs2joM) [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SbN_mgOeA) **Publishing** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/efa0ca7a21dfa4941b8c96a00891b11813b334453a0808ebc927a4774e9c0907.png) * **Book** [https://web3privacynow.metalabel.com/politicsofprivacy](https://web3privacynow.metalabel.com/politicsofprivacy) _contributors:_ Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi, Martina Francesca Cavalot, Mariquita de Boissière, Audrey Tang, Primavera De Filippi, Joachim Schwerin, David Chaum, Denis Jaromil Roio, Felix Beer, Judith De Boer, Naomi Brockwell, Glen Weyl _Available at Bookstores in Berlin, Rome, Barcelona_ * **Zine** [https://www.cypherpunkzine.wtf](https://www.cypherpunkzine.wtf) _contributors:_ vovo, Max, Mykola ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2330d5ea0d9b02f14bd08d67c10004c2f4c8ce1cf7d72019cf9762f3b6361cc1.png) ### **Media** [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivVeZI9ne1g) **videos - _42_** [https://www.youtube.com/@Web3PrivacyNow](https://www.youtube.com/@Web3PrivacyNow) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b9f6190994274ddc0eb7263b1bfa0d649f9c9702ccf2f8d0ab5a974b349bb438.png) * EthCC interviews * Parallel Society interviews * Tor campaign [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgWmWEGtQ5U) * Neo-cypherpunk Summit * Builder pack promo * Who is neo cypherpunk? * 3 years of web3privacy now [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAjaWVGwDIg) * Favorite privacy tools by… [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l32nr2Mb6I) _contributors: Babybit, Peter, Max, Mykola_ ### **Socials** * Instagram launch [https://www.instagram.com/web3privacy\_now/](https://www.instagram.com/web3privacy_now/) * Book recommendations ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/998f0cc085ee21e1dab3db1f7b535575fc719bf8e97f47c602ba24195bfd5d93.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7cc3d5bdc15cab800c21be208734bc5dd1428d0fa99d8e38b1bcfb87781c2af0.png) _contributors:_ PG, max, Peter, Coinmandeer, Mykola **Academy** =========== * d/acc crash course [ d/acc crash course ------------------ Understand d/acc under 15 min https://academy.web3privacy.info ![d/acc crash course](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2a42f4be2a190e1c390eeac06026571e3cd03969a1062edf293615781bf0a6c4.png) ](https://academy.web3privacy.info/p/d-acc-crash-course) * 20 interviews, 170+ content pieces [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJD7TgW-ZT0) * Network school partnership (study group on Privacy 101 course + public talk to students) * EthPanda collab. Integration of Academy materials into educational program for 1000+ Chinese developers * Academy website update _contributors !Nats, Peter_ **WEB** ======= **Website** [https://web3privacy.info](https://web3privacy.info) _contributors: Coinmandeer, PG, Mykola_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/95de090a57f683363981613d7464189bdddda18ba5ccf8fc1cbdb8157c37c0dd.png) **Anonymizer** [anonymizer.web3privacy.info](https://t.co/Xt3RZeZMFi) _contributors:_ Coinmandeer ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/066b2055c1eb25342b4eef720a81d639a232936456a7458f7224dbd099bfa9a9.png) **Builder pack** [https://web3privacy.info/projects/hackathon-pack](https://web3privacy.info/projects/hackathon-pack) _contributors:_ Jensei, Babybit **Secure messaging comparison** [https://messengers-rating.netlify.app](https://messengers-rating.netlify.app) _contributors:_ Iva, Mykola ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/379420ee1838e7caf24cf5d163c56d0a81374ded1272c9ab6af7ca45e7c80403.png) **Stacks** [https://stacks.web3privacy.info/](https://stacks.web3privacy.info/) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/68c1267b9d80ecb1a449912ef52085737ea909e6adb111666503f615292329b5.png) * 5 submissions: Gnukeith x Brave, Matthias x Free Software Foundation Europe, Polymutex x Walletbeat _contributors: Max,_ Mykola **FUNDING** =========== **Public Goods** * SEA public goods Round x Neo-cypherpunk Summit _contributors:_ Mykola **Partnerships** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1b0b7de2eb681684e8be5ac25d34caf2ea88b284d1b8f671db1b7f48da9d2982.png) * Sovright [https://sovright.com](https://sovright.com) * Beldex [https://beldex.io](https://beldex.io) * Zcash _contributors:_ PG, Mykola **CONTRIBUTORS** ================ Hundreds of people from speakers to volunteers contributed to Web3Privacy now ecosystem from Berlin to Mumbai. **Speakers** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c4b4c2846909343c54e370f9dcb6d999e43c0ba19d0d90df9de7bd1056468734.png) * 120 speakers from 50 countries **Volunteers** * 60 people from 20 countries (Berlin, Prague, Rome, Cluj) **Community partners** Free Software Foundation Europe Internet Archive Europe Tor Project Ethereum Everywhere Departmenrt of Decentralisation Bread Coop Urban Privacy ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ee888bd56056d9c34a770e77b74cf34d9015dab6d9b0aab6e05eecc7c0d6ed5c.png) RadicalXChange Hubs Network Logos [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/95d6cfcf63a7d54ef75debdffb7454ab0db5b9e1f89294fa792a05a4a6402cb8.jpg)](https://twitter.com/dod_berlin) [Department of Decentralization](https://twitter.com/dod_berlin) [@dod\_berlin](https://twitter.com/dod_berlin) [](https://twitter.com/dod_berlin/status/2066103350207066313) Up next: FOSSify yourself. 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