We're excited to share the projects selected in our latest privacy funding round. 100 ETH up for grabs in matching funds thanks to @GolemFoundation Meet the Epoch 13 cohort: @0xCurvy @BlockchainComns @CorpusCoreHQ @hisoka_io @OfflineProtocol Private Proof of Innocence @session_app @ShutterNetwork @SimpleXChat @staycloakedxyz @torproject @UmbraCash @unredacted_org @vocdoni @wslyvh Allocation Window: 14 October - 21 October, 2026 You can allocate for 7 days. Participation is open to: - All GLM lockers who've accrued WETH rewards on Octant - All Ethereum users who can directly contribute in ETH

Giving should be accessible to the people. @andrewhong5297 from @herd_eco chats to @Evan_Mann from @RUMSHQ about how crypto allows for transparent, accessible, and effective funding of initiatives that matter 💪

✨Quadratic funding✨ means being able to distribute funds in a meaningful and democratic way. @BrianInCrypto from @glider__ and @Evan_Mann from @RUMSHQ discuss QF in this latest instalment of Walk and Talk Find out more at

⚠️ Applications for our Privacy Round close tomorrow, September 10th at 11:59:59 PM PDT (UTC-7)! If you or anyone you know has shipped privacy focused applications, infrastructure, networks, or applied research (with traction) then you should apply and/or spread the word! Full eligibility requirements and epoch details are available on the application cover page ( It’s only a one-page form with focused questions and reasonable character limits: you definitely still have time to complete it 👌

When @VitalikButerin speaks, he means it. And it's hard not to agree with him here: privacy gives us the freedom to optimize for happiness. But freedom is not given. That's why our latest round is funding projects that protect privacy. 👉 Only a day and a bit left to apply:

Live now: exploring how Octant funds public goods, its new voting app, past funding epochs, and Epoch 13, a new 100 ETH matching round focused on privacy With @jchaskin22, joined by @arlery, CMO at @OctantApp

Tomorrow at 4pm UTC Ethereum Builders Live with @jchaskin22 and @arlery, CMO at @OctantApp We'll explore how Octant funds public goods, its new voting app, past funding epochs, and Epoch 13, a new 100 ETH matching round focused on privacy.

Want to say a massive thanks to @OctantApp - without Epoch 9 this wouldn't be possible. And thank you to everyone that sent in a pre-order! Honestly, writing this took a ton of deep thinking about how I wanted to communicate these ideas. My hope is that it reaches everyone who is struggling with thoughts of our collective AI future <3 Read more here

Now that Wall Street is moving in on @ethereum, can it continue to live up to the ethos established by @VitalikButerin and @ethereumJoseph? @OctantApp CEO @art_tem_ explains why now is the most important time for cypherpunk values: "Cypherpunk is not dying, it's transforming"

Since launching back in 2019, have been helping users stay safe in the world of crypto by giving them a way to revoke unlimited approvals, and keeping it free. 👷 Now they're bringing two new paid plans to the table that offer more benefits, while making sure it's affordable ($0.83 per wallet per month for Premium and $1.66 per wallet per month for Ultimate) and covering multiple wallets under a single subscription. @RoscoKalis from @RevokeCash explains why the paid plans are worth the investment:

Naming a women-led company Boys Club was either a very good joke or a direct attack on the timeline. Probably both. @medeana and @natashaghoskins started @BoysClubWorld in 2021 as a dinner for women and nonbinary people who were crypto-curious but not particularly interested in being mansplained to by a guy with a Pudgy Penguin profile picture. Now it’s a New York media and creative studio behind the Malware newsletter, podcasts, and events, with @Cait_Cavell and @mirandamartell making a lot of it. Some of the only crypto content that feels like it was made by people who leave the house. Boys Club speaks two languages the industry rarely manages at once: onchain and online. One minute it’s stablecoins, venture funding, and market structure. The next it’s celebrity gossip, peptides, or whether Silicon Valley has invented another consumer product nobody asked for. That’s the whole appeal. It makes crypto feel less like a whitepaper and more like a 3am Telegram group: chaotic, informed, funny, and somehow useful. Crypto has never lacked boys. What it lacked was a club the girlies actually wanted to join.

"Who cares?...why should people care about this...if you can't come to an obvious answer, maybe it's not newsworthy, and that's okay." Spoke with Jacquelyn Melinek @jacqmelinek, founder and CEO of @StrataMedia_, host of Talking Tokens and Crypto in America, and formerly senior crypto reporter at TechCrunch. Her advice for founders pitching media. Full episode coming soon.