Zcash People: Visionary Cryptographer @ebfull x @TachyonZcash and @ZakuraZcash Sean Bowe is an @Zcash co-founder, cryptographic researcher and protocol developer whose work has shaped several generations of Zcash technology. He developed major parts of Zcash’s early cryptography and organized the Sprout and Sapling trusted setups. He also contributed to the Sapling and Orchard shielded protocols. Sean later discovered Halo, a recursive proof technique that allowed Zcash to remove its dependence on trusted setup ceremonies — a major breakthrough for both Zcash and the wider zero-knowledge field: Now he leads @TachyonZcash - a proposed Zcash shielded protocol designed to address scalability and private wallet synchronization: profile:

What we now know as @Zcash began in 2013 with Zerocoin—an attempt to bring cash-like anonymity to Bitcoin. It evolved into Zerocash, became an independent network in 2016, and grew into one of the most influential experiments in private digital money. Ten years later, what has it become? Let’s explore the Zcash ecosystem as it exists today. See the full research here:

Ethereum’s privacy ecosystem is much larger than any single protocol. The Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem Mapping 2026 follows it from advocacy and applications to identity, infrastructure, research and protocol development. A thread for the wider @ethereum community ↓ Full research: Check the part 2 here in this thread👇

Portfolio privacy Portfolio-management tools normally accumulate highly sensitive information about balances, trades and financial history. @rotkiapp approaches this differently: it is open source, runs locally and keeps users’ financial data private.

Working on @ethereum privacy ecosystem mapping 2026 🌳 Added 50 more projects, EIPs, organisations, applications and hackathons delivering decentralised privacy. Feel free to explore, share with your friends:

Democracy Jiu-Jitsu📖 An Essay by David Chaum (@chaumdotcom) 🏴‍☠️ inventor of blind signatures 🏴‍☠️ creator of the 1st digital currency in early 90s (eCash) 🏴‍☠️ founder of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (@IACR_News) ❓What if democracy could fight AI with AI ❓ Certified news, private communication, and randomly selected citizen juries could make elections harder to manipulate and give minorities a stronger voice. Democracy doesn’t have to collapse under 21st-century threats—it can evolve. Find this piece and in The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age 📚 🧩 10 voices across tech, politics, economics, and law explore concrete paths to reclaim #autonomy#, strengthen #democracy#, and realign digital systems with the public interest. Featuring Audrey Tang (@audreyt), Primavera De Filippi (@yaoeo), Denis Roio (@jaromil), Naomi Brockwell (@naomibrockwell) and more :) Get Digital Edition (1st comment 👇)

Why partner with Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai? ⭐️Massive scale - 5000 people from 70 countries ⭐️High-quality audience - people who deliver freedom tech from @brave to @ethereum (and stunning 90% turnover) ⭐️Value-driven event proven by time (Bangkok 2024, Buenos Aires 2025) from privacy legends like @kurtopsahl to product launches by @VitalikButerin web: contact: &/or @PG_CDG Let the spirit of tangible change be with you!

Zero-knowledge proofs are becoming one of the most important building blocks of the decentralized internet. We're still early. Learn more about Zero-Knowledge with our course and with @oskarth as your instructor:

This quarter we launched The Politics of Privacy, featuring contributions from researchers, technologists, philosophers and builders shaping the future of digital freedom. Book includes essays Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist)@audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024);@RadxChange Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar)@yaoeo Research Director at@CNRS; Faculty Associate at@BKCHarvard David Chaum (Cryptographer)@chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist)@jaromil Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative Felix Beer (Researcher)@felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst , co-author Radical Markets & Plurality Book Naomi Brockwell (Educator)@naomibrockwell Already available in bookstores across Berlin, Rome and Barcelona.

The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age by Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (@PG_CDG) x @web3privacy We are in front of an overwhelming revolution. As life-changing as the agricultural (which took millennia to settle) and the industrial one (which also took centuries). Yet this one is unfolding in mere decades. The Politics of Privacy is book written by number of authors, including @naomibrockwell, @jaromil, @audreyt, @chaumdotcom and many others. Check it at: Watch the presentation of the book at: Neocypherpunk Summit:

A multidisciplinary exploration of #power#, #democracy#, and #freedom# in the Digital Age by: 🧩 Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist) @audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024); @RadxChange 🧩 Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar) @yaoeo Research Director at @CNRS; Faculty Associate at @BKCHarvard 🧩 Joachim Schwerin (Economist) Researcher (PhD TU Dresden) on tokenisation, Web3 and DAOs; privacy activist (Digital Freedom Declaration); contributed e.g. to the MiCA Regulation 🧩 David Chaum (Cryptographer) @chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography 🧩 Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist) @jaromil PhD in Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative 🧩 Felix Beer (Researcher) @felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard 🧩 Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation 🧩 Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst, co-author Radical Markets & @PluralityBook 🧩 Naomi Brockwell (Educator) @naomibrockwell Founder and President of the @LudlowInstitute, a media and research initiative focused on technology and freedom 🧩 Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (Activist) @PG_CDG Co-founder and Director of Web3Privacy Now ------- An urgent call for privacy in the algorithmic age, The Politics of Privacy🔎 examines surveillance capitalism, decentralisation, and governance while 🗺️ mapping concrete paths to reclaim autonomy, rebuild trust, and realign technology with the public good. How to get your copy 👇

Good Monday aka Web3Privacy Newsletter day! Thank you to everyone who came to our Prague, Rome or Cluj meetups - eternal love. And while it truly is nice to meet each other and discuss privacy in real world, the news still keep coming. So here is your round-up of what happend everywhere. Lot of people are now noticing how it isn't advisable to have everything tied to one Google email. So in name of de-googling ourselves, let's take a look at @KagiHQ , our tool of this week. Other news featuring @signalapp testing automatic key verification via @CyberInsidercom, success of @Zcash, or hackers taking a look into possible BitLocker backdoor. Case study on not signing in with Google by @the_smart_ape and what to do instead from @Cybernews and much more. Check the full newsletter at Curated by @xgotchmax

Book presentation alert: @PlutoPress is releasing "Decolonizing Money" by @Julio_Linares_ Julio César Linares is an economic anthropologist and community organizer. At the London School of Economics he was a student and collaborator of the late David Graeber. He serves as Public Outreach for the Basic Income Earth Network (bien). Also he was active contributor to @CirclesUBI, co-founded @Poetic_Tech. "To change the world, we need a money revolution". Book: Event presentation:

Welcome Neo-cypherpunk Summit speaker: Simone Robutti from @TechWorkersBER (TWC). Simone is an organization designer with a software engineering background, currently focusing on empowering small-size distributed organizations through cybernetic process design, democratic leadership development, and custom software. He engages in Tech Unionism, Algorithmic Accountability, Common Cybernetics, and Democratic Organizational Design. Recently he co-created Cables Of Resistance conference: 14th June, Berlin:

THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY — a new book series on  #power#, #autonomy#, and #democracy# in the Digital Age. 
Featuring @naomibrockwell’s essay Nothing to Hide. 
 Presented and available at Neo-Cypherpunk Summit (Berlin, 14 June)