{"id":89744,"date":"2025-10-09T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89744"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:00:13","slug":"ethereum-foundation-assembles-team-to-enhance-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-foundation-assembles-team-to-enhance-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Foundation Assembles Team to Enhance Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The non-profit Ethereum Foundation (EF) has assembled a team of 47 specialists to enhance the privacy of the network&#8217;s base layer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ethereum Foundation is committed to working alongside the ecosystem to make privacy a priority.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy is normal. Privacy is for everyone.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwBT5WvwhJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xwBT5WvwhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethereumfndn\/status\/1975955009826386208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team includes leading researchers, engineers, and cryptographers from the ecosystem. Blockchain expert Igor Barinov will lead the group.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called Privacy Cluster will focus on developing solutions for confidential operations and decentralized identification. Other key areas of work include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>implementing selective data disclosure mechanisms and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/buterin-introduces-zkid-concept-as-foundation-for-new-financial-models\">ZKID<\/a> technologies;<\/li>\n<li>optimizing the user experience with private protocols;<\/li>\n<li>creating the secure Kohaku wallet and an open <span data-descr=\"Software Development Kit \u2014 a set of software tools\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SDK<\/span>, which will provide access to advanced cryptography for ordinary users and developers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program will build on the work of the Privacy Stewards for Ethereum (PSE, formerly Privacy &#038; Scaling Explorations) team. Since its inception in 2018, the team has created over 50 open-source projects, including the Semaphore protocol for anonymous signaling and MACI for private voting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Improving privacy in Ethereum is a significant responsibility. By enhancing it at all levels, we will protect users and open new opportunities for developers and institutions,&#8221; EF representatives stated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In September, the European Union <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-criticizes-eus-chat-control-legislation\">proposed<\/a> the &#8220;Chat Control&#8221; bill, which could grant authorities unlimited access to user communications.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the initiative, stating that it threatens citizens&#8217; right to privacy in digital communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The non-profit Ethereum Foundation has assembled a team of 47 specialists to enhance the privacy of the network&#8217;s base layer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"The team will focus on developing solutions for confidential operations and decentralized identification.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1256,200],"class_list":["post-89744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-privacy-and-personal-data","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"180","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"The team will focus on developing solutions for confidential operations and decentralized identification.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89745,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89744\/revisions\/89745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}