Dear friends,

Web3Privacy Now is re-launching it's Week in Privacy Newsletter, and we are happy to share some updates:

• Explorer has been updated by mf, Develit team, Ethanolo & Coinmandeer.

• Hackathon curation pack has been facilitated by jensei.

• WomenInWeb3Privacy initiative has been launched.

• Since the last newsletter came out we have fostered many events and we will see you at ETHRome and devcon next!

• devcon Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress has been updated with Vitalik, Julio Linares x Poetic Technologies.

• We are thankful to our partners for helping us grow and develop into this privacy dedicated powerhouse. Logos, Waku, Nomos, Codex, Dyne, Gnosis DAO, 0xbow, Labyrinth, Namada and out latest partner to join, - Intmax.

• And of course, our community is at the heart of Web3Privacy Now. Thank you all for being here.

As for the Newsletter, we want to keep it fresh and saucy, as well as simple. It's a fine balance, but we promise we'll work it well.

If you'd like to contribute:

• send us a tip on our Telegram channel - "News" topic

• add the news directly to the repository on GitHub

• or share them with us on X

- Alina

Now, let's get into it!! ☕

Sept 16 - Sept 22, 2024

Releases

• Nym NymVPN free beta testing now live

• Firo Mandatory Release v0.14.14.0

• Aleo Mainnet is live

• Gnosis Guild Launched Enclave

• Semaphore Semaphore v4 is out

• Web3Privacy now Explorer aka "dashboard for the web3 privacy" has been updated

Ecosystem

• A look into Labyrinth's latest progress

• A new era for PSE

• IoTeX collaborates with Polygon Labs

• Nillion integrates with NEAR Protocol

• Namada Pre-Genesis Phase 2

• Aztec gave grant to provable email

Podcasts

• Jameson Lopp: Technology to empower individuals Logos Podcast with Jarred Hope

• How Gnosis 3.0 Paves the Way for Mass Adoption Friederike Ernst

• Onchain Minimalism Keynote by Justin Drake at PlasmaCon 2024

• TEEs with Andrew Miller Zero Knowledge fm

• LunarDAO <> FIRN forest-side chat

• Cross-chain intents & the modular ecosystem Anoma

• Kruw on Bitcoin Privacy & Blockchain Analysis

• Bitcoin privacy, and the crypto privacy landscape with @thevladcostea Nym Community Call

• How to improve your privacy with Dappnode Dappnode Crash Course

• Technical Workshop with Diego Lizarazo and Mauricio Magaldi Midnight x TOKEN2049

• Progress In the Decentralized AI Stack Panel at Web3 Summit 2024 Berlin

• Confidential Computing for Solana HackSecret 4

• Best Mina application or library built using Protokit ETHGlobal Singapore 2024

• Remigration Checks, Chainanalysis, Presidential Debate & more! Monero Talk

• Use Open-Source Technologies Franzi x Department of Decentralization @ ETHBerlin

• Privado ID & Basic Attention Token team on Privacy in the Web3 @ X spaces

Governments

• EFF: Venezuela's Repression: surveillance and censorship following July's presidential election

• DW: Chinese cyberattacks hit nearly half of German firms

• Radar: Telegram will share users’ IP addresses and phone numbers” to governments when legally required

Research

• Message Latency in Waku Relay with Rate Limiting Nullifiers

• Haze and Daze: Compliant Privacy Mixers

Other

• Forbes Alliances show the web3 revolution is unstoppable with Robinhood, Secret Network and Tezos

• Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default for desktop

• Zashi Coinbase integration

• Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users

• Cryptographic papers giveaway by BigSky

• Beyond cypherpunks article

Upcoming events

(new/changes in bold)

• Sept 26-27, ETHMilan conference

• Oct 3, Web3Privacy Now ETHRome meetup

• Oct 4-6, Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP) (Prague) conference

• Oct 4-6, ETHRome hackathon

• Oct 8, zkSummit Lisbon

• Nov 11, Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress Bangkok

• Nov 12-15, devcon Bangkok

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