We’ve got *a lot* of personal updates to spill this week!
Fresh off an incredible [event](https://web3privacy.info/event/m24rom/) in Rome at an underground venue, where we hosted talks from [Denis Roio](https://x.com/jaromil), [Arturo Filasto](https://twitter.com/hellais), Luca Lezzerini, Andrea Togni, [Emanuele Russo](https://twitter.com/emanuele82) and Marco Castignoli (pss, videos dropping soon).
We capped off the evening in true Web3Privacy community style - deep talks, happy vibes and and beer flowing till the wee hours.
On top of that, we’re excited to announce that we sponsored a bounty at [ETHRome](https://www.ethrome.org/). We will feature Bounty winners next Monday.
And, in case you missed it, we also launched the [Privacy Builder Pack](https://absorbing-diagram-66b.notion.site/Privacy-Builder-Pack-2cae5f1e195c4970b4eb41a14d3f4bde), lovingly crafted by [Jensei](https://x.com/jensei_) to give builders in the space the tools they need to get started.
- [How to improve your privacy with Dappnode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4IPSz67IQ) Crash Course
- EFF [Age Verification Laws Will Hurt More Than They Help](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eff-fifth-circuit-age-verification-laws-will-hurt-more-they-help)
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### Inspiration
- [A 5 Step Guide to Make Ethereum—and Crypto—Cypherpunk Again](https://news.dyne.org/5-step-guide-to-make-ethereum-and-crypto-cypherpunk-again/) Dyne
- A Read ["Hacker, hoaxer, whistleblower, spy"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20601080-hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy) by Gabriella Coleman. Recommended by our community members Ann Brody and Mykola
- Wired: [Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging](https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/?ref=news.dyne.org)
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### Podcasts
- [Edward Snowden - The Next Threat to Speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD-XU6Y3TfA) TOKEN2049 Singapore 2024
- [The Birth of Chainalysis: Building the First Blockchain Analytics Company](https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/building-the-first-blockchain-analytics-company-ep-127/) Chainalysis Podcast
- [Enabling Non-Profits & Giving New Projects Their First Break](https://x.com/i/spaces/1YqKDkVpoeOxV/peek) Gitcoin X Space
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### Upcoming events
*(new/changes in **bold**)*
* Oct 8, [zkSummit](https://www.zksummit.com/) Lisbon
* Oct 9-10, [Bitcoin Amsterdam](https://b.tc/conference/amsterdam)
* Oct 17-19,[ETHSofia Conference & Hackathon](https://www.ethsofia.com/)
* Nov 7-9, [DeFi Security Summit](https://defisecuritysummit.org/) Bangkok
* Nov 11, [Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress](https://congress.web3privacy.info/) Bangkok
* Nov 11, [Parallel Society Congress](https://psc.logos.co/) Bangkok
* Nov 12-15, [devcon](https://devcon.org/en/) Bangkok
### Saucy Advice 🥫
Pick a date to be offline → Let friends and family know you’ll be offline, or better yet, invite them to join you!
For all of us smitten with privacy, going offline is the sweetest act of devotion.
Alternatively, get one of those [bad boys](https://www.ebay.it/itm/325892632180?_skw=nokia+nokia+3310&itmmeta=01J9GN5N0S75PH5RYQNW1G03FJ&hash=item4be0b6ee74:g:aH8AAOSw4JpjzR8k&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ixfJhA%2B5kKWQm%2BiZ8h0gKxvvyToiqiO0hZwA3f5%2BvPKPI8W1L5cp%2BLHuSX%2Bh4VRRh0RlJx10frUwyvwYX7h1yRGiE6AHGVY7BBET2gAaHNT5WZ6YcCm%2BhGMg2OpPCZJmb7czQlR8tL4Qem2OZjItarNd5f4TwYZ1%2Byp0u%2FcLcpXNAHhiFPQv77CFfTBhEugyS13MHXzyENP1yLlwdNs%2B5hBa1Fws5icRT9ng98TiT1wQXo2OEAWfoXP559CrWOq8HuuwSJ7MQ%2BYFAdJSZUGMYTiHIhDtSscXTRbShJ%2BoQt%2Bw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMwNCWlcxk).
