news/data/2024/week09.md

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curator: Mykola
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### Research
- Collusion-Resistant Impartial Selection Protocol (CRISP) [src](https://ethresear.ch/t/collusion-resistant-impartial-selection-protocol-crisp/18804)

### Partnership
- Shiba Inu x ZAMA [(src)](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/29/shiba-inu-adopts-tech-to-bring-more-privacy-for-shib-token-holders/)

### Ecosystem
- ECC (Zcash) update, Roadmap [(src)](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-update-for-march-1-roadmap-edition/46963)
- 24 new projects in W3PN privacy-enhancing services DB ([src](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/1762986263190143372))
- PSE Acceleration Program Round 2 has been launched [src](https://twitter.com/PrivacyScaling/status/1763369233533284685)

### Releases
- Wasabi Wallet: Juggernaut Release 2.0.6 [(src)](https://twitter.com/wasabiwallet/status/1763211972764414092)
- MACI v1.2.0 [(src)](https://maci.pse.dev/blog/maci-v1-2-0-release/)
- Inco released Gentry Testnet ([src](https://www.inco.org/blogs/introducing-the-inco-gentry-testnet/))
- 𝐨𝐩𝐩/𝐚𝐢 - Optimistic Privacy-Preserving AI on blockchain by ORA ([src](https://twitter.com/OraProtocol/status/1763051629127897254))

### Fundraising
- Inco network closed $4.5 round ([src](https://twitter.com/inconetwork/status/1760305729901093341))

### Governments
- Push notifications as a surveillance technique [src](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/29/push-notification-surveillance-fbi/)

### Podcasts
- Open Source Beats Authoritarianism with Audrey Tang [(EFF)](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/podcast-episode-open-source-beats-authoritarianism)
- Creating Politically Autonomous Communities with Patri Friedman [(Logos press)](https://press.logos.co/podcasts/logos-state/patri-friedman-creating-politically-autonomous-communities)
- On-chain ZK Privacy with Kieran (Kai) Mesquita [(Blockchain Recorded)](https://blockchainrecorded.com/on-chain-zk-privacy-talk-with-kieran-kai-mesquita-contributor-to-railgun/)
- Scaling Bitcoin Privately x John Light [(What Bitcoin Did)](https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/scaling-bitcoin-privately)

### Event highlights
**ETHDenver**
- Why Tornado Cash Developers Need Your Support by @ameensol x MolochDAO ([src](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yhm-hBoPvg))
- ZK Tech and Privacy by @matthew_d_green ([src](http://youtube.com/watch?v=jNOD1DnYMlQ))
- The Case for Monolithic Rollups by @jonwu_ x ex-@aztecnetwork [src](http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqhddRq8jDY)
- "The Hard Kind of Censorship Resistance” by @nullchinchilla x @melproject_org ([src](https://youtube.com/watch?v=couO1JCWQs4))

**Circuit Breaker**
- ZK-centric hackathon winners has been announced ([src](https://twitter.com/forweb3media/status/1762113089129099325))

### Other
- Elusiv is sunsetting [src](https://medium.com/@elusivprivacy/sunsetting-elusiv-transitioning-towards-the-future-of-privacy-and-confidentiality-0b078e9bcfac)
- Private, on-chain, implementation for RetroPGF ([src](https://gov.optimism.io/t/building-a-private-on-chain-implementation-for-retropgf/7733))
- One-dimensional humans: the curse of single sign-in apps by ML_sudo ([src](https://irregularmail.substack.com/p/one-dimensional-humans-the-curse))
- Monero-related Twitter list has been compiled by Schmidt ([src](https://twitter.com/ASchmidt1024/status/1763970025306702014))

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### Upcoming events
*(new/changes in **bold**)*

* Apr 10, [zkSummit](https://www.zksummit.com/) (Athens) conference
* Apr 12-14, [ETHDam](https://www.ethdam.com/) hackathon
* May 24-26, [ETHBerlin](https://ethberlin.org/) hackathon
* May 30, [Web3Privacy Now Summit](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Prague) conference
* Jun 7-9, [MoneroKon](https://monerokon.org/) (Prague) conference & hackathon
* Jun 19-26, [Web3Privacy Now Hackathon](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Bled)
* Oct 4-6, [Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP)](https://hcpp.cz/) (Prague) conference
* **Oct 4-6, [ETHRome](https://ethrome.org/) hackathon**
* Oct, [Web3Privacy Now Summit](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Brno) conference
* Oct, [ETHBrno](https://ethbrno.cz/) hackathon