--- curator: mykola --- --- ### Research * [Automata Network: Multi-Prover AVS with TEE Coprocessors](https://blog.ata.network/tee-coprocessor-automata-multi-prover-avs-on-eigenlayer-f0f0b8264abc) * [Aleo: Mainnet update](https://aleo.org/post/road-to-mainnet-updates/) * [Zama: Verifiable FHE Bootstrapping using SNARKs](https://www.zama.ai/post/verifiable-fhe-bootstrapping-using-snarks) * [Umbra 2.0 vision](https://twitter.com/UmbraCash/status/1787520552921595932) --- ### Releases * Status [public desktop beta 1.0](https://status.app/blog/status-desktop-public-beta-1) * Rotki [v1.33.0](https://twitter.com/LefterisJP/status/1788537369039134865) * Zashi [1.1 iOS](https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1788615127148724714) * Cashu [1.0](https://twitter.com/callebtc/status/1788943711625232646) * Particl [weekly update](https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-10-05-2024/) * Privy [sample UIs](https://twitter.com/privy_io/status/1789033417625268397) * Tangle [v1.0.2](https://github.com/webb-tools/tangle/releases/tag/v1.0.2) * Polyhedra's Expander [open-source](https://github.com/PolyhedraZK/Expander) * Polygon [Mainden Alpha testnet](https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1787533328087675294) * GrapheneOS [version 2024050700](https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024050700) --- ### Ecosystem - Ten: [Chimp Exchange - the first privacy DEX on Ten](https://twitter.com/tenprotocol/status/1787204225761792452) - LunarDAO: [Moros invests via grant in LunarDAO](https://twitter.com/lunarpunksquad/status/1787482940533768433) - ZkPass: [live on Arbitrum](https://twitter.com/zkPass/status/1787447734196470176) - Mina: [Grant on zkOracle Features1js: ZKON, ZkPass, Reclaim](https://minaprotocol.com/blog/zkoracles-rfp-three-teams-chosen) - Cointelegraph: [NuLink secures $11.4M to lead next-gen data protection efforts](https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/nulink-secures-114m-to-lead-next-gen-data-protection-efforts) - Arcium: [$5.5M strategic funding round](https://twitter.com/ArciumHQ/status/1788557786537689447) - LocalMonero: [Exchange shuts down](https://cointelegraph.com/news/local-monero-exchange-shuts-down-crypto-privacy-services-dwindle) - Coinjoin: [Bitcoin privacy will survive despite CoinJoin closure — zkSNACKs CEO](https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-privacy-survive-coinjoin-closure) Decrypt: [Why Erik Voorhees Is Pivoting to a Privacy-Centric AI Startup](https://decrypt.co/230281/venice-ai-shapeshift-founder-erik-voorhees-morpheus-open-source) --- ### Podcasts - ETHDam: [Zama’s fhEVM: Enabling Blockchain Privacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dpBMj9uQog&) with Tore Frederiksen - ETHDam: [Alpha protection through privacy - a web3 privacy primitive for DeFi ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b91kAQF3aA) with Oliver Gale - ETHDam: [“Lunarpunk VS Solarpunk” panel](youtu.be/5C5r-8KR564) feat serinko x Nym, @mesquka x Railgun, and @ameensol x @0xbowio. Moderated by PG x Web3Privacy Now - Zcon V: [Zcash and the Regulatory/Policy Environment Sessions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfd6yi54kqU) feat Jonathan S. Rouach, Peter Van Valkenburgh, J.W. Verret, Paul Brigner, Kurt Opsahl - Fiat Lux: [Web3privacy now operations overview](https://youtu.be/HipTMiRzW6o) feat Mykola Siusko x Web3Privacy now - ETHDam: [Boring Side of Privacy](youtu.be/Fm6tH-TZALc) feat Kiearan x Railgun --- ### Governments - Coindesk: [Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing](https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/05/10/fatemeh-fannizadeh-on-crypto-law-switzerland-and-how-kyc-is-failing/) - Coindesk: [The U.S. Government’s Hypocritical Case Against Tornado Cash](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/05/07/the-us-governments-hypocritical-case-against-tornado-cash/) - The Block: [Former Pussy Riot lawyer launches blockchain-powered referendum to challenge Putin's inauguration](https://www.theblock.co/post/293528/former-pussy-riot-lawyer-launches-blockchain-powered-referendum-to-challenge-putins-inauguration) - Decrypt: [Bitcoin Mixers Pull Out of the US Amid Regulatory Heat](https://decrypt.co/229543/bitcoin-coin-mixers-shut-americans-out) --- ### Other --- ### Upcoming events *(new/changes in **bold**)* * 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 27, [Privacy Reunion #3](https://lu.ma/privacyreunion3) (Neuchâtel) * **Jul 12, [Web3Privacy Now "Occupy meetup"](https://lu.ma/w3pn-meetup-bru1)** * 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/) privacy hackathon