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

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

### Ecosystem
- Zcash Forum: ECC update, [Roadmap](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-update-for-march-1-roadmap-edition/46963)
- W3PN: 24 new projects in [W3PN privacy-enhancing services DB](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/176298626319014337)
- PSE: [Acceleration Program Round 2](https://twitter.com/PrivacyScaling/status/1763369233533284685) has been launched

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

### Fundraising
- Inco network closed [$4.5 round](https://twitter.com/inconetwork/status/1760305729901093341)
- Humanity Protocol Announced [Strategic Funding](https://medium.com/@humanityprot/humanity-protocol-announces-strategic-funding-to-build-the-human-layer-for-web3-492f111c1be2)

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

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

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

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

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

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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