--- curator: Alina exactDate: 2024-9-23 --- --- ### Releases - Nym [NymVPN free beta testing now live](https://blog.nymtech.net/nymvpn-free-beta-testing-now-live-751edfc9bb69) - Firo [Firo Mandatory Release v0.14.14.0](https://firo.org/2024/09/04/firo-release-014140-mandatory.html) - Aleo [Aleo Mainnet is live](https://firo.org/2024/09/04/firo-release-014140-mandatory.html) - Gnosis [Gnosis Guild launched Enclave](https://x.com/GnosisGuild/status/1836426106074792384) - Semaphore [Semaphore v4 is out](https://x.com/SemaphoreDevs/status/1836427240784920722) - Aztec [Aztec launched a new website](https://aztec.network) --- ### Ecosystem - [A look into Labyrinth's latest progress](https://blog.labyrinth.technology/labyrinth-user-owned-privacy-in-public-blockchains-a-look-at-our-latest-progres-2/) - [A new era for PSE](https://pse-team.notion.site/A-new-era-for-PSE-f4cde2e1a20d49ed92071a93ad8ba7df) - [Proof of Ink by Gavin Wood](https://cointelegraph.com/news/proof-of-ink-gavin-wood-tattoo-web3-privacy) - [IoTeX collaborates with Polygon Labs](https://www.theblock.co/post/316806/iotex-polygon-labs-agglayer-depin) - [Nillion integrates with NEAR Protocol](https://www.theblock.co/post/316458/nillion-integrates-with-near-protocol-enhancing-privacy-tools-for-developers) - [Namada Pre-Genesis Phase 2](https://docs.namada.net/networks/starting-network/genesis-flow/participants#bond-to-a-pre-genesis-validator-account) - [0xbow has been integrating with Privacy Pools](https://github.com/0xbow-io/privacy-pool-V1.0) - [Aztec gave grant to provable email](https://x.com/NoirLang/status/1834290911745884586) --- ### Podcasts - [Jameson Lopp: Technology to empower individuals](https://press.logos.co/podcasts/logos-state/jameson-lopp-technology-to-empower-individuals) Logos Podcast with Jarred Hope - [How Gnosis 3.0 Paves the Way for Mass Adoption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-twj1gm10) Friederike Ernst - [Onchain Minimalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CO8MUPKxU) Keynote by Justin Drake at PlasmaCon 2024 - [TEEs with Andrew Miller](https://zeroknowledge.fm/339-2/) Zero Knowledge fm - [LunarDAO <> FIRN forest-side chat](https://x.com/lunarpunksquad/status/1836026935295476065?s=19) - [Cross-chain intents & the modular ecosystem](https://x.com/anoma/status/1836056305854750765) Anoma - [Kruw on Bitcoin Privacy & Blockchain Analysis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v952Fd1vmOs&list=PL-EuBfVebuVN4XQICXeUun_rQNA68Qp8-&index=10) - [Bitcoin privacy, and the crypto privacy landscape with @thevladcostea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JV06qGqf8s&list=PL-EuBfVebuVN4XQICXeUun_rQNA68Qp8-&index=9) Nym Community Call --- ### Governments - EFF: [Venezuela's Repression: surveillance and censorship following July's presidential election](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/unveiling-venezuelas-repression-surveillance-and-censorship-following-julys) - DW: [Chinese cyberattacks hit nearly half of German firms](https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-cyberattacks-hit-nearly-half-of-german-firms-study/a-70070417) - Reuters: [Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/) --- ### Research - [Message Latency in Waku Relay with Rate Limiting Nullifiers](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1073) - [Haze and Daze: Compliant Privacy Mixers](https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1152) --- ### Other - Forbes [Alliances show the web3 revolution is unstoppable with Robinhood, Secret Network and Tezos](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/06/18/alliances-show-the-web3-revolution-is-unstoppable-with-robinhood-secret-network-and-tezos/) - [Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default for desktop](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/) - [Zashi Coinbase integration](https://x.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1836792480001388765) - [Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users](https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/sweeping-ftc-study-finds-that-social-media-sites-engage-in-vast-surveillance-of-its-users-155846997.html?guccounter=1) --- ### Upcoming events *(new/changes in **bold**)* * Sept 26-27, [ETHMilan](https://www.ethmilan.xyz/) conference * Oct 3, [Web3Privacy Now ETHRome meetup](https://lu.ma/w3pn-meetup-rome1) * Oct 4-6, [Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP)](https://hcpp.cz/) (Prague) conference * Oct 4-6, [ETHRome](https://ethrome.org/) hackathon * Oct 8, [zkSummit](https://www.zksummit.com/) Lisbon * Nov 11, [Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress](https://congress.web3privacy.info/) Bangkok * Nov 12-15, [devcon](https://devcon.org/en/) Bangkok