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curator: Mykola
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### Research

* [Technical exploration of Erasure Coding](https://papers.ethswarm.org/p/erasure/) within the Swarm network, focusing on ensuring data integrity and resilience -- [@GasperX93](https://github.com/GasperX93)
* Healthcare data privacy: Researchers pair medical devices with blockchain to defend against cyberattacks ([scs](https://cointelegraph.com/news/researchers-pair-medical-devices-blockchain-defend-against-cyberattacks))

### Concepts

* [Eppie](https://eppie.io/): encrypted p2p email as better replacement for Skiff ([src](https://blog.eppie.io/post/nextgen/))
* [koan](https://twitter.com/koanpay): private cross-chain swaps by Zcash ([src](https://twitter.com/koanpay/status/1757088529698734366))

### Governments

* [European Court of Human Rights](https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-230854%22]}) unequivocally protects encryption in Telegram ([src](https://twitter.com/natynettle/status/1757473040063975595))
* Digital euro will have a high level of privacy ([src](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2024/html/ecb.sp240214_1~4bf1ab0319.en.html))
* [EEF](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act): The authors of the dangerous Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) unveiled an amended version this week, but it’s still an unconstitutional censorship bill ([src](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act))

### Ecosystem

* [Eternal Safe](https://github.com/eternalsafe/wallet/): decentralized fork of Safe{Wallet} without tracking ([src](https://twitter.com/devanoneth/status/1756861443310305780))

### Releases

* Noir [v0.24.0](https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/releases) (pre-release)
* Skiff Mail will now run forwarding up through 2025 ([src](https://twitter.com/skiffprivacy/status/1757274376188354979))
* Privacy wallets W3PN database PR by niclaz ([src](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/54))

### Events
* W3PN Call for proposals is here ([src](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/1757778295934832652))
* ETHBerlin will be sponsorless ([src](https://twitter.com/ETHBerlin/status/1758446135679541694))

### Podcasts
* Ben Wizner: Speech, Privacy, and Technology | Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope ([src](https://press.logos.co/podcasts/logos-state/ben-wizner-speech-privacy-and-technology-logos-podcast-with-jarrad-hope))