Ethereum Founder Buterin Donates 256 ETH To Two Privacy Messaging Projects
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has quietly redirected part of his growing on-chain privacy activity toward the encrypted-messaging space, donating a total of 256 ETH to SimpleX Chat and Session via the Railgun privacy protocol. Onchain analytics firm Arkham first flagged the move, noting “VITALIK JUST SENT $2.9M $ETH TO RAILGUN. Vitalik holds over $700 MILLION […]
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The power of smart contracts may be combined with absolute privacy according to a new statement by Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin. “[Z]ero knowledge proofs are on ethereum’s roadmap and have been for over two months.” – Buterin publicly stated yesterday, before adding in a short interview for CCN that, realistically, it would take around four months to one year for Zec like privacy to be added to ethereum. A fully private ethereum raises the prospects of a solution to one seemingly intractable blockchain problem: how do you transact privately as far as the world is concerned, while at....
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin is often the target of unwanted token airdrops being sent to him. A history of his wallet shows trillions of tokens being sent to him across various projects, all hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the founder and get more eyes on their project. The same is the case for […]