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Shaping and Defending the Techno-Political Evolution: Cryptography, Open Source, and Public Goods 📅 Save the date: 8 May, Rome 🏛️ W3PN ZK Meetup Register, Speak, Volunteer, Sponsor > luma.com/q1sdbqf3 Half-day dedicated to fostering solidarity among: - zk researchers and applied cryptographers - open source and human rights advocates - developers and hacker culture - Hacktivists and policymakers

Privacy isn’t safety. It’s power. Amir Taaki (@lunardragon420 / @DarkFiSquad) on crypto anarchy, strong anonymity, & why Neo-Cypherpunks are building beyond the system. Recorded at Parallel Society by @Logos_network interview link👇

How did Web3Privacy Now come to life? Here is the story of our #privacy EXPLORER explorer.web3privacy.info

0/ Privacy in the Ethereum ecosystem is undergoing an evolution. A Renaissance, even, to sound a bit fancy. What exactly is behind these changes and how might neo-Cypherpunk be involved? A guest thread by @post_polar_ and @nicksvyaznoy.

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Privacy tools are just the beginning. Neo-Cypherpunks are building parallel societies. In this Academy interview, @jarradhope_ from @Logos_network explains why privacy tech must evolve into civic systems, communities, and new forms of governance. Full interview in comments👇

Rome in May should be on your list: May 4: FarCon Builders Day May 5: FarCon Summit Day May 7: ZK Summit May 9–10: ZK Proof May 10–14: EuroCrypt And many more events and side events to come And remember, there is also an official @ethereumfndn Community Hub in the city👀

From private payments to tokenized funds and AI standards, Ethereum builders kept shipping. Here are 25 things the ecosystem delivered this month. 0/ @payy_link announced Payy Network, a privacy-first Ethereum enabled EVM L2. It features default private token transfers and a cheaper way to build privacy-preserving applications, strengthening Ethereum’s privacy ecosystem. 1/ @RobinhoodApp launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum L2 powered by @arbitrum. Institutional settlement on Ethereum rollups continues to bridge traditional finance and public infrastructure. 2/ The @ethereumfndn Protocol Cluster published its 2026 priorities: Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. Ethereum continues coordinating long-term technical upgrades in public to help steward the protocol forward. 3/ @l2beat launched L2BEAT Interop, a dashboard tracking cross-chain connectivity,value, and highlighting interoperability risks, helping the ecosystem stay connected to interoperability progress. 4/ @drakefjustin introduced Strawmap, a roadmap of proposed L1 protocol upgrades. It acts as a technical resource for researchers, developers, and participants in Ethereum governance. 5/ @Starknet integrated Nightfall, bringing confidential institutional DeFi to the Starknet stack. ZK privacy continues advancing Ethereum’s institutional use cases. 6/ @hinkal_protocol enabled private ETH and stablecoin payments on @arbitrum, demonstrating how private transactions are expanding across Ethereum L2s. 7/ @StartaleGroup introduced JPYSC, the first trust bank–backed JPY stablecoin. 8/ The One Trillion Dollar Security Dashboard was released by the @ethereumfndn. It is a comprehensive view of Ethereum’s security across the ecosystem. 9/ @builders_garden introduced Sign In With Agent (SIWA), a trustless identity standard for AI agents. 10/ @blockscout launched a Tor-native onion service: a privacy-first way to observe and verify Ethereum state. Blockscout’s .onion domain for Ethereum provides a way to view blocks, transactions and accounts. 11/ @MetaLeX_Labs launched cyberSign, letting users sign any legal agreement with @ethereum / @base. 12/ @Rocket_Pool activated Saturn One, introducing 4 ETH megapool validators. Improved capital efficiency strengthens Ethereum’s decentralized staking layer. 13/ @BNPParibas launched a euro-denominated money market fund on Ethereum. Tokenized funds on public blockchain infrastructure signal growing institutional confidence in Ethereum. 14/ Tokenized RWAs on Ethereum mainnet surpassed $15B in market cap. 15/ @aave crossed $1 trillion in all-time loans. 16/ @OndoFinance tokenized stocks (SPYon, QQQon) went live as DeFi collateral on @Morpho. Tokenized equities are now usable inside onchain credit markets. 17/ @eulerfinance enabled tokenized equities as collateral, built with @OndoFinance, @SentoraHQ, and @chainlink. Traditional financial exposure is now composable inside Ethereum-native lending markets. 18/ @Uniswap integrated with @Securitize to make @BlackRock’s BUIDL fund tradable via UniswapX. 19/ @LineaBuild sustained 100+ mGas/s throughput, peaking at 218 mGas/s, showing how rollups are scaling Ethereum in practice. 20/ @Starknet released Starkzap, an open-source SDK that turns apps into onchain consumer apps. 21/ @base announced @YCombinator startups can now get funded in USDC on Base. 22/ @Optimism shipped Upgrade 18 setting the foundation for a more performant, customizable, and operationally efficient OP Stack. 23/ @ether_fi released its Android app. Native mobile access lowers the barrier to staking and DeFi participation. 24/ The next Ethereum Community Hub is launching in Rome, hosted by @urbeEth. Local builder ecosystems continue expanding globally.

Open call: we want Partnership manager to join our collective. Role covers a) new partners outreach for Membership model & events like Cypherpunk Congress membership: web3privacy.info/membership/org… congress: congress.web3privacy.info b) ensure mutual alligment between fundations, protocols and dapps with our values-driven approach c) match web3 + web2 org pipeline (breaking tribalism) You will work alongside @PG_CDG & will help to protect millions of people with the next gen privacy tech. Fill the form: tally.so/r/mVxvgN

We have just passed two amazing days celebrating Urbe Hub as an official Ethereum Community Hub 🐺 On Day 1 - We kicked off with speeches from @limone_eth, @matteoikari and @cryptogallo, looking back at one year of building and ahead at what's next. Aperitif, old friends, new faces. People came from all over Italy to celebrate with us. On Day 2 - Together with @ETHGlobal, we hosted a Web3 Forum on ERC-8004 with the @ethereumfndnr AI team: @DavideCrapis, @VittoStack, and @Marcello_AI. The conversation was fire 🔥 Huge thanks to @ethereumfndn and @EFetheverywhere for the recognition and support. Rome keeps building 🏛

Two incredible days in Rome, celebrating @urbeEth Hub becoming an official Ethereum Community Hub 🐺 On the first day, the local community came together to reflect on a year of building at the hub, with @limone_eth, @matteoikari, and @gallo_eth sharing the journey so far and what’s ahead. Builders joined from across Italy to connect and celebrate! The second day featured a Web3 Forum on ERC-8004 with members of the Ethereum Foundation dAI team, @DavideCrapis, @VittoStack, and @Marcello_AI, sparking thoughtful discussion on the intersection of Ethereum and AI. We’re proud to support the Rome Ethereum Community Hub as they continue creating spaces for builders to connect and grow!

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One year of the Urbe Hub. February 15, 2025, we opened a space in Rome for builders. Not sure if it would work. Not sure if people would show up. They did. Workshops and late nights working on projects. Roma matches on the screen. Urbe Village, our first pop-up city, brought the community together for two weeks. Meetups, hacker houses, deep technical dives. A place where builders show up every day. AKASHA made this possible. They understood what we were testing: permanent infrastructure, not temporary hype. The Ethereum Foundation recognized the Hub as an official Ethereum Community Hub. The road was right. This first year has been a test. We took a difficult path, maintaining a physical space in an industry that moves online by default. But the Hub had an impact on our lives, on our community, on Rome. We showed it was possible. Technology will change. What won't: human connections and builders you want to work with, have fun with, and build the future with. The Hub now has an ambitious plan to make a bigger impact in our city and become a Frontier Tech Hub where new ideas are tested and shipped. Year two starts now.

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In a world that’s shifting faster than ever, where the future feels increasingly unpredictable, @urbeEth has always been my anchor. From meetups and workshops to spontaneous chats over a BBQ, every moment at the Hub has expanded my understanding of Web3, AI, Quantum Computing, and the deeper transformations reshaping our society. Italy, and especially Rome, is extraordinary in its history, culture, and beauty. Yet when it comes to frontier innovation, we are still years behind many other European and Western ecosystems. With limited interest and support from institutions, universities, and often even enterprises, Urbe stands out as a rare and courageous exception, a community that looks at emerging technologies not with fear, but with curiosity and ambition. I feel incredibly lucky to be surrounded by people I can learn from daily, people who challenge me to think deeper about Web3, AI, the future of work, and the broader evolution of society. It’s the only way I’ve found to face uncertainty without anxiety, knowing that no matter what happens in 6 months, 1 or 10 years, there will always be a place where I can find answers. There could be no better description for a frontier tech hub. Long live Urbe🐺

You know what ZK is. But can you explain it without math? We built a 15-minute Academy course with @oskarth from @ethereum IPTF made for non-tech minds. Send it to someone who should finally get it. academy.web3privacy.info/p/zk-for-not-t…

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1/ The next Ethereum Community Hub is launching in Rome! Hosted by @urbeEth, an active builder community, it's a vibrant space for web3 builders and students to learn and build in the heart of the region. Join the launch meetup and the dAI team event on the future of AI! 🧵

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The Urbe Hub is now an official Ethereum Community Hub 🇮🇹 The Urbe Hub is officially recognized by the @ethereumfndn in collaboration with the @EFetheverywhere team, as a permanent reference point for the Ethereum ecosystem in Rome. On Feb 15, we’ll celebrate this milestone together with 1 year of Urbe Hub, which opened thanks to the support of the @AKASHAorg and has grown into a shared home for builders, developers, and communities. To mark both moments, we’re hosting an informal aperitif at the hub 🥂 No talks, no panels, just a chance to meet, connect, and celebrate together. Register via the link in the first comment 👇