The Ethereum Foundation has created a new team, called the “Privacy Cluster”, to improve how personal information is protected on its blockchain.
This group includes 47 professionals from various parts of the blockchain industry. Their goal is to design features that support user privacy directly within Ethereum’s
In September, the Foundation launched a program named Privacy Stewards for Ethereum (PSE). That group focuses on research and development related to privacy.
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Currently, the newly formed Privacy Cluster will work alongside PSE to turn that research into working tools and upgrades.
The team will focus on several areas. One project involves using zero-knowledge technology, methods that allow someone to confirm information without showing the actual details.
Other plans include making transactions private using a system called PlasmaFold, and finding ways to stop network services (known as RPC nodes) from sharing data about user activity.
This renewed attention to privacy comes at a time when governments around the world are introducing stricter financial surveillance. At the same time, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has created more ways for companies and governments to collect and analyze personal data.
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