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<p>The Ethereum Foundation takes a new step by launching the Privacy Cluster, a team entirely dedicated to network privacy. A strategic initiative that responds to the growing concerns about digital surveillance and the increasing need to protect user data.</p>
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   <li>The Ethereum Foundation creates the ‘Privacy Cluster’, a team of 47 specialists in blockchain, cryptography, and engineering.</li>
   <li>This initiative aims to develop native privacy features on the Ethereum layer 1 network.</li>
   <li>The project includes private payments, anonymous decentralized identities, and zero-knowledge infrastructure.</li>
   <li>This mobilization responds to the intensification of digital surveillance and growing threats to user privacy.</li>
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<p>The Ethereum Foundation officially announced on Wednesday the creation of the “Privacy Cluster,” a group of 47 experts from the <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/tag/blockchain-en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">blockchain</a> industry.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Researchers, engineers, and cryptographers join forces to integrate privacy features directly into Ethereum’s layer 1 protocol. This team will work closely with Privacy Stewards for Ethereum (PSE), the research initiative launched last September.</p>
<p>The goal? To develop <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-foundation-privacy-cluster-team?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">concrete solutions to protect users</a>. On the agenda: private payments, secure decentralized identity systems, and zero-knowledge infrastructure. This last technology allows verifying information without revealing the specific content. A major asset to preserve anonymity while maintaining network transparency.</p>
<p>The Privacy Cluster will also work on PlasmaFold, a layer 2 network designed for confidential transfers. Another priority project: preventing RPC nodes (remote procedure calls) from transmitting user metadata. These often overlooked data reveal much information about browsing habits and transactions.</p>
<p>This announcement comes at a strategic moment. <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/1000-eth-liquidated-by-the-ethereum-foundation-here-is-what-this-crypto-sale-will-be-used-for/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Foundation recently liquidated 1,000 ETH</a> via CoW Swap to finance its network priorities, including these privacy projects. An allocation of resources reflecting the urgency given to this mission.</p>
<h2 id="h-privacy-new-battlefield-of-web3">Privacy, new battlefield of Web3</h2>
<p>Ethereum’s mobilization takes place in a tense global context. Governments are multiplying financial surveillance projects, while artificial intelligence opens new vectors of intrusion into privacy.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The European Union perfectly illustrates this drift with its proposed law on “conversation control.” This text would allow member states unrestricted access to all citizens’ messaging traffic.</p>
<p>Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, strongly opposed this initiative. <em>“You cannot make society secure by making people insecure,”</em> he asserted on social media.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>“We all deserve privacy and security, without inevitably hackable backdoors, for our private communications.”</em> A statement resonating with the founding cypherpunk ethic of cryptocurrencies.</p>
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<p>The risks are not theoretical. Last Wednesday, Discord suffered a massive hack exposing age verification data of 2.1 million users, including IDs and passports. The hackers now demand a ransom under threat of public disclosure.&nbsp;</p>
<p>David Holtzman, former military intelligence expert and strategy director at Naoris, confirms to Cointelegraph: information stored on a centralized server makes it a honeypot for hackers and cybercriminals.</p>
<p>In response to these threats, decentralized <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/why-web3-is-the-key-to-a-more-transparent-and-equitable-economy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web3 solutions</a> appear as a credible alternative. Ethereum’s Privacy Cluster could accelerate adoption of these technologies by users keen to regain control of their data.</p>

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