This week, privacy is centerstage in crypto. The Roman Storm trial serves as a reminder of the heated ongoing battle for privacy happening right now. SEC Commissioner @HesterPeirce said “where, by design or deficiency, the law will not protect us, technology might,” referencing zk-proofs, privacy pools, and mixers. Meanwhile, the tools our industry is building are improving rapidly, in search of better answers to fundamental questions about privacy. How do you give people the ability to transact privately with a technology that is fundamentally transparent and traceable? How do we find balance between privacy and mixing? How can we do so that we don’t obfuscate or abet the transactions of malicious actors? How do we build privacy-preserving blockchains that enable trust with whom we transact? @pumpernikhil joined us recently to discuss @0xPredicate and shared his thoughts. “Philosophically one of my reasons for why I got interested in blockchains and crypto was on privacy.” “In the past, you [did] some type of identity verification and share[d] all of your information. I think that's the wrong way to do it.” “The world we have to envision is a bottoms up view around how we enforce our own requirements for privacy.” “I don't think this means that I should be giving up KYC the entire time.”

When @akxsha joined Kernel, she didn’t know what her project would be. But as an engineer, the barriers to building in crypto set off the cogs in her mind. They challenged what she thought she knew, causing question after question. She decided to follow them.

Now that the ability to ship code has become easier than ever, figuring out the 'why' becomes much more important than the what. I'd highly recommend joining the Kernel mentorship program to explore this question.

𝕂𝔹𝟙𝟙 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟏𝟓. ꜰᴏʀ ~50 ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪꜱᴛꜱ ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ɪɴꜰʀᴀꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ, ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜰᴀᴄᴇꜱ, & ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟɪɢᴇɴᴄᴇ (ɪɴ ᴄʀʏᴘᴛᴏ + ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ) 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊?

big congratulations to our friends @futureprimitive download @perdotma for a different type of social-photography & onchain experience

This week, @azacharyf dives into his pinned EIP-7702 megathread and the bright future he sees for Ethereum wallets "In some ways, [7702 shipping] is the end of a long journey but also the start of a new one..." 00:00 - Account Abstraction & 7702 Intro 02:40 - Start of New Adoption Curve 03:00 - Adam’s Mega Thread (feat. @decentrek, @medhakothari, @ithacaxyz) 05:40 - Complementary EIP 5792 08:25 - Frontier Possibilities 10:40 - Live Demo (feat. @MetaMask) 13:20 - Apps Leading Adoption (feat. @EkuboProtocol) 15:20 - Personal Involvement & Outlook

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Being part of KBX has been one of the most enriching experiences I had so far in my professional journey. Learning through thoughtful peers is something you definitely should try. Thanks to everyone involved.