Privacy is a human right, essential to human dignity, autonomy, and freedom. Without privacy in the digital age, our individual autonomy, safety, democratic participation and economic freedom is at risk.
The Ethereum ecosystem lacks robust and well-adopted privacy infrastructure. While Ethereum secures billions of dollars, the vast majority of transfers, trades, and votes happen in the open for everyone to see. There are no default privacy features in major Ethereum wallets - privacy roadmaps, such as Vitalik’s simple L1 privacy roadmap, acknowledge these gaps.
While privacy tooling usually benefits everyone, they can generate little direct revenue. How can we ensure that protocols that aim to improve people’s lives and freedom are properly funded?
🔹 Round Operators**:** https://x.com/john_guilding, https://x.com/privoteweb3
🔹 Apply / Donation / Participation Dates:
Apply: Oct 14th to Oct 21th Donate: Oct 14th to Oct 28th Vote: Oct 21th to Oct 28th Claim funds: End of Oct (after results are tallied)
⏱️ Exact times
💸 Donations start: 00:00 UTC 14th Oct
📝 Applications start: 00:00 UTC 14th Oct
📝 Applications end: 00:00 UTC 21st Oct (Apply by end of day on the 20th! 🚨)
🗳️ Voting starts: 00:00 UTC 21st Oct
🗳️ Voting end: 00:00 UTC 29th Oct (Vote by end of day on the 28th! 🚨)
💸 Donations end: 00:00 UTC 29th Oct (Donate by end of day on the 28th! 🚨)
🔹 Total Funding Pool: $145,000
Gitcoin: $100k
PSE: $40k ($25k matching funds. $10k software dev. $5k audit)
Celo PG: $2.5k
Self: $2.5k
Total matching pool for projects: $130k (Total funding minus operating costs)
We’re funding a variety of privacy projects and initiatives under four categories: