Week 03/2026
Jan 19 - Jan 25, 2026
Good Monday, friends of privacy!
While last two weeks were so far full of rather negative news, with escalation of conflicts in Iran and Syria, Internet outage in Uganda and Venezuela or ICE's raid, all while showcasing the potential power of governments, it is good to remind ourselves how we can empower ourselves by using privacy heavy and decentralized tools.
Thanks to the Internet outage, Bitchat was the most downloaded app in Uganda and so we bring the Bitchat as a Tool of the week.
Tool of the week
Insights
- Guide on how to set up and use Bitchat from Bitchat Community
- Zama and Bron Execute the First Confidential Payroll on Ethereum Mainnet
- From Anonymity to Selective Disclosure: The Next Era of Privacy Coins
- Proton VPN to retire legacy OpenVPN configs for security reasons
- US Hackers Reportedly Caused a Blackout in Venezuela
Knowledge
- Vitalik Buterin about DAOs and why we need them
- Inside Stripe’s Crypto Strategy with Privy CEO: Wallets as Global Financial Accounts and the End of Decentralization Dogmas
- Elon Musk's AI company under invastigation after avalanche of complains about sexual content including minors
- How hackers are fighting against ICE
- ICE agents are using Palantir's app to find neighborhoods to raid-
Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- Reigniting the cypherpunk spirit with Juan Benet x Protocol Labs
- Nobody's gonna trust your corp chain by a16z to crypto
- Take our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our Academy
Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events
(new/changes in bold)
- Jan 31 - Feb 1 - FOSDEM 2026 Brussels
- Feb 5–6, - Digital Assets Forum - London, UK
- Feb 12-15 - MONEROTOPIA 2026 Mexico City
- Feb 17–21 - ETHDenver - Denver, Colorado
- Mar 6-7 - Logos Network's Parallel Society Lisabon
- Mar 1–2 - Crypto Expo Europe - Bucharest, Romania
- Apr 15–16 - Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France
- May 5-8 - RightsCon Zambia
- May 8-10 - ETHPrague Prague
- Jun 16-17 - Dapcon 26 Berlin