This is the first of a series of articles covering the results of the #2024privacyproof poll: explore “Favourite privacy project of the year” longlist selection from experts.

80+ enthusiasts, developers, researchers, cryptographers, cypherpunks, and community builders from the Ethereum, Nym, Logos, Railgun_, Puzzle, Aztec, ZK Sync, dappnode, Electric Coin & Co. & many other organisations.

All individual contributions are available via Fileverse Portal

Detailed overview

• 45 projects

• 12 non-Web3 solutions

• 8 dapps

• 4 messengers/chats

• 4 protocols

• 4 identity-related

• 3 wallets

• 2 VPNs

• 2 OS from Tails to Graphene

• 2 AI-related

• 2 mixnets from Nym to HOPR

Longlist of the project

1. Monero - privacy-focused cryptocurrency

2. Akash Chat - AI Chat without any tracking

3. Wassabi Wallet - bitcoin walllet focused on privacy (DYOR)

4. Penumbra - L1 on Cosmos

5. GrapheneOS - deGoogle OS

6. ZK email - email dapp on Aztec

7. ZKpassport - identity dapp on Aztec

8. Railgun - ZK-centric on-chain financial privacy for Ethereum

9. Rarimo - ZK-identity protocol

10. DarkFi - L1 focused on anon engineering

11. Nym - Layer0 mixnet

12. Meta's Llama3 LLM - local-machine centric LLM

13. Monero Nodo - Monero-focused node

14. ddocs - alternative to Google Docs (E2EE)

15. anoncast - anonymous co-posting on Aztec

16. OHMNI - streetwear focused on blockcing radio signals & electromagnetic radiation

17. Web3Privacy now - think-and-do privacy ecosystem for the web3

18. OpenPassport - anon-preserving digital identity facilitated by Privacy&Scaling Explorations

19. 0xbow - “privacy pools” facilitation org

20. Aztec - on-chain private L2 for Ethereum

21. Radicle - GitHub alternative

22. ZKP2P - trust-minimized p2p offramp

23. DarkIRC - fully-anon chat powered by DarkFi

24. iden3 - zk-powered identity protocol

25. AnonAadhaar - identity project facilitated by Privacy&Scaling Explorations

26. Railway wallet - Railgun-centric web3 wallet

27. Reticulum - cryptography-based networking stack

28. Enclave - FHE-based Encrypted Execution Environments

29. Apple privacy projects - Intelligence, Private Cloud Computing, and Swift Homomorphic Encryption

30. Tails - ephemeral & private OS

31. EIP-7503 - Zero-Knowledge WormhTolerns

32. HOPR - Layer0 mixnet

33. Proton 2024 releases - suire of privacy-focused projects made in Switzerland

34. SimpleX - decentralized messenging protocol

35. Predicate - network for simplifying transaction prerequisites

36. Cursive - cryptography & design lab focused on digital signatures (ZK + FHE)

37. Women in web3 privacy - community empowering women with the knowledge & tools to navigate digital environments.

38. Zashi - Zcash-centric wallet

39. Payy - ZK payment service for your phone

40. Anytype - alternative to cloud-based environments for collab

41. JP Morgan FHE tokenization platform

42. V2Ray - platform to build proxies on top of the network

43. HOPR (VPN) - VPN powered by HOPR mixnet aka GnosisVPN

44. NymVPN - VPN powered by Nym mixnet

45. Signal - privacy-enhancing messenger

46. Superbacked - an app used to generate highly resilient distributed encrypted backups

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