The privacy market in web3 matures every year. New research papers, projects, demos, and events are delivered. We want to give the privacy community a voice & celebrate annual privacy contributions worldwide.

We ask leaders behind privacy protocols, enthusiasts, developers, researchers, and community builders to share their opinions on the year's crucial privacy projects, people, and events.

Our goals help privacy projects get a new audience facilitate community contribution to privacy knowledge sharing create a discussion around the annual privacy footprint

#2023privacyproof poll

In a nutshell

1. What is your favourite pro-privacy project/product of 2023? Name one.

2. What was the major news or key event regarding privacy in 2023? Name up to two.

3. What is the most exciting innovation (new research, protocols, or approaches) supporting privacy? Name up to two.

4. Doxxer of the year (any project, person, or organisation that sought to reduce privacy within the space). Name one.

Example

Useful links

• Harper v. Werfel

• Tornado Devs Arrested

• Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium

• Testudo: Linear Time Prover SNARKs with Constant Size Proofs and Square Root Size Universal Setup

• Friend.Tech

How to contribute

1. Answer with your choices to the poll.

2. Send it to our team by

• DM via X / Twitter: www.twitter.com/web3privacy

• Join and share it within our public Matrix group

• DM #2023privacyproof facilitators via X: PG or Mykola

3. Wait for public results (X, Mirror).

Note: if you are affiliated with a privacy project (work or invest in them) - try to name another one. It will help to make our poll more balanced.

Sudo-anon choices are welcome too (we do respect your privacy).

Deadline

• start of the poll: 18 Dec

• end of the survey: 25 Dec

• results: 26 Dec (extended to 15th Jan, 2024)

Choose your privacy favourites of the year, good luck & have fun!

Special thanks to Alan, tree, PG, Nick for your help.