Week in the Privacy News 2026-01
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Good Monday, friends of privacy!
And Happy New Year and off to the good start! Fhenix team has been working a lot lately and by the end of December their research team has published DBFV - a new FHE scheme designed to make encrypted arithmetic meaningfully faster, thus earning the spot of Tool of the week.
Tool of the week
Insights
- Research team of Fhenix published new FHE scheme
- Read it here: High-Precision Exact FHE Made Simple, General, and Fast by Chris Peikert, Guy Zyskind and Doron Zarchy
- New York city has banned Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero devices
- Venezuela’s $60B Bitcoin Holdings Could Trigger a Global Supply Shock after Trump kidnapped Venezuela's president Maduro
- Musk's Grok generates sexualized images of women and minors
Knowledge
- Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Has Solved Blockchain’s Trilemma
- Why will privacy be the core narrative of crypto in 2026?
- New Research Paper Identifies Six Open Problems In Blockchain Privacy Technology
- EFF's review of Surveillance Self-Defense
- Wired's guide how to protect your phone from spyware
Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- Gadgets for people who don't trust the Government
- Bankless share their 27 predictions for crypto in 2026
- 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
