I have been thinking for a while about the issue of anonymity in Web3 (and, more in general, anonymous transactions). The growing realization of the damage caused by decentralized financial technologies is nagging my cypherpunk self, who has been at war for a lifetime against invasive tracking, manipulative marketing, and surveillance capitalism. I collected my thoughts here: https://gagliardoni.net/#20250427_privacy_compliance

Spoiler alert: I'm not endorsing backdoors, but I think some middleground solution must be found.

#horizenlabs #crypto #cryptography #privacy #compliance #aml #kyc #anonymity #web3 #gnutaler #bitcoin #monero #zcash #tornadocash

Tonight I'm giving a talk together with Daniele Di Benedetto ( @dan_dienedetto )at #zkhack meetup in #sofia #bulgaria on #io (indistinguishability obfuscation)

https://lu.ma/ZK-Hack-Events

#cryptography #horizenlabs #zkverify #web3

I gave a talk on #shufflecake at the #oscw (open source cryptography workshop) in #sofia #bulgaria. Many thanks to Cindy Lin, Ioana Nedelcu, Elizaveta Tretiakova (#google) and Anna Weine (#mozilla) for organizing. #privacy #truecrypt #veracrypt #horizenlabs #zkverify

I'm in #milano visiting #horizenlabs 's #wework office. I think it's my first real WeWork experience. I feel... #millennial 😂 (or should I say #genz now?) Anyway, great vibe and a big shoutout to the amazing team!

📢 **Announcement: I'm starting a new collaboration with Horizen Labs!** 📢

After exactly 6 years of service, yesterday saw the end of my employment at Kudelski Security. Effective immediately, I am joining Horizen Labs in the role of Senior Cryptography Researcher.

https://gagliardoni.net/#newjob_2025

#kudelski #horizen #horizenlabs #crypto #cryptography #zkp #zeroknowledge