Ethereum co-founder vitalik.eth transferred 693.913 ETH (~ $1.83 million) and 340.9K USDC to the privacy protocol Railgun via an intermediary address 0x18…F10E at 17:08-09 UTC+8. Vitalik Buterin has stated that privacy is normal, and Railgun’s privacy pool protocol effectively prevents malicious actors from joining while protecting user privacy.