Ethereum’s “Privacy Stewards” Unveils Bold Plan to Reinforce User Privacy Across All Layers
The Ethereum Foundation has just rebranded its “Privacy & Scaling Explorations” project as Privacy Stewards of Ethereum (PSE), and with it has introduced a comprehensive roadmap aimed at delivering robust privacy for its ecosystem.
Over the next 3–6 months, PSE plans to roll out several key features: enabling private transfers via the PlasmaFold layer-2 network, introducing confidential voting, and enhancing privacy in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
Other priorities include preventing personal data exposure through RPC (remote procedure call) services, and deploying decentralized identity solutions using zero-knowledge proofs—methods which allow verification of user data without exposing the data itself.
As regulatory pressures around financial surveillance and identity tracking increase globally, the Ethereum Foundation insists privacy is not optional. Founder Vitalik Buterin has emphasized that in today’s environment, transparency can be more of a vulnerability than a virtue.
With the PSE initiative, Ethereum seeks to strengthen its architecture—from wallets and applications to the protocol itself—to be better equipped for privacy, identity protection, and resisting censorship. It’s a clear signal: as blockchain becomes increasingly entwined with the infrastructure of global commerce and identity, privacy will be built in, not bolted on.
