🔍Vitalik Co-Authors Paper Proposing Compliant Tornado Cash Successor

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Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder and chief scientist of Ethereum, is among four researchers behind a paper exploring Privacy Pools, a spiritual successor to the sanctioned coin-mixing protocol, Tornado Cash. Unlike its predecessor, Privacy Pools uses zero-knowledge cryptography to prove users are not interacting with sanctioned wallets.

Starknet now ranks as the second-most popular Layer 2 by transaction volume amid a renewed wave of airdrop speculation. The network processed a record-high throughput of 9 transactions per second on Sept. 3.

Coinbase and Aave joined forces to launch a coalition supporting bringing real-world assets on-chain. The organization includes leading RWA protocols Centrifuge and Goldfinch.

And Unstoppable Domains launched an encrypted messaging service for web3 domain name holders. The .eth service is based on the XMTP messaging protocol, making it compatible with a wide variety of other web3 protocols and infrastructure.

✍️ In today’s newsletter:

• Top crypto researchers propose compliant coin mixer
• Airdrop speculation drives surge in Starknet activity
• Coinbase and Aave align on RWA push
• Unstoppable Domains launches encrypted messaging