The Ethereum Foundation has launched a new initiative called the “Privacy Cluster” to enhance privacy in the Ethereum ecosystem.

It brings together 47 researchers and engineers, led by Blockscout founder Igor Barinov, and aims to coordinate and advance privacy-focused projects and tools across Ethereum.

Building on the work of the Privacy Stewards of Ethereum team since 2018, the initiative focuses on developing full-stack privacy infrastructure including private reads and writes, private proving, private identities, and the Institutional Privacy Task Force.

This story is an excerpt from the Unchained Daily newsletter.

A special focus is on Kohaku, a privacy-preserving wallet and software development kit (SDK).

“By continuing to level up the privacy features of Ethereum at every level of the stack, we can protect users onchain and unlock new use cases for developers and institutions. The work is underway,” said the Foundation.