#Ethereum #Privacy 🔒 Privacy is back in fashion:
$ETH tests new token standards
In recent years, the topic of privacy in crypto has receded due to regulatory pressure (remember the Tornado Cash ban) and a focus on scaling. But now developers are returning to the roots, trying to find a balance between anonymity and the law.
Two new technologies are actively discussed in the blockchain community that could change the way we interact with assets:
1️⃣ New pERC-20 standard for Ethereum
Today, most Ethereum wallets work like public bank accounts - anyone can check your balance and transaction history. The new pERC-20 proposal proposes to turn tokens into encrypted "digital cash notes".
What everyone sees: the total emission of the token (so that no one can secretly print coins).
What is hidden: user balances, transfer amounts, and recipient addresses.
For regulators: a compliance mechanism has been integrated - issuers will be able to add addresses to cryptographic blacklists and freeze "dirty" funds without disclosing the data of ordinary users.
2️⃣ STRK20 framework from Starknet
While pERC-20 focuses only on transfers, the Starknet network has gone further and launched STRK20. This is a confidential infrastructure not just for payments, but for the entire DeFi sector.
Users will be able to make swaps, take loans and stake coins within a single private layer.
"Future-proof" protection: the architecture uses post-quantum cryptography, ready for the era of quantum computers.
⚠️ The main problem is UX (ease of use)
StarkWare co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson notes that the main enemy of privacy today is a bad interface. Previously, private coins (like Zcash) were complex: they took a long time to synchronize and had limited functions.