Privacy is the foundation of human dignity. Developers building privacy tools protect dissidents, journalists, abuse victims, and all of us from surveillance overreach. Stand with @ethereumfndn for @rstormsf - defending those who code for freedom defends freedom itself.
Ethereum Foundation
Ethereum Foundation14.6.2025
The EF is donating $500K to the legal defense of Roman Storm, and we will match up to a further $750K in donations from the community. Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.
Financial surveillance doesn't stop criminals - it exposes every citizen's life to potential abuse. Medical expenses, charitable giving, personal struggles - all become permanent records that can be weaponized by bad actors, sold by data brokers, or seized by authoritarians.
Privacy enables legitimate commerce. Without it businesses can't protect trade secrets, salary negotiations become public, competitors track your every move, and identity thieves exploit exposed data. We need financial privacy not despite being law-abiding, but because we are.
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