The Ethereum Foundation has launched the Privacy Cluster, bringing together 47 specialists to develop privacy technologies within the network. The project is led by Igor Barinov, founder of Blockscout.

The cluster will collaborate with other Foundation teams, including the Institutional Privacy Task Force, to combine innovation with regulatory compliance.

At the same time, the Foundation is preparing to release Kohaku Wallet and SDK — tools for conducting private transactions without intermediaries, to be presented at Devcon later this year.

Privacy Cluster will focus on confidential payments, stealth addresses, anonymous voting, and user data protection. Vitalik Buterin has previously emphasized that privacy is a fundamental right, not a secondary feature.