Tommaso Gagliardoni<p>I have been thinking for a while about the issue of anonymity in Web3 (and, more in general, anonymous transactions). The growing realization of the damage caused by decentralized financial technologies is nagging my cypherpunk self, who has been at war for a lifetime against invasive tracking, manipulative marketing, and surveillance capitalism. I collected my thoughts here: <a href="https://gagliardoni.net/#20250427_privacy_compliance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gagliardoni.net/#20250427_priv</span><span class="invisible">acy_compliance</span></a></p><p>Spoiler alert: I'm not endorsing backdoors, but I think some middleground solution must be found.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/horizenlabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horizenlabs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aml</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kyc</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gnutaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnutaler</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monero</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zcash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zcash</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tornadocash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tornadocash</span></a></p>