Vitalik Buterin Proposes Roadmap to Boost Ethereum User Privacy

Krutika Adani

Ethereum's News Roadmap

Vitalik shared his plan on Ethereum Magicians — focusing on privacy in payments, dApps, reads, and network-level activity.

Why Privacy Matters

Ethereum is fully transparent. Anyone with your address can trace your full transaction history — balances, dApp usage, and more.

Key Proposal: Shielded Balances

Wallets like MetaMask should integrate privacy tools like Railgun, allowing private sends and shielded balances by default.

One Address per App

Vitalik urges wallets to auto-generate unique addresses per dApp. It's a privacy boost — even if it's less convenient.

Protocol Upgrades: FOCIL & EIP-7701

New standards like Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists and native account abstraction could supercharge privacy — without central relays.

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