Cypherpunk Winter Showcase

​​Join us for presentations from the inaugural cohort of Cypherpunk Fellows as they share progress on 4 projects advancing privacy, cryptography, and digital rights.

We're also inviting all Cypherpunk Retreat participants to share any related work they've developed since the retreat — whether it's a new tool, research finding, or software or initiative you've been building. Please email [email protected] if you'd like to give a lightning talk/demo.

Talks & Demos:

• ​​Cashu Integration for AT Protocol (Rudy Fraser, Blacksky Algorithms) - Integrating Chaumian ecash into AT Protocol to enable confidential peer-to-peer payments on decentralized social networks.

• ​​Distributed MLS (Mark Xue and Anna Mistele, Germ Network) - Finalizing the design and implementation of a decentralized Messaging Layer Security configuration for IETF standardization.

• ​​Remote Attestation with Exported Authenticators (Peg, Independent) - Building a Rust library that securely binds hardware attestation to TLS sessions, enabling projects to verify confidential workloads without modifying TLS.

• ​​Simple Private Payment L2 (Aleph_V, Independent) - Designing a zero-cost private stablecoin payment system using zero-knowledge proofs for privacy and funded by interest rather than transaction fees.

​​This is a chance to witness the tangible progress made since September, connect (or re-connect) with others at the intersection of privacy and infrastructure, and spark new collaborations for the road ahead.