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Vitalik Buterin pitches Railgun model as privacy and fraud pre-screening solution
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Vitalik Buterin sent out a message in support of Railgun, an alternative confidentiality service for Ethereum. He suggested the mixer or its forks could mix confidentiality with preliminary screening for suspicious wallets.
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12:00am, Thursday, February 13, 2025
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Vitalik Buterin recognized privacy-focused Railgun project
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Railgun critics claim its screening operates off-chain and contains the possibility of tracking user data. The Private Proof of Innocence is linked to a centralized server, which can connect wallet information with the user’s IP. The mixer insists that it does not collect data, even though it can do so in theory
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Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin supported Railgun as the solution that combines confidentiality and anti-fraud screening. Buterin suggested that the mixer can pre-screen transactions, after the protocol intercepted funds that originated from the recent ZKLend hack on Starknet.
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