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Over the past week, Namada concentrated on refining pivotal areas of the network, placing emphasis on IBC and Ethereum integrations, core code enhancements, as well as bolstering the network’s infrastructure ahead of the v0.23.0 release.

Namada uses the CometBFT consensus engine, which allows for the possibility of integrating the interchain-blockchain-communication (IBC) system.

In a continuous effort to keep the community informed, Namada is launching a new series of weekly updates around the protocol’s development. The primary focus of these updates is to shed light on the progression and enhancements of Namada's capabilities.

Note: There is active discussion in the community about renaming "Data Availability" to "Data Publication." As this term is less widely known at present, this post will use both terms interchangeably.

In an increasingly interconnected world, the spaces where individuals can exist free from scrutiny are dwindling. Privacy, particularly financial privacy, becomes a bastion of freedom.

In a milestone announcement at Osmocon2023 in Paris, France, Adrian Brink, co-founder of Namada, unveiled plans for an upcoming feature known as “Shielded Swaps” on Osmosis. The potential impact of this innovation is already generating excitement within the industry, offering Osmosis users the ability to privately swap tokens on a chain that doesn't inherently support privacy. Hot off the press from Osmocon 2023: Brace yourselves for a game-changer! Osmosis is joining forces with @Namada for '

Namada is delighted to unveil its new symbol of identity to the world. The new logo, more than an aesthetic upgrade, is a testament to the innovative spirit that drives Namada's efforts towards pioneering multi-chain asset-agnostic privacy.

The collective forces of Namada and Anoma have been summoned to partake in an extensive array of blockchain events. This grand series of engagements reaches its zenith at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC), set to be held in the heart of Paris this July. While EthCC undoubtedly steals the limelight, the blockchain week is inaugurated a day earlier with the "Autonomous Ecologies II" on July 16 and concludes with an assortment of side events. Here is a glimpse into the series of events:

Heliax will be bringing the Namada and Anoma protocols to BUIDL Asia 2023, a premier blockchain event hosted by Erica Kang from KryptoSeoul and taking place in Seoul, Korea from June 6-7, 2023. Will you be there?

Namada is proud to contribute to this burgeoning ecosystem, and we'd like to give spiritual and material thanks to the Osmosis community and lay the groundwork for future collaborations.

Governance on Namada is built with the philosophy of malleability in mind. In this article we explore the features that Namada offers, and motivate them with regards to this philosophy. We explore PGF Stewards, PGF proposals, ETH bridge proposals and more

In this article, we outline the positive-sum approach, first by talking about the various stakeholders and their respective interests at play. We then discuss the different ways in which the tokenomics of NAM fit in to satisfy these interests in a collective, balanced way.

I’m building privacy tech for everyone, not just for cypherpunks. My chain analyst’s POV has helped me clearly articulate where data can be leaked, how privacy tech can go wrong. I hope this helps others who are building privacy-preserving protocols and dApps.

We are thrilled to announce that Namada and Anoma will be attending and speaking at Consensus 2023 by Coindesk, the longest-running and premier Web3 event that draws developers, community members, and organizations from all across the world.

Namada, a PoS L1 for interchain asset-agnostic privacy, has been featured in a recent report by Messari, the digital asset research firm. The report offers an in-depth look at the Namada protocol and its goal to equip users with a single, asset-agnostic privacy set shared across all networks.

Zcash pioneered both the applied political philosophy and the cryptographic substrate required for freedom- and privacy-preserving payments. Without their work, neither the ZK ecosystem nor the ongoing dialogue about the public benefit of private payments would exist as we know them today. The Zcash protocol, community, and asset continue to be a font of world-class cryptography research (e.g. Halo 2), an organizing force promoting the importance of consent-preserving protocols in the public con

We are thrilled to announce that the votes are in, and the winners of our first ‘Privacy as a Public Good’ Meme Contest have been chosen! Find out who they are by reading this post.

Delphi Digital has released a new report on the state of privacy in Web3, which takes a deep dive into Namada’s technology and inner workings along with those of other top projects, including Zcash, Tornado Cash, and Monero.

Namada protocol aims to fund public goods divided into four categories: technical research, engineering, social research and external public goods. It aims to accomplish this endeavour through two means: continuous and retroactive public goods funding.

Take home the gold medal! Starting March 17th, we're hosting a meme contest to celebrate our progress as a community. The theme? Privacy as a Public Good. Don’t hold back — we want to see your best meme-creation skills and humor. Details below!

The 9th edition of the zkSummit Lisbon (April 3rd-4th) is almost upon us, we couldn’t be more excited to return one more year to meet and network with the amazing zero knowledge community (including maybe you?).

As more information & assets are stored online, the need for effective solutions to privacy concerns becomes increasingly critical. It’s almost daily that we hear about privacy violations, with not only criminals on the hunt for your personal data, but governments & private entities too

This article describes Namada's Cubic Proof-of-stake and the key improvements that it deploys, including epoched staking, cubic slashing, and auto-compounding rewards.

Namada gives the privacy landscape a different shape, by providing the largest possible unified privacy set in the multichain, and complementing other chains by seeding/retrofitting privacy shielded actions

ETHDenver is coming up soon, and Namada and Anoma will be there – alongside other amazing Web3 projects and thought leaders – to network, learn, and shape the future of blockchain and privacy together.

This article discusses the design of the Namada Ethereum bridge starting with the background and motivations behind this design, followed by how the bridge works, and ending with the smart contract architecture.

The MASP & CC implement multi-asset functionality and programmable asset-conversions. This article explains how the cryptography works and what other private applications can be built with the circuits.

Namada’s height-activated protocol upgrade failed to activate on the testnet at block height #37370 (18th of January 2023 between 19:00-21:00 UTC). This post is a diagnosis of what happened and the steps we plan to take to avoid this kind of issue in the future.

On Namada the shielded set is subsidised, so that the initial users do not depend on the existence of a sufficiently large shielded set. Instead, the subsidy is programmed to ensure that no matter the size of the shielded set, there is sufficient incentive for assets to enter the shielded set.

The Namada Trusted Setup Ceremony was completed at 9am UTC on the 21st of December 2022, with no less than 2,510 contributions to the ceremony. The final parameters will be included in the upcoming Namada protocol releases and will be used in the mainnet circuits.

In preparation for mainnet, the implementation of the Namada protocol needs to be tested by as many network operators and other users as possible. To facilitate this, a series of public testnets will be launched that anyone can join.

Namada couldn't have come to be without prior pioneering research and implementation work in cryptography, distributed systems, cryptoeconomic protocol design, and public advocacy for open access to cryptography in a civil society. In order to express our gratitude, the Anoma Foundation has decided to allocate a large portion of the Namada genesis block to retroactive public goods funding. Part of this retroactive public goods funding will be allocated to specific projects and communities which

Namada's MASP circuit enables all asset types (fungible and non-fungible) to share one unified shielded set. To generate the final zk-SNARK parameters for the MASP circuit, the Anoma Foundation will be coordinating a multi-party computation ceremony.

Namada is a proof-of-stake L1 for interchain asset-agnostic privacy. Namada interoperates with fast-finality chains via IBC and with Ethereum via a trustless two-way bridge.

Namada is a proof-of-stake L1 for interchain asset-agnostic privacy. Namada interoperates with fast-finality chains via IBC and with Ethereum via a trustless two-way bridge.