Ethereum

What is the next step for base layer privacy in the Ethereum roadmap?
Things like stealth addresses or EIP-7503 seem missing from Vitalik's roadmap diagram.

Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a ton of interest for L1 privacy. It’s obviously extremely complex, but I really wish we spent like 20% of the brainpower that we spend on “solving MEV” towards L1 privacy. 

The extent to which we may all just be building surveillance infrastructure is underrated.

If the demand arises, the privacy enabled blockchain/rollup/whatever will come if there’s money to be made by the builders. Don’t think this is something to worry about tbh

Leading the Digital Asset strategy at a multinational CEX but truly a Degen at heart.

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Yeah good point but I think Tim’s point was regarding focus on the technical side of privacy solutions as opposed to lobbying regulators and/or getting CEXs to make some sort of stand.

As an aside, does a decentralised startup network necessarily need to have its token listed on many CEXs in order to be successful?

I would say that this is true to a certain extent, but by no means is absolute.  CEXs have to deal with countering money laundering practices, which has additional expenses and gov scrutiny, in effect makes CEXs highly resistant to listing privacy coins, which makes a huge hurdle for start ups to overcome.

I would say that that statement isn't absolute. Costs of regulatory compliance and cost to combat litigation (or threat of it) creates a higher barrier to entry than most can afford. Established chain may not bother because enough people use anyways and don't want the additional headache.