He mentioned that the plan will focus on four major areas. They include private onchain payments, limited anonymity within decentralized applications, private data reads, and network-level protections. Currently, Ethereum’s public design allows anyone to trace the activity of a known address. As he pointed out, a single wallet can reveal a user’s full transaction history, the application they use, and who they interact with. Buterin stressed that while this openness supports trust and security, it exposes too much personal data.