Eugenio Reggianini, in a proposal aimed at aligning Ethereum with GDPR compliance, introduces a framework that shifts data controllership to the application layer. This design enables infrastructure participants to function solely as data processors, thereby minimizing their exposure to regulatory liability

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- Roles in data management can be clearly defined, with controllers (those who decide how data is used) and processors (those who handle data without making decisions).
“By pushing personal data to the edges (wallets and DApps), using offchain storage with metadata-erasure, and splitting roles cryptographically, we can focus GDPR controller duties on a small set of entities, while the wider network becomes mere processors or falls out of scope,” Reggianini said.