Vitalik Buterin underscored his advocacy for privacy as integral to Ethereum’s infrastructure through this public transaction

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Buterin and other Ethereum developers have repeatedly argued that user privacy should be treated as a default feature, not an optional add-on. In an April post to an Ethereum developer forum, Buterin outlined several recommended steps for making the blockchain more private.

Buterin has spoken about privacy in crypto many times before. He’s called it “normal” and believes people shouldn’t be tracked just for making transactions. Railgun is a protocol he’s mentioned in the past. It lets users send tokens while keeping their financial history private, but also uses certain checks to prevent abuse or bad actors from slipping in unnoticed.