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    Privacy & Scaling Explorations

    Also appeared as Ethereum Foundation - Privacy & Scaling Exploration, Privacy + Scaling Explorations, Privacy and Scaling Exploration, privacy + scaling explorations

    Prizes on Devfolio and ETHGlobal

    PSE is a research lab building free tools that expand the world of cryptography. https://discord.gg/pse

    Prize money awarded
    $26,750
    Prizes
    28
    Winning projects
    24
    Hackathons
    5
    Largest prize
    $2,500
    Active
    2023–2024

    What they reward

    Tech their winners favour

    Share of Privacy & Scaling Explorations's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.

    • ipfs13% of winners · 5% of entries
    • zk25% of winners · 15% of entries

    Recurring prizes

    Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.

    • MACI2 hackathons · about $1,750 · last 2024

    Hackathons

    1. ETHIndia 2024 Dec 6–8, 2024$17K–14$13K
    2. ETHKL 2024 Oct 4–6, 2024$2.5K–3$2.5K
    3. Circuit Breaker Feb 2–21, 2024$5KGold4$5K
    4. Ethereum Kuala Lumpur 2023 Hackathon Oct 13–15, 2023$2.5K–1$1.3K
    5. ETHPrague 2023 Jun 9–11, 2023$5K–2$5K

    Anonymous, Provable, Realtime resume for building better communities.

    $2,500 · Ethereum Foundation - Privacy & Scaling Exploration · Bounty

    An on-chain private and secure FASTag.

    $2,000 · privacy + scaling explorations · Best Use of Anon Aadhaar · +1 more

    A Communty Application that provides Real World Organic Information from a Location-based Local Community.

    $2,000 · Worldcoin · 👩‍⚖️ Best Governance App · +4 more

    zkGitPerks allows GitHub contributors to anonymously enjoy various perks and claim reimbursements on event tickets, travel expenses, and much more

    $2,000 · Privacy + Scaling Explorations · Proof of Email · +1 more

    Every Hacker Goes Home Winning

    $1,250 · Privacy & Scaling Explorations · Best Overall Use Case of TLSNotary · +1 more

    Showcases the magic of EOA introduced in the upcoming largest Ethereum upgrade by superpowering EOAs to Batch and Relay transactions and act as a smart contract account.

    $1,000 · privacy + scaling explorations · Pectra: Mekong Testnet

    Blockchain Liberation: Empowering Voices, Preserving Privacy

    $1,000 · privacy + scaling explorations · ZK Email

    PrivInsure uses 2-party computation to let users check insurance eligibility without sharing health data, while insurers keep policy terms private. Redefining privacy and trust in insurance.

    $1,000 · privacy + scaling explorations · Cursive & PSE MPC Research

    A whisper heard, A world transformed . decentralized civil help platform designed to empower citizens with anonymous incident reporting and spread awareness. ( For Base India )

    $1,000 · privacy + scaling explorations · Best Use of Anon Aadhaar