Gregory Neven
@gregoryneven
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Cryptography researcher at Chainlink Labs. Previously at K.U.Leuven, IBM Research, and DFINITY. Opinions are my own.
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined January 2015
The problem: Blockchains lack privacy by default. Their transparency enhances trust, but for institutions managing proprietary strategies and sensitive client information, it’s a major barrier to large-scale adoption. The solution: The Chainlink privacy standard enables private
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Chainlink privacy page now online. Exciting technology and applications coming up!
Privacy is the final barrier blocking trillions in institutional capital from moving onchain. Enter the Chainlink privacy standard 🧵↓ https://t.co/GYUa8hNyCK
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With Chainlink Confidential Compute, you get: • Private smart contracts as a new industry primitive • A privacy-preserving data economy • Compliance adherence with selective data disclosure • Confidential interoperability The result: Institutional onchain finance at scale.
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France’s stance against privacy-first companies and open-source projects sends a broader message: operate here and give us access to your data, or leave. When governments weaken privacy, it is their citizens who pay the price. Read more: https://t.co/IgXJbi6tox 5/5
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GrapheneOS leaves France, warning of encryption backdoors. See why end-to-end encryption matters for Pixel users and how backdoors weaken it.
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Every pillar of the global financial system depends on privacy as a core principle. Without privacy, institutional-grade smart contracts simply aren't possible. That's why this week we announced Chainlink Confidential Compute, a breakthrough service that unlocks new onchain
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Chainlink Confidential Compute is a breakthrough service that unlocks private smart contracts on any blockchain.
"Privacy is the final big unlock that #crypto needs to go to true mainstream adoption." - Chainlink Co-Founder
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"If we want to bring banking and capital markets onchain, we need to solve privacy ... This is where our newest building block comes into the picture, Chainlink Confidential Compute." At SmartCon 2025, Lorenz Breidenbach, Head of Research at Chainlink Labs, introduces Chainlink
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Our team may have something to do with this 👀 Finally coming out of stealth mode: Chainlink Confidential Compute. Very excited to see the use cases!
Building on years of innovation and engineering, we’re announcing Chainlink Confidential Compute, a breakthrough service that unlocks private smart contracts on any blockchain 🧵⬇ https://t.co/bHRuN67I7j The lack of privacy for smart contracts is the greatest barrier holding
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"More than 15 million people provided the company with their DNA samples, a virtually unprecedented repository of human genetic information that could be sold in bankruptcy proceedings."
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Historic Chainlink product keynote at #SmartCon: Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard Data Streams hyper-scaling Lido cross-chain staking Privacy with ANZ DECO Sandbox SmartData + more ↓
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Proud to see this announced. I may have something to do with that "novel onchain encryption protocol". :)
We're excited to announce CCIP Private Transactions, enabling financial institutions to connect private blockchains to the multi-chain economy. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) will be among the first financial institutions to pilot the capability for cross-chain
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The first rule of data breaches: if it exists in a database on the Internet, it will be stolen. The second rule of data breaches: the service that lost your data will be incredibly vague about exactly what the hackers took, because it’s way worse than you imagine.
NEW: Hackers say they stole 33 million cell phone numbers of users of two-factor app Authy. Twilio (owner of Authy) confirmed "threat actors were able to identify" phone numbers, but didn't say how many. The risk is better tailored phishing attacks. https://t.co/2Fz6Tf5rwK
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However much I hope for effective proposals from EU or national legislators, justice systems, or other actors to eradicate child abuse, we can't sacrifice our privacy and pave the way for other abuses. Privacy is crucial for democracy, and mass #ChatControl isn't the answer.
More than 300 scientists from 32 countries have signed an open letter criticizing the EU proposal for regulation to detect Child Sexual Abuse Material https://t.co/Lul7lI8ZtS TL;DR ineffective; risk for function creep & abuse; violates human rights -collab. w @carmelatroncoso
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🇬🇧 It's up to all of us now. Write a mail to you government. Share the call to action. Call your government during the day. Together we are the resistance. Stop #ChatControl! https://t.co/nGzsX2eX8W
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The European Council has taken a proposal to force mandatory scanning of all photos and videos sent through private messengers (including encrypted messengers like Signal) and they’ve rebranded it as “upload moderation.” The implication is that it’s voluntary when it’s not.
The European Council may reach a final negotiating position on the proposed regulation this week. Leaked document suggests users of E2EE messaging services could opt-out of "upload moderation" by not being able to send images or URLs. https://t.co/TPkbyJpDki
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In spite of cosmetic changes and the addition of needless complexity to create confusion, the core of the proposal is still the same: mass surveillance consisting of inspection of content on every device. 2/6
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I am looking for a PhD student in Cryptography to join our group at @IMDEA_Software ! Topics of interest include zero-knowledge proofs, succinct proof systems and verifiable computation, computation on encrypted data. For more information ->
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Seems like we’re getting a major push for activists to switch from Signal to Telegram, which has no encryption by default and a pretty shady history of refusing to add it. Seems like a great idea, hope folks jump all over that.
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The #Chainlink Offchain Reporting Protocol (OCR) is at the heart of how the network's decentralized oracle networks (DONs) generate consensus and transmit data onchain. 📺 Chainlink researcher @CStathakopoulou provides a deeper look at the latest version: OCR 3.0.
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#Chainlink Labs is seeking 50+ pioneers to help us build the future of onchain finance: ⚙️ Engineering: 16 🏗️ Product: 8 🎯 Go To Market: 6 🧮 Finance: 4 📣 Marketing: 4 🏛️ Capital Markets: 3 🔬 Research: 3 🔒 Security: 3 🔧 Operations: 2 📊 Data Analytics: 1 🧑💻 People: 1
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