The Ethereum Foundation will sponsor the inaugural Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Technologies WPPT 2026.

The Ethereum Foundation announced on Twitter that it will sponsor the inaugural Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Technologies (WPPT 2026). The workshop is an affiliated event of Asiacrypt 2026 and will be held in Hong Kong in December 2026. Organized by staff from the Ethereum Foundation, it focuses on topics such as ZK, MPC, FHE, PIR, privacy identity, blockchain privacy, and practically deployed privacy systems, aiming to connect theoretical research with practical applications. Official calls for demonstration papers are now open; submissions require abstracts of no more than three pages, with a deadline of September 25.