# Vitalik Commits $45m For Privacy Tech

> Vitalik Buterin donated 16,384 ETH to support open-source, secure, and verifiable software and hardware focused on privacy.

**Published by:** [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io/)
**Published on:** 2026-01-30
**Categories:** news, 2026, january2026
**URL:** https://ethdaily.io/873

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Quick TakeVitalik donates 16k ETH for privacy tech.Lido V3 goes live on mainnet.Lighter introduces a composable EVM.Frame Transaction EIP-8141 for Hegota.Vitalik Commits $45m For Privacy TechListen to this episode from Ethereum News on Spotify. Vitalik Buterin donates 16,384 ETH to support privacy tech. Lido V3 goes live on Ethereum mainnet. Lighter introduces Lighter EVM. And Lightclient proposes Frame Transaction EIP-8141 for Hegota. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/873 Sponsor: Arkiv is an Ethereum-aligned data layer for Web3.https://spotify.comSponsored byArkiv.network/dailyArkiv is an Ethereum-aligned data layer for Web3. Arkiv brings the familiar concept of a traditional Web2 database into the Web3 ecosystem. Find out more at Arkiv.networkVitalik Commits 16k ETH For Privacy TechVitalik Buterin has committed 16,384 ETH, worth $45 million, to support open-source, secure, and verifiable software and hardware focused on privacy, decentralization, and user self-sovereignty. He also plans to use decentralized staking, with staking rewards helping fund these efforts over the long term. Targeted areas include finance, communication, governance, operating systems, secure hardware, privacy, and biotech. He noted that he is personally taking on work that might otherwise have been funded by the Ethereum Foundation, as the Foundation narrows its scope to focus on delivering an ambitious scaling roadmap while keeping Ethereum performant, robust, sustainable, and decentralized, and preserving self-sovereignty, security, and privacy.Lido V3 Live On Ethereum MainnetLido V3, a major upgrade that is transforming the protocol from a pooled staking model into a modular, decentralized Ethereum staking infrastructure, is now live on Ethereum mainnet. Lido V3 introduces stVaults, which are non-custodial, customizable smart contracts that allow users to define their own validator setup. stVaults support overcollateralized stETH minting and feature critical safeguards such as immutable collateral caps and an escape hatch to opt out of protocol governance. All stVaults share stETH as a common liquidity layer. Lido is offering a 0% Lido infrastructure fee for qualifying stVault early adopters until March 31, 2026.Lighter Introduces Lighter EVMLighter announced Lighter EVM, an EVM-equivalent rollup that natively interoperates with the Lighter L2, enabling general-purpose applications to compose with Lighter’s trading markets and liquidity at low latency while preserving security. Lighter EVM adds EVM composability to Lighter’s high-performance ZK-based L2 network. Lighter EVM leverages OpenVM, a zkVM by Axiom, to verify EVM execution alongside Lighter’s existing custom circuits. Both systems jointly settle on Ethereum with proof aggregation, allowing users to move assets and positions between the Lighter L2 and Lighter EVM in seconds. Lighter EVM aims to support DeFi applications, fast bridges, shared collateral, and native stablecoins, with an initial devnet release planned in the coming weeks.Frame Transaction EIP-8141Ethereum core developer Lightclient introduced EIP-8141, a proposal to add a new Ethereum transaction type, known as Frame transactions. Frame transactions enable accounts to define transaction validation, execution, and gas payment logic directly in EVM code, rather than relying on a fixed ECDSA signature scheme. A Frame transaction is composed of multiple ordered frames, each with a specific role, which together determine who authorizes the transaction, who executes it, and who pays the associated fees. The standard enables native account abstraction at the protocol level. EIP-8141 is proposed as a Headliner for Hegota.Other NewsACDE #229 minutesEthereal weekly #9Ethereum eco hits 75k TPSErigon v3.3.7 releaseRekt Security SummitERC-8004 manifestoBGD Labs Project E updateRune announces SynomicsJamie Diomond vs Brian ArmstrongDisclaimer: Content is for informational purposes only, not endorsement or investment advice. The accuracy of information is not guaranteed.

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