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Morning Edition · Sunday, July 12, 2026Published at 1:29 AM EDT · New York

Miden Pitches Selective Disclosure, Reviving the Fight Over Who Holds Privacy's Off Switch

The design lets users prove compliance facts without exposing full histories, while builders argue over whether anyone should be able to disable confidentiality by default.

Miden Pitches Selective Disclosure, Reviving the Fight Over Who Holds Privacy's Off Switch

Miden, a zero-knowledge network created from work at Polygon, is promoting a feature it calls Guardian, which aims to make privacy usable for regulated actors by letting a user prove specific facts, such as that a counterparty is not sancti…

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State Surveillance Drives Demand for Cryptographic Privacy

As states expand authority to monitor private communication, demand keeps shifting toward systems where confidentiality is enforced by cryptography rather than by provider discretion.