Ethereum’s Zero-Knowledge “Secret Santa” Could Redefine On-Chain Privacy

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Ethereum researchers just revealed progress on something surprising — a Secret Santa protocol powered by zero-knowledge proofs.
But this isn’t about holiday fun. It’s a major breakthrough in blockchain privacy.

Why it matters:
Fully private matching
True randomness without manipulation
️ Zero-knowledge proofs ensure no one can see who gifted whom
️ Relayers hide sender identities

Beyond games, this could power:
• Private voting
• Anonymous governance for DAOs
• Whistleblower systems
• Private airdrops/allocations

The team says open-source deployment is in progress.
This could become a foundational privacy primitive for Ethereum.

[Nahid Hossen]

Zero-knowledge tools like this could transform how privacy works on public blockchains.