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The Second Crypto War: A Private Ethereum

December 3, 2025

While crypto chases memecoins and ETFs, privacy developers are going to prison. Alexey Pertsev got 64 months. The Samourai Wallet founders got 4-5 years. Into this dystopia walks Aztec—an 8-year grind to build a private Ethereum, launched fully decentralized from day one. This is the second crypto war, and the cypherpunks are still fighting.

Derek Barnes