Privacy Pools
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About Privacy Pools
Privacy Pools is a protocol that enables private asset withdrawals using zero-knowledge proofs and commitment schemes, allowing users to deposit and later withdraw assets without creating an on-chain link between their deposit and withdrawal addresses
Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.
Privacy Pools Timeline
Major events flagged by the DeFiLlama community — protocol launches, exploits, governance changes, and incentive programs.
- Mar 31, 2025Listed on DeFiLlama
Protocol Profile
Privacy Pools operates in the Privacy category of DeFi. It is deployed across 3 chains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism. No public audit reports are listed on DeFiLlama for this protocol.
TVL Distribution by Chain
TVL spans 3 chains across the deployment. See the breakdown below for per-chain values.
Supported Chains
Protocol Footprint
Privacy Pools operates on 3 networks (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism), keeping its surface area narrower than chain-agnostic peers. Roughly 100% of its on-chain value sits on just three networks (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism), so a fault on any one of them would affect a large slice of users.
Official Resources & Links
Verified external resources for Privacy Pools — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.
Other Privacy protocols on Mantapex
Privacy Pools is one of 7 Privacy protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Tornado Cash, Railgun, Aztec Connect, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $660.4M in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Privacy Pools's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.
Recent Privacy Pools news
Latest reporting from major crypto news outlets covering Privacy Pools.
- The Block
0xbow raises $3.5 million seed round for Ethereum Foundation-backed Privacy Pools project
Privacy Pools, based on research by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, is a keystone part of the Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku iniative.
- The Block
Zero-knowledge-powered Privacy Pools integrates Sky's USDS stablecoin in first expansion into multi-asset pools
Privacy Pools, the onchain privacy solution backed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, is integrating Sky's onchain USDS stablecoin.
- The Block
Privacy Pools adds stablecoin support for private Ethereum transfers
Privacy Pools, backed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, is adding support for stablecoins, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
- Coindesk
Tornado Cash Fork, Privacy Pools, Deployed on Optimism Testnet
Privacy Pools uses zero-knowledge proofs to prove that funds in anonymous transactions are not linked to criminal activity, such as North Korea's $625 million hack on Axie…
- Coingape
Ethereum's Oxbow Privacy Pools Debut – But Can It Avoid Tornado Cash's Fate?
Ethereum Privacy:- Oxbow, the privacy-focused infrastructure provider founded in 2023, announced the mainnet launch of its Privacy Pools on Ethereum this Monday. Ensuring privacy…
- Cryptonews
Ethereum News: Vitalik Buterin ‘Puts Skin in the Game' with $113K Privacy Pools Transfer
Vitalik Buterin Uses Privacy Pools, Transfers $113K in ETH
- The Cryptonomist
The decentralised Privacy Pools mixer: the compliant alternative to Tornado Cash
Vitalik Buterin and Jacob Illum of Chainalysis have recently developed a fork of the well-known decentralised cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash that is much more ‘compliant' with…
- BeInCrypto
Tornado Cash 2.0: Privacy Pools Claim to Keep the Money Launders at Bay
The early contributor of Tornado Cash built a new crypto mixer called Privacy Pools that addresses the regulators' concerns.
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Risk Warning
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