Vitalik Buterin invested in the privacy protocol 0xbow, which raised 3.5 million USD, aiming to create a "compliance version mixer."

[比推] A privacy-focused Decentralized Finance protocol has secured funding.

0xbow just officially announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round, led by Starbloom Capital, with additional investments from Coinbase Ventures, BOOST VC, and Status Research & Development. It is worth mentioning that the investor in the Pre-seed round last year was Ethereum's founder Vitalik Buterin — the fact that V God personally endorsed it carries significant weight.

What they are doing is called Privacy Pools(隐私池), the core logic is to use smart contracts to package and mix user transactions, so that it is not possible to see on the chain who transferred how much money to whom. But here comes the key point - it is not purely anonymous, but allows you to prove that your source of funds is legal and complies with anti-money laundering regulations while protecting privacy. Technically, it relies on a system called ASP(关联集提供商) to screen suspicious deposits, but it will not deduct your money. In simple terms: you want privacy and compliance, and you want to achieve both.