On March 23, the Web3 community DeFrens and the Dash project will hold a conference titled "Privacy and Decentralization: Trends 2026" in Moscow. Participants will discuss the future of private cryptocurrencies, transaction analysis methods, and the role of cryptography in centralized finance.
The event will take place at the "Svetly Loft" on Nikitsky Boulevard, 7B, starting at 5:30 PM (MSK).
Attendees will have the chance to win prizes from Dash; to participate, they need to provide their wallet address during registration.
The program includes six sections featuring presentations and panel discussions:
- Creating Decentralized Applications on Dash Platform — Mikhail Pshenichnikov, independent Dash developer;
- The Future of Anonymous and Private Cryptocurrencies in Everyday Life — Artem Vorotnikov (ex-Fantom, Erigon and Akula node developer) and Lee Alexander John (Miden engineer);
- Applying Behavioral Analysis and AI in Transaction Research — Dmitry Poida, lead investigator at Shard LLC;
- Confidential Pool as a Service for CeFi in Web3 — Vladimir Popov, Executive Director of the Sber Blockchain Development Center, ex-ZkBob;
- The Role of MPC in Integrating Cryptography into Centralized Finance — Alexey Kurochkin (cryptographer at Sber's blockchain lab), Alexander Nikolaev (Custos founder, MIPT lecturer, Symbiosis co-founder);
- Decentralization for Computing Networks and the Role of Blockchain — Mikhail Pshenichnikov (Dash), Yuri Yanovich (senior lecturer at Skoltech), Mikhail Voronov (ex-Fluence, AquaVM author).
For communication during the event, organizers will provide the decentralized messenger Bitchat, available on iOS and Android.
Previously, the venture capital firm a16z and entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan identified privacy as the main direction for the crypto industry in 2026.