TACo's AGPL-3.0 codebase (github.com/nucypher/nucypher) has always been an free & open source blueprint for privacy technology that isn't owned or controlled by any one entity. Now, the project must grow into a veritable public good – a critical component of a reimagined internet; free of surveillance, suppression and single points of failure. To realize that vision, we're very pleased to announce a new chapter for TACo under the stewardship of the World Ethical Data Foundation (WEDF) – see worldethicaldata.org/project… A more than worthy organization is taking the reins; mission-aligned, replete with cybersecurity expertise, and highly motivated to bring censorship-resistant end-to-end encryption to new audiences. @WEDF_foundation is the team behind society-serving initiatives such as the The Open Standard for Responsible AI, the World Ethical Data Forum (@WEDF_forum), and the Ethics and Rights Architecture project. Since 2025 the TACo team has contributed to the latter, proposing architectures/roadmaps to achieve ERA's lofty objective of transnational, cross-organizational, censorship-resistant sharing of vital human rights information. Looking ahead, we will work with WEDF toward a network relaunch later in 2026, supported by a node operator coalition composed of organizations with a track record in privacy advocacy, anti-surveillance, human rights, encryption/whistleblower tech, and relevant academic research.

We've been quiet on X for 6-ish months, but a lot has happened behind the scenes. TACo fully exited the @ThresholdAC network, expanded the access condition framework, increased support across various EVM chains, and completed numerous secure handovers of cryptographic material between nodes – demonstrating the network's unique resilience in a distributed paradigm. Through it all, the technology has reached maturity. In the last couple years, TACo has underpinned real-world, high-stakes data sharing patterns; including delivering inheritance information to beneficiaries without trusted middlemen, managing decryption rights for valuable digital media libraries, and securing back-up root keys for TEEs.

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For years, the public has known @WEDF_foundation mainly through our research, policy work, and the World Ethical Data Forum — our paywall free, open, privacy-advancing meeting ground for those who build, study, govern, and live inside digital systems. What’s been less visible is the work we’ve done quietly at the intersection of digital rights, networked infrastructure, and security. Much of that has involved pro bono defence for NGOs, human-rights organisations, and civil-society groups facing surveillance, censorship, infrastructure compromise, and targeted attack. We spoke little about this because the work demanded discretion. That background is why, during @EFDevcon in Buenos Aires, @_jdmarshall was invited by @ethereumfndn to join security engineers from across Ethereum — @TheRedGuild, @mattaereal, @samczsun, @fredrik0x, @_SEAL_Org, @0xRajeev and others — at @TheTrustX by @TheSecureum to examine Ethereum's security posture and the responsibilities that come with its maturation into critical open digital infrastructure. Matta’s excellent recap of the 1TS technical working groups captures the day's substance — and explores not only the outcomes but also the many paradoxes and challenges involved in the defence of public goods. And in defence *as* a public good. For anyone interested in @ethereum's future, its security assumptions, public-goods coordination, or the broader landscape of freedoms-tech, this is essential reading from one of Ethereum’s hardest-working whitehats: blog.theredguild.org/off-cha… As 2026 approaches, we’ll be sharing more about the public-goods work we’ve been doing off-radar. This feels like the right place to begin.