
Howard Wu
Founder of the privacy-focused blockchain Aleo and CEO of Provable; cryptographer and UC Berkeley alum known for zero-knowledge proof research (Zexe, DIZK).
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Oct 21, 2026
435: Confidential Finance: The Last Mile Problem Web3 Must Solve with Guest Speaker Howard Wu from Aleo
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Howard WuGUEST
... your accountant or your auditor to be able to see specific transactions as they're required.

Howard WuGUEST
Additionally, there are also, uh, things like freeze lists so that, you know, if you, uh, if you have sanctioned addresses or if you have specific banned accounts that need to be controlled there, that is also a possibility, that's also allowed.

Howard WuGUEST
Um, and we also have been working on initiatives, uh, more on the experimental side, like ZPass, which basically allow you to prove your identity without revealing your identity.

Howard WuGUEST
Um, there are many capabilities with privacy tech that can be used to enable better compliance and better safety.
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Why blockchains need privacy
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1:51Robert HackettHOST
But for the most part, in order to make sure that nobody's doing anything untoward, you have to have this kind of full transparency by default.

Howard WuGUEST
I get the sense that people haven't really thought deeply about the user journey in crypto.

Howard WuGUEST
And because of that, this concept of privacy is fundamentally at odds with the kind of expectations of what people think you use the blockchain for.

Howard WuGUEST
Right now, when I use USDC or USDT on-chain, every sender, receiver, and amount, along with its timestamp, is publicly revealed.
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