Private Reads Update — May & June 2026
A combined May–June update closing out Q2, focused on what we delivered: two PIR schemes implemented on GPU (insPIRe in CUDA and a from-scratch Rust VIA); a new double-stateless batch-PIR scheme (Skirrt) specced; a VIA security bug hunted down and fixed; the network-agnostic access-layer architecture published in 'Power to the Edges'; an LLM audit of the Tor client conducted; TorJS shipped to npm; a mainnet binary-trie node built for Verifiable UBT; PIR Genesis teased; and formal verification moving from exploration toward practice.
Power to the Edges: Unlocking Direct Browser-P2P Communication
The edge is gated: every browser-to-Ethereum request funnels through a handful of HTTPS gateways. But a direct browser↔p2p channel for Ethereum is possible: one architectural shift that unlocks accessibility, privacy, and resilience all at once.
Private Reads Update — April 2026
April highlights: Q2 roadmap published, VIA spec and reference implementation completed with a parameterization issue surfaced, double-stateless PIR set as the focus with InsPIRe GPU work underway, network-agnostic access-layer architecture drafted, TorJS published to npm with integrations into light clients in progress, and invited talks at the Stateless Summit.
Private Reads Update — March 2026
March highlights: LeanPIR scheme introduced, VIA spec nearing v1, Arti bootstrapping breakthrough, Ethrex collaboration for UBT, Q2 plan taking shape.
Embedding Tor in Browser Wallets, Frontends, and dApps
A technical account of our effort to compile Arti — the Tor Project's Rust implementation — to WebAssembly, enabling wallets and dApps to route traffic through Tor directly from the browser.
A Sharded PIR Design for the Ethereum State
Our design for bringing Private Information Retrieval to Ethereum — a sharded, multi-engine architecture that hides what users read from remote servers.
Private Reads Update — February 2026
February highlights: Arti compiles to WASM, sharded PIR design draft finished, PIR grant approved for VIA scheme, Ethereum-sandboxed mixnet concept explored.
Private Reads Update — January 2026
January highlights: RMS24 spec and reference implementation complete, multi-engine PIR backend architecture defined, PAPs launched, Tor Project collaboration underway, ethers.js integration PR submitted.
Introducing Private Reads
An overview of the Private Reads team and our mission to bring privacy-preserving reads to Ethereum.