Pubkey Privacy Pop-up including Firo presentation on PQ roadmap - June 12th, 2026

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WebWipe returns to PubKey NYC for our privacy pop-up. Join us on June 12th at Pubkey in NYC. We’ll have privacy lawyers in attendance to discuss fundraising for privacy devs and more

We’ll be in the attic and will have presentations on some of these topics. Any Firo folks in the NYC area are invited :grinning_face:

We’ll have guest speakers:

  • Post-quantum privacy protocol comparisons (Firo, Zcash, Monero, Nym, NIST)

  • Operational Security best practices

  • Michael Hassard - Legal counsel for Roman Sterlingov

  • Chris Cialone on legal developments of TC devs

  • Doug Tuman on XMRBazaar/AnonBazaar

  • Joël Valenzuela discussing everyday private payments

  • DPRK infiltration and mitigation

  • Retoswap demo and hack discussion

  • Edge Wallet presentation

  • EigenWallet demo

  • Confidential Transactions video

  • Ashigaru, Ashigaru Whirlpool & Dojobay demo

  • RoninDojo and Boltzmann Calculator Demo

  • Cakewallet Presentation

  • NymVPN presentation

  • Deflock and what automated license plate readers are

  • PegasusSwap demo

  • monerujo swag

  • goodies from Passphrase magazine

& more

Friday June 12th, Starts at 6pm

Presentations go from 6-8 pm, then we can enjoy glizzies, burgers, and beers :hot_dog::hamburger::beer_mug::clinking_beer_mugs:

Sponsored by Edge Wallet and Zano

All info can be found at our Luma: Pubkey Privacy Pop-up · Luma

PubKey NYC
85 Washington Place
New York, NY 10011

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There was a post on Nym’s forum by our co-host on the event.

Our privacy meetup took place in NYC this past Friday, June 12th at Pubkey.

We had Firo tshirts for the event, which was perfectly on topic as we had a few speakers that also discussed the legal issues that devs and users face. We also discussed Firo’s Post-quantum roadmap along with what other privacy projects are doing.

Rita, Nym Program Manager of Nym, Neal Jayu of Zodl, Joel Valenzuela of DashPay, Chris Cialone, Mike Hassard and Tor Ekeland of Tor Ekeland Law, Doug Tuman of Monerotopia and MoneroTalk joined us

Topics we discussed:
- Post-quantum privacy protocol comparisons (Firo, Monero, Zcash, Nym, NIST)

  • Operational Security best practices
  • Michael Hassard - Legal counsel for Roman Sterlingov
  • Chris Cialone on legal developments of TC devs
  • Doug Tuman on XMRBazaar/AnonBazaar
  • Joël Valenzuela discussing privately living on crypto
  • Neal Jayu - Zodl wallet demo
  • Nym Program Manager - Roadmaps, integrations, and more
  • DPRK infiltration and mitigation
  • Logos Circles and winnable local issues
  • Deflock and what automated license plate readers are
  • Retoswap demo and hack discussion
  • Edge Wallet presentation
  • DEX integrations
  • Confidential Transactions video
  • Cakewallet Presentation
  • PegasusSwap demo
  • goodies from Passphrase magazine

Firo, Zano and Edge Wallet sponsored the event.

Event Highlights

The event went from 6-10 pm but we only had the presentation room (The attic) for two hours. We were getting kicked out for a USA world cup game, but in those two hours, we were able to squeeze in 7 talks/presentations. There were Nym stickers and 1-month NymVPN promos as well as some NYM swag.

There were tables with a bunch of merch, & swag available for all attendees. There were other guest presentations as well including Zodl , Joel Valenzuela on living on Crypto, Chris Cialone, Mike Hassard and Tor Ekeland on the legal issues Roman Storm, Roman Sterlingov, and normal users of the tech will face. We also discussed Logos Circles in NYC and how a topic like Flock cameras could be a potential topic to focus on. We were able to ask questions throughout and then network at the bar after the presentations had completed.

We’re excited to come back to NYC in the future :saluting_face:

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Cool! Thanks @WebWipe! Nice to see them Firo swags going out :wink: