Privacy academy

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Why a Privacy Academy?

Through our experience organizing hackathons (ETHBrno, ETHRome, and ETHDam) as well as judging and speaking at many others, we realized that many participants were drawn to privacy without fully grasping its profound significance.

The available resources—technical, practical, political, philosophical, or historical—are insufficient and scattered across various platforms, websites, and playlists, making it difficult for people to access comprehensive guidance.

Recognizing the necessity of education and practical development in this field, Web3Privacy Now is committed to developing and offering training, incubation, and acceleration programs. These efforts will unfold in three phases:

• LEARN - Academy & Mentorship
• BUILD - Cohort, Hackathons & Grants
• SCALE - Fundraising, Advisory, & Partnerships

Goals

1. Create impactful privacy solutions: ensure people avoid generating redundant or ineffective code.
2. Develop sustainable privacy projects: transform hackathon demos into enduring, viable products.
3. Redirect misallocated funds to value-aligned stakeholders: connect conscientious devs with experienced mentors and grant programs.

Working materials

1. Course description
2. Library
3. Videos
4. Research

Execution Plan

• Milestone 1 [Q4 2024] - Curated Learning Resources: We gather the best existing materials and curate them to be accessible to the average crypto user but also to the total beginner. This empowers users to learn exactly what they are looking for or interested in and to implement best practices effectively.

• Milestone 2 [Q2 2025] - Structured Learning Paths: We create various learning paths and playlists, and run cohort-based programs similar to kernel. These programs allow participants to interact with each other, to receive guidance from mentors and experts, and to enhance their learning experience.

• Milestone 3 [Q4 2025] - Project Accelerator and Post-Academy Support: We launch an accelerator for final projects from the Academy learners and provide post-academy support and work introductions. Graduates will be able to publish their projects and ideas on our grant/bounty platform where they will find the opportunity to be funded or crowdfunded.

• Milestone 4 [Q1 2026] - Original Content Production: We will start producing our own content in collaboration with our network and key experts to further enhance our educational offerings.

The project was awarded a grant from GCC