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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has quietly redirected part of his growing on-chain privacy activity toward the encrypted-messaging space, donating a total of 256 ETH to SimpleX Chat and Session via the Railgun privacy protocol.
Onchain analytics firm Arkham first flagged the move, noting “VITALIK JUST SENT $2.9M $ETH TO RAILGUN. Vitalik holds over $700 MILLION of ETH, and just sent $2.9M into Railgun. What is he cooking?”
VITALIK JUST SENT $2.9M $ETH TO RAILGUN
Vitalik holds over $700 MILLION of ETH, and just sent $2.9M into Railgun.
What is he cooking? pic.twitter.com/2HvDFRDqi2
— Arkham (@arkham) November 26, 2025
Buterin Backs SimpleX And Session
Shortly after, Buterin confirmed the donations from
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