VITALIK SAYS YOU CAN HIDE A SECRET IN A PROGRAM AND STILL RUN IT TODAY 🚨💻🔐🛠️

On 21 August 2026, Vitalik Buterin posted part 3 of his series.

Obfuscation means: hide a secret inside a program, but still let people use the program. 👁️

This chapter is local mixing. Hide the inside. Keep the same answer.

The first two methods were too slow for a normal computer.

This third method can already run. The open question: does the secret stay hidden? 🧪

What this is for 🗳️
1) Muqaddas votes on Ethereum
2) a program adds his vote to the total
3) anyone can run that program and see the total
4) no one should see how Muqaddas voted

No trusted group needs to count the ballots. 👤

Old tricks that hid a secret key inside software anyone can open (white-box cryptography) later broke. ⚠️

This is research, not an app to install today.

The team includes Ran Canetti at Boston University, Nicholas Ho, and Janmajaya Mall at Phantom Zone. More papers soon. They hope AI can help find holes faster.

ever wanted a private on-chain vote? 👇

#Ethereum #Crypto #Binance #Privacy