Whitepaper Reading Club: Zero Knowledge - Compliance vs Privacy

Can privacy and compliance coexist?

As blockchain adoption grows, regulators, institutions, and builders are increasingly seeking solutions that preserve user privacy while meeting legal and compliance requirements. Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have emerged as one of the most promising technologies for addressing this challenge.

This session will examine how ZK technologies are reshaping conversations around digital identity, KYC, privacy, compliance, and the future of blockchain adoption.

Paper / source

• Topic 1: Privacy vs Compliance led by Ulanda Oon, Associate Director of Drew & Napier• Topic 2: Can precise Privacy Infrastructure Create New Data Markets led by BYC Ventures team

Format

Short introduction and context setting to start.Silent reading of the summary before discussion begins.5-10 minute presentation to frame the key ideas.Moderator-led discussion with no promotions.

Collaborators

Ethereum Philippines (ETHPH)

Ethereum Philippines is a community-led initiative dedicated to growing the Ethereum ecosystem in the Philippines through education, developer onboarding, research, and community building. ETHPH organizes a whole pipeline to support builders exploring Ethereum and open blockchain technologies.

🌐 ethphilippines.com

BYC Ventures (BayaniChain)

BYC Ventures builds the infrastructure that institutions and governments depend on to be trusted. Beneath it is Prismo, the blockchain layer that anchors records as permanent, tamper evident proof. Above it works Lumen, an agentic product that lives inside critical systems, where autonomous agents read the records, weigh them against the rules, and attest to what is true in real time. The effect is quiet but fundamental: institutions no longer ask the public to take their word for it, because the proof is already there.

🌐 byc.ventures

About Whitepaper Reading Club

We are a community of founders, researchers, and builders across Singapore, Malaysia, San Francisco, Bangkok, New York, Lagos, Taipei, and Hong Kong. We meet in person every month to read, discuss, and pressure-test the latest blockchain papers, protocols, and technical ideas.

Learn more: Website · Summaries · Calendar

We create detailed, easy-to-understand summaries for each paper and have held 80+ sessions since June 2023, covering Account Abstraction, Parallel Chains, EIPs, the Bitcoin ecosystem, and AI x Crypto. We are ecosystem-agnostic, not for profit, and focused on projects with technical, product, or social innovation.