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title: "Vitalik: This year is the year of \"regaining computing autonomy,\" and I suggest integrating technologies such as ZKP, TEE, and FHE with local deployment of LLM."
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description: "Vitalik Buterin announced that 2026 will focus on regaining computing self-sovereignty, highlighting his shift to decentralized applications like Fileverse and Signal. He plans to further enhance privacy by adopting OpenStreetMap and Protonmail. Buterin also discussed the challenges of locally deployed LLM and proposed integrating technologies such as ZKP, TEE, and FHE for improved privacy computing."
datetime: "2026-01-23T03:04:00.000Z"
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# Vitalik: This year is the year of "regaining computing autonomy," and I suggest integrating technologies such as ZKP, TEE, and FHE with local deployment of LLM.

In a post today, Vitalik Buterin stated that 2026 will be the year of regaining computing self-sovereignty, emphasizing that he has begun to reduce data leaks to centralized services. He mentioned that last year he switched to Fileverse encrypted documents and Signal/Simplex/Session messaging applications (all decentralized open-source applications), and in 2026 he will further shift to OpenStreetMap/Protonmail and decentralized social networking to protect location and communication privacy. Vitalik also discussed the progress and pain points of locally deployed LLM, suggesting a future path to efficient privacy computing through a combination of technologies such as ZKP, TEE, and FHE.

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