{"id":73143,"date":"2026-05-27T11:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/vitalik-buterin-backs-kohaku-wallet-feature-that-gives-ethereum-users-a-new-address-per-dapp\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:52:48","slug":"vitalik-buterin-backs-kohaku-wallet-feature-that-gives-ethereum-users-a-new-address-per-dapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/vitalik-buterin-backs-kohaku-wallet-feature-that-gives-ethereum-users-a-new-address-per-dapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Backs Kohaku Wallet Feature That Gives Ethereum Users a New Address Per Dapp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Vitalik Buterin has backed Kohaku\u2019s per- dapp address feature, calling single global addresses a \u201cnorm we have to break\u201d for Ethereum privacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kohaku\u2019s v0.0.1-alpha.21 release made ERC-4337 relaying operational for Railgun transactions, reducing reliance on protocol-specific privacy infrastructure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Ethereum\u2019s Kohaku, EIP-8250, and account abstraction upgrades are scheduled for the Hegot\u00e1 hard fork in H2 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Why Single Addresses Are a Privacy Problem<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Most Ethereum users today interact with the network through a single persistent wallet address, a model that allows anyone to trace every token held, every protocol used, and every transaction made by a given user simply by querying public <span>blockchain<\/span> data. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Kohaku, an open-source privacy initiative backed by the Ethereum Foundation, is designed to close that gap by giving wallet developers modular tools to implement shielded transaction pools and private query infrastructure into existing wallets without requiring users to navigate separate privacy protocols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The per- <span>dapp<\/span> address feature, highlighted by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2059394474417995852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Buterin on May 27<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> and credited to contributors kassandraETH and ncsgy, takes a direct approach to the metadata leakage problem so that each time a user connects to a new application, the wallet automatically generates a fresh address. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_817541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-817541\" style=\"width:732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-817541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">This breaks the onchain link between a user\u2019s activity on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-dex\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decentralized exchange<\/a> ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-dex\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DEX<\/a>), a lending protocol, and any other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-dApp\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dapp<\/a> they interact with, making it substantially harder for data aggregators or surveillance infrastructure to build a complete financial profile of a given user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Kohaku\u2019s endgame is much more ambitious, having already integrated with established Ethereum privacy tools, including Railgun and Privacy Pools, abstracting away their technical complexity so that ordinary users can access shielded transactions through their regular wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Part of a Broader Ethereum Privacy Push in 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The per- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-dApp\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dapp<\/a> address development is one piece of a wider Ethereum privacy roadmap <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/vitalik-focil-eip-8141-ethereum-relay-dependence-2026\/\">Buterin outlined earlier<\/a> in 2026. The near-term plan covers three specific initiatives, namely account abstraction combined with FOCIL (Fork-Choice enforced Inclusion Lists), Keyed Nonces (EIP-8250), and Kohaku. The majority of these upgrades are slated for Ethereum\u2019s upcoming Hegot\u00e1 hard fork, expected in the second half of 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Kohaku\u2019s most recent technical milestone, the release of kohaku-eth\/railgun v0.0.1-alpha.21, made ERC-4337 relaying fully operational for Railgun privacy transactions. ERC-4337 is Ethereum\u2019s account abstraction standard, and routing shielded transactions through its mempool reduces reliance on protocol-specific infrastructure that has historically acted as a bottleneck for privacy adoption at scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve accelerated narratives enough. Let\u2019s accelerate the cypherpunk privacy reality.\u201d Buterin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2059229162963943769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">wrote earlier this week<\/span><\/a>, with the<span style=\"font-weight:400\"> comment reflecting a broader shift in the Ethereum Foundation\u2019s priorities wherein, after a decade focused primarily on scalability, the network is now pushing to restore the privacy guarantees that were central to its original design.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/vitalik-kohaku-per-dapp-address-ethereum-privacy\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Vitalik Buterin has backed Kohaku\u2019s per- dapp address feature, calling single global addresses a \u201cnorm we have to break\u201d for Ethereum privacy. Kohaku\u2019s v0.0.1-alpha.21 release made ERC-4337 relaying operational for Railgun transactions, reducing reliance on protocol-specific privacy infrastructure. 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