Vitalik donated 128 ETH to Session and SimpleX each to support the development of private communication.

Techub News: Vitalik Buterin tweeted that he has donated 128 ETH each to the end-to-end encrypted instant messaging applications Session and SimpleX to support research and development in areas such as permissionless account creation and metadata privacy, thereby promoting the advancement of private communication technology. Vitalik Buterin stated that end-to-end encryption is just the starting point, and current private communication still faces significant challenges in metadata privacy, decentralization, multi-device support, as well as resisting Sybil attacks and denial-of-service attacks without mandatory phone number binding.