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| Average Hackers per Hackahton | 357 |
| Total Projects | 4,290 |
| Average Submission per Hackathon | 138 |
| Total Privacy Projects | 308 |
| Total Privacy Projects | 310 |
| Privacy Submission Ratio | 7.18% |
| Average Privacy Submissions per Hackathon | 13 |
| Average Price Pool | $120,056 |
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<img width="3345" height="1003" alt="absolute contributions chart" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4bcc50de-87af-4a9d-a3de-aedad2619c3c" />

### Monthly/Quarterly Privacy Projects

| Month | Privacy Projects / Total Projects | % of Total Projects |
| --------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| January | 16/530 | 3.0% |
| February | 6/433 | 1.4% |
| March | 0/8 | 0.0% |
| **Q1** | **22/971** | **2.3%** |
| April | 16/268 | 6.0% |
| May | 46/360 | 12.8% |
| June | 11/43 | 25.6% |
| **Q2** | **73/671** | **10.9%** |
| July | 45/766 | 5.9% |
| August | 15/321 | 4.7% |
| September | 78/805 | 9.7% |
| **Q3** | **138/1892** | **7.3%** |
| October | 77/756 | 10.2% |
| November | - | - |
| December | - | - |
| **Q4** | **77/756** | **10.2%** |

> **NOTE:** *Accounting only for Jan.-Oct. 2025 the privacy submissions show an upward trend from Q1 (2.3%) through Q2 (10.9%), then dip slightly in Q3 (7.3%) before recovering in Q4 (10.2%).*

### Monthly Privacy Projects & Notable Events Line Chart

<img width="4693" height="1717" alt="monthly privacy projects" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f6e5d96-d9fd-45af-8dde-b75b34cafad0" />

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## Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem: Projects Overview (Jan.-Oct.)

### Privacy Project Categories

| Category | Count | % of Total Projects |
| ------------- | ------- | ------------------- |
| Finance | 104 | 33.8% |
| Social | 76 | 24.7% |
| AI | 36 | 11.7% |
| Auth | 19 | 6.2% |
| Gaming | 11 | 3.6% |
| Healthcare | 10 | 3.2% |
| Identity | 9 | 2.9% |
| DAO | 8 | 2.6% |
| Wallet | 7 | 2.3% |
| Storage | 6 | 1.9% |
| Security | 4 | 1.3% |
| Communication | 4 | 1.3% |
| Infra | 4 | 1.3% |
| Interop | 2 | 0.6% |
| Governance | 2 | 0.6% |
| Reputation | 2 | 0.6% |
| Moderation | 1 | 0.3% |
| Music | 1 | 0.3% |
| Browser | 1 | 0.3% |
| Insurance | 1 | 0.3% |
## Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem: Privacy Projects Overview (Jan.-Oct.)

### Privacy Project Categories & Gap Analysis

| Category | Count | % of Total Privacy Projects | Hackathons | Notes / Opportunity |
| ------------- | ------- | --------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------- |
| Finance | 104 | 33.8% | 16 | Strong presence |
| Social | 76 | 24.7% | 14 | Strong presence |
| AI | 36 | 11.7% | 13 | Strong presence |
| Auth | 19 | 6.2% | 10 | Growing trend |
| Gaming | 11 | 3.6% | 9 | Growing trend |
| Healthcare | 10 | 3.2% | 9 | Growing trend |
| Identity | 9 | 2.9% | 7 | Moderate activity |
| DAO | 8 | 2.6% | 5 | Under-served |
| Wallet | 7 | 2.3% | 3 | Low focus (potential niche) |
| Storage | 6 | 1.9% | 4 | Under-served |
| Security | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | Low focus (potential niche) |
| Communication | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | Low focus (potential niche) |
| Infra | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | Low focus (potential niche) |
| Interop | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |
| Governance | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | Low focus (potential niche) |
| Reputation | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |
| Moderation | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |
| Music | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |
| Browser | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |
| Insurance | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | Untapped opportunity |

### Category Distribution Chart

<img width="4065" height="1608" alt="category distribution" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bb258f3d-1dd2-458a-a151-1cdb83d4eb82" />

### Keyword Frequency

| Category | Count | % of Total Projects |
| ------------- | ------- | ------------------- |
| private | 70 | 22.7% |
| zk | 65 | 20.8% |
| ai | 48 | 15.6% |
| proofs | 46 | 14.9% |
| chain | 39 | 12.3% |
| decentralized | 33 | 10.7% |
| preserving | 33 | 10.7% |
| data | 28 | 8.1% |
| anonymous | 20 | 6.5% |
| payments | 19 | 6.2% |
| secure | 18 | 5.8% |
| system | 17 | 5.5% |
| wallet | 17 | 5.5% |
| encrypted | 16 | 5.2% |
| defi | 16 | 5.2% |
| verification | 16 | 5.2% |
| protocol | 15 | 4.9% |
| confidential | 14 | 4.5% |
| app | 14 | 4.5% |
| web3 | 14 | 4.5% |
| identity | 14 | 4.5% |
| token | 11 | 3.6% |
| ens | 11 | 3.6% |
| ethereum | 11 | 3.6% |
| blockchain | 11 | 3.6% |
| crypto | 10 | 3.2% |
### Project Persistance Tracking

| Project | Hackathon | Category | GitHub | Last Commit (YYYY-MM-DD) | Active (Y/N) | Stars | Forks | Website Active (Y/N) |
| --------- | --------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ----- | ----- | -------------------- |
| example1 | | | [url]() | 2025-00-00 | ✓ | | | ✓ |
| example2 | | | [url]() | 2025-00-00 | X | | | X |

{TBC}

### Keyword Frequency Analysis

| Keyword | Count | % of Total Privacy Projects |
| ------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| private | 70 | 22.7% |
| zk | 65 | 20.8% |
| ai | 48 | 15.6% |
| proofs | 46 | 14.9% |
| chain | 39 | 12.3% |
| decentralized | 33 | 10.7% |
| preserving | 33 | 10.7% |
| data | 28 | 8.1% |
| anonymous | 20 | 6.5% |
| payments | 19 | 6.2% |
| secure | 18 | 5.8% |
| system | 17 | 5.5% |
| wallet | 17 | 5.5% |
| encrypted | 16 | 5.2% |
| defi | 16 | 5.2% |
| verification | 16 | 5.2% |
| protocol | 15 | 4.9% |
| confidential | 14 | 4.5% |
| app | 14 | 4.5% |
| web3 | 14 | 4.5% |
| identity | 14 | 4.5% |
| token | 11 | 3.6% |
| ens | 11 | 3.6% |
| ethereum | 11 | 3.6% |
| blockchain | 11 | 3.6% |
| crypto | 10 | 3.2% |

> **NOTE:** *"ZK" (zero-knowledge) is the single most frequent token by far, followed by "AI" and "proofs", confirming heavy focus on zero-knowledge proofs and AI across project descriptions. Words related to privacy and confidentiality (preserving, encrypted, confidential, anonymous, private-related tokens) are common. Finance/DeFi vocabulary (defi, payments, token, ethereum, bridge/cross) also appears frequently. "chain", "blockchain", "protocol", "platform", and "wallet" indicate infrastructural or plumbing projects.*

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### Privacy Technologies Detection

| Category | Total Occurrences | Projects with Keyword | % of Total Projects |
| ------------- | ----------------- | --------------------- | ------------------- |
| ZK | 226 | 103 | 33.44% |
| AI | 71 | 57 | 18.51% |
| TEE | 12 | 7 | 2.27% |
| MPC | 6 | 6 | 1.95% |
| FHE | 4 | 4 | 1.30% |
| Technology | Total Occurrences | Projects with Keyword | % of Total Privacy Projects |
| ------------- | ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------------- |
| ZK | 226 | 103 | 33.44% |
| AI | 71 | 57 | 18.51% |
| TEE | 12 | 7 | 2.27% |
| MPC | 6 | 6 | 1.95% |
| FHE | 4 | 4 | 1.30% |

> **NOTE:** *Counts are derived from regex-based detection across project descriptions. "**Total Occurrences**" counts all matches; "**Projects with Keyword**" counts distinct projects whose description mentions the keyword at least once. Regex-based matching was used for each target with some common variants (e.g., 'zk', 'zero-knowledge' and 'zero knowledge', 'encrypted', 'encrypt', 'fhe' and 'fully homomorphic', 'mpc' and 'multi-party', 'tee' includes 'trusted execution', 'nitro', 'tdx', 'secure enclave', etc.).*

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# {TBC}

--- MORE CHARTS (HACKATHON OVERVIEW) ---

--- PRIVACY THEMES TRENDS ---
1. PROJECT PERSISTANCE TRACKING
2. PRIVACY THEMES TRENDS
3. EXTRACTION OF MOST INTERESTING FOR DEVCONNECT
4. BEAUTIFY INTO SLIDES
5. START WRITING THE REPORT
6. BEAUTIFY REPORT FOR FINAL DELIVERY

--- EXTRACTION OF MOST INTERESTING FOR DEVCONNECT ---
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