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How much personal data is collected in a day?

September 28, 2026

How much personal data is collected in a day?

What could work, travel, shopping and television reveal about you? Six model households show the potential data footprint of an ordinary day.

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The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

May 25, 2026

The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

The internet presents itself as free. A new Web3 Foundation White Paper puts a number on what that arrangement is really worth - and to whom.

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Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

March 5, 2026

Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

Web3 Foundation is narrowing its operational scope and returning to the role it was originally designed to play: championing the long-term vision of Web3 and deploying its resources responsibly.

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How much personal data is collected in a day?

September 28, 2026

How much personal data is collected in a day?

What could work, travel, shopping and television reveal about you? Six model households show the potential data footprint of an ordinary day.

Read More >>

how-much-personal-data-is-collected-in-a-day

That Was Web3 Summit 2026

July 6, 2026

That Was Web3 Summit 2026

Whoosh, there it is. Or should we say, there it was.

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The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

May 25, 2026

The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

The internet presents itself as free. A new Web3 Foundation White Paper puts a number on what that arrangement is really worth - and to whom.

Read More >>

the-hidden-price-of-free

The Voices Fighting for Digital Freedom: Yanis Varoufakis to Headline Web3 Summit 2026

May 20, 2026

The Voices Fighting for Digital Freedom: Yanis Varoufakis to Headline Web3 Summit 2026

As Europe's debate over privacy, surveillance, and digital sovereignty intensifies, Web3 Summit 2026 brings Yanis Varoufakis to Berlin to confront one urgent question: who should control our digital future?

Read More >>

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Germany's Push Against Chat Control Shows Why Digital Freedom Matters

May 15, 2026

Germany's Push Against Chat Control Shows Why Digital Freedom Matters

Germany's opposition to Chat Control highlights growing concerns about surveillance, encryption, privacy, and the future of online digital freedom.

Read More >>

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The Internet Is Built to Watch Us. What Are You Going To Do About It?

May 5, 2026

The Internet Is Built to Watch Us. What Are You Going To Do About It?

The next internet must make privacy ordinary, usable, and built in from the start. The future of digital freedom depends on it.

Read More >>

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Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

March 5, 2026

Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

Web3 Foundation is narrowing its operational scope and returning to the role it was originally designed to play: championing the long-term vision of Web3 and deploying its resources responsibly.

Read More >>

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Winding Down the Official Polkadot Support from Web3 Foundation

February 23, 2026

Winding Down the Official Polkadot Support from Web3 Foundation

This week, we are sharing an important update about Polkadot Support provided by Web3 Foundation.

Read More >>

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Kusama Vision Bounties: Activating the Second Age of Radical Experimentation

February 10, 2026

Kusama Vision Bounties: Activating the Second Age of Radical Experimentation

In February 2025, the Web3 Foundation introduced Referendum 498, a transformative proposal to allocate 10 million DOT from the W3F treasury to redefine Kusama's role in the Web3 ecosystem.

Read More >>

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Aligning Web3 Foundation Grants Program with Polkadot's Product-Centric Vision

December 30, 2025

Aligning Web3 Foundation Grants Program with Polkadot's Product-Centric Vision

Web3 Foundation is making a strategic shift away from its traditional open Grants Program and providing streamlined funding for a product-focused vision for Polkadot and its ecosystem.

Read More >>

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Decentralized Voices: Closing This Chapter & Carrying the Lessons Forward

December 23, 2025

Decentralized Voices: Closing This Chapter & Carrying the Lessons Forward

Since its inception in mid-2024, the Decentralized Voices program's goal has been to ensure that Polkadot and Kusama governance amplifies the voices of not just the token holders but also the people who actually show up.

Read More >>

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Web3 Summit Returns to Berlin to Reimagine Technology Around People, Not Platforms

December 18, 2025

Web3 Summit Returns to Berlin to Reimagine Technology Around People, Not Platforms

More than a tech conference, Web3 Summit returns to Berlin as a collaborative festival where builders, artists, and cultural thinkers come together to participate in and shape usable, human-centered Web3.

Read More >>

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Web3 Foundation is sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program

December 16, 2025

Web3 Foundation is sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program

Web3 Foundation is sharing an update: we will be sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program, and Cohort 3 will be the final cohort.

Read More >>

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ELVES: the fairy dust that makes Polkadot scalable

December 5, 2025

ELVES: the fairy dust that makes Polkadot scalable

This blog post introduces the ELVES protocol, explains how it works, and outlines the ultimate benefits for users.

Read More >>

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W3F OpenGov Proposal Voting Guidelines

December 1, 2025

W3F OpenGov Proposal Voting Guidelines

Web3 Foundation announced its active participation in OpenGov in October and has also issued new grant guidelines.

Read More >>

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BEEFY: A Trustless Bridge Connecting Polkadot and Ethereum

October 10, 2025

BEEFY: A Trustless Bridge Connecting Polkadot and Ethereum

In what way does the blockchain landscape parallel the Caribbean region?

Read More >>

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New Grant Guidelines

October 7, 2025

New Grant Guidelines

At the Web3 Foundation, we’re constantly evolving our grant programs to better support the projects and teams that will drive the Polkadot ecosystem forward.

Read More >>

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Research Update: APK Proofs By Hand and Sage

May 12, 2023

Research Update: APK Proofs By Hand and Sage

APK proofs is a protocol, designed and implemented by Web3 Foundation Researchers, that allows a verifier to verify a statement signed by a subset of a signatory committee without knowing the individual public key of each member.

Read More >>

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Polkadot’s Messaging Scheme

January 13, 2020

Polkadot’s Messaging Scheme

The Web3 Foundation Research team has been working the last months on a text outlining the functionality of Cross-Chain Message Passing (XCMP).

Read More >>

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How Nominated Proof-of-Stake will work in Polkadot

April 12, 2019

How Nominated Proof-of-Stake will work in Polkadot

In this post we give an intro to NPoS, and a peek inside the research carried out at the Web3 Foundation.

Read More >>

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Messaging Protocol Workshop Outcomes

February 21, 2019

Messaging Protocol Workshop Outcomes

An initiative to design and implement a privacy-preserving communication system for decentralized applications

Read More >>

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Germany's Push Against Chat Control Shows Why Digital Freedom Matters

May 15, 2026

Germany's Push Against Chat Control Shows Why Digital Freedom Matters

Germany's opposition to Chat Control highlights growing concerns about surveillance, encryption, privacy, and the future of online digital freedom.

Read More >>

germany-push-against-chat-control

Winding Down the Official Polkadot Support from Web3 Foundation

February 23, 2026

Winding Down the Official Polkadot Support from Web3 Foundation

This week, we are sharing an important update about Polkadot Support provided by Web3 Foundation.

Read More >>

winding-down-polkadot-support

Kusama Vision Bounties: Activating the Second Age of Radical Experimentation

February 10, 2026

Kusama Vision Bounties: Activating the Second Age of Radical Experimentation

In February 2025, the Web3 Foundation introduced Referendum 498, a transformative proposal to allocate 10 million DOT from the W3F treasury to redefine Kusama's role in the Web3 ecosystem.

Read More >>

kusama-vision-bounties

Aligning Web3 Foundation Grants Program with Polkadot's Product-Centric Vision

December 30, 2025

Aligning Web3 Foundation Grants Program with Polkadot's Product-Centric Vision

Web3 Foundation is making a strategic shift away from its traditional open Grants Program and providing streamlined funding for a product-focused vision for Polkadot and its ecosystem.

Read More >>

aligning-grants-program-with-polkadot-vision

Decentralized Voices: Closing This Chapter & Carrying the Lessons Forward

December 23, 2025

Decentralized Voices: Closing This Chapter & Carrying the Lessons Forward

Since its inception in mid-2024, the Decentralized Voices program's goal has been to ensure that Polkadot and Kusama governance amplifies the voices of not just the token holders but also the people who actually show up.

Read More >>

decentralized-voices-closing-this-chapter

Web3 Summit Returns to Berlin to Reimagine Technology Around People, Not Platforms

December 18, 2025

Web3 Summit Returns to Berlin to Reimagine Technology Around People, Not Platforms

More than a tech conference, Web3 Summit returns to Berlin as a collaborative festival where builders, artists, and cultural thinkers come together to participate in and shape usable, human-centered Web3.

Read More >>

web3-summit-returns-to-berlin

Web3 Foundation is sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program

December 16, 2025

Web3 Foundation is sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program

Web3 Foundation is sharing an update: we will be sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program, and Cohort 3 will be the final cohort.

Read More >>

web3-foundation-is-sunsetting-the-decentralized-nodes-program

W3F OpenGov Proposal Voting Guidelines

December 1, 2025

W3F OpenGov Proposal Voting Guidelines

Web3 Foundation announced its active participation in OpenGov in October and has also issued new grant guidelines.

Read More >>

w3f-opengov-proposal-voting-guidelines

New Grant Guidelines

October 7, 2025

New Grant Guidelines

At the Web3 Foundation, we’re constantly evolving our grant programs to better support the projects and teams that will drive the Polkadot ecosystem forward.

Read More >>

new-grant-guidelines

ELVES: the fairy dust that makes Polkadot scalable

December 5, 2025

ELVES: the fairy dust that makes Polkadot scalable

This blog post introduces the ELVES protocol, explains how it works, and outlines the ultimate benefits for users.

Read More >>

elves-the-fairy-dust-that-makes-polkadot-scalable

BEEFY: A Trustless Bridge Connecting Polkadot and Ethereum

October 10, 2025

BEEFY: A Trustless Bridge Connecting Polkadot and Ethereum

In what way does the blockchain landscape parallel the Caribbean region?

Read More >>

beefy-a-trustless-bridge-connecting-polkadot-and-ethereum

Research Update: APK Proofs By Hand and Sage

May 12, 2023

Research Update: APK Proofs By Hand and Sage

APK proofs is a protocol, designed and implemented by Web3 Foundation Researchers, that allows a verifier to verify a statement signed by a subset of a signatory committee without knowing the individual public key of each member.

Read More >>

research-update-apk-proofs-by-hand-and-sage

Polkadot’s Messaging Scheme

January 13, 2020

Polkadot’s Messaging Scheme

The Web3 Foundation Research team has been working the last months on a text outlining the functionality of Cross-Chain Message Passing (XCMP).

Read More >>

polkadots-messaging-scheme

How Nominated Proof-of-Stake will work in Polkadot

April 12, 2019

How Nominated Proof-of-Stake will work in Polkadot

In this post we give an intro to NPoS, and a peek inside the research carried out at the Web3 Foundation.

Read More >>

how-nominated-proof-of-stake-will-work-in-polkadot

Messaging Protocol Workshop Outcomes

February 21, 2019

Messaging Protocol Workshop Outcomes

An initiative to design and implement a privacy-preserving communication system for decentralized applications

Read More >>

messaging-protocol-workshop-outcomes

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How much personal data is collected in a day?

September 28, 2026

How much personal data is collected in a day?

What could work, travel, shopping and television reveal about you? Six model households show the potential data footprint of an ordinary day.

Read More >>

how-much-personal-data-is-collected-in-a-day

The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

May 25, 2026

The Hidden Price of Free: Why Your Data is Worth Far More Than You Think

The internet presents itself as free. A new Web3 Foundation White Paper puts a number on what that arrangement is really worth - and to whom.

Read More >>

the-hidden-price-of-free

The Voices Fighting for Digital Freedom: Yanis Varoufakis to Headline Web3 Summit 2026

May 20, 2026

The Voices Fighting for Digital Freedom: Yanis Varoufakis to Headline Web3 Summit 2026

As Europe's debate over privacy, surveillance, and digital sovereignty intensifies, Web3 Summit 2026 brings Yanis Varoufakis to Berlin to confront one urgent question: who should control our digital future?

Read More >>

yanis-varoufakis-to-headline-web3-summit-2026

The Internet Is Built to Watch Us. What Are You Going To Do About It?

May 5, 2026

The Internet Is Built to Watch Us. What Are You Going To Do About It?

The next internet must make privacy ordinary, usable, and built in from the start. The future of digital freedom depends on it.

Read More >>

the-internet-is-built-to-watch-us

That Was Web3 Summit 2026

July 6, 2026

That Was Web3 Summit 2026

Whoosh, there it is. Or should we say, there it was.

Read More >>

that-was-web3-summit-2026

Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

March 5, 2026

Returning to Its Roots: Web3 Foundation's Next Phase

Web3 Foundation is narrowing its operational scope and returning to the role it was originally designed to play: championing the long-term vision of Web3 and deploying its resources responsibly.

Read More >>

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