PSE is a research and development lab that delivers privacy tools to the Ethereum ecosystem, founded by the Ethereum Foundation. PSE's Twitter Score is 121 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,460 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
PSE builds open-source tools for private identity, voting, and data provenance, with the goal of making privacy a core feature of Ethereum's application layer. The lab traces its origins to Applied ZKP, which it describes as its founding form, before becoming Privacy & Scaling Explorations and later refining its mission under the name Privacy Stewards for Ethereum. Per its own history page, this evolution concluded with its current identity in 2025.
PSE published a 2025 roadmap organizing its work around three pillars: private writes, private reads, and private proving. The lab has continued active research output, including the publication of Introducing SpeakUp in May 2026. Ethereum Foundation lists PSE as one of its dedicated ecosystem research and development labs. PSE has published 1,728 posts and has 13,851 followers as of October 2026 on the platform. PSE has been mentioned by 50 accounts, with 93 total mentions.
Who follows PSE on X?
The accounts that follow PSE include 514 founders, 154 angel investors, 134 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are vitalik.eth, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, Joseph Lubin, Hasu and Jesse Powell.