# \[article\] Namada: Incentivizing Privacy

**URL:** <https://forum.namada.net/t/article-namada-incentivizing-privacy/212>\
**Category:** Data Protection\
**Created:** [22 March 2023 23:14 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/article-namada-incentivizing-privacy/212 "2023-03-22T23:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gavin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.namada.net/gavin/32/16_2.png) [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\
**Post date:** [22 March 2023 23:14 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/article-namada-incentivizing-privacy/212/1 "2023-03-22T23:14:29Z")

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Hey, I wrote a thing!

> **[Namada: Incentivizing Privacy](https://vknowable.github.io/knowable-blog/bootstrapping-namada-privacy/)**
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> By Gavin Birch, updated Mar 16, 2023 Can Web3 reach adoption without privacy? Namada’s poised to launch in April 2023. Shielded assets will be rewarded with NAM incentives to bootstrap privacy guarantees–here’s why and what to pay attention to....

tl;dr is that Namada is about to make “privacy yield” a thing–after mainnet we’ll be rewarded for depositing and shielding Ethereum and Cosmos assets. Namada will use the battle-tested IBC for Cosmos assets, but be cautious about using a new Ethereum bridge. Lots of assets have been lost from bridge failures in the past. Hope that the article’s helpful. Let me know if you have any questions/comments!

grateful for any retweets 🙂  
[https://twitter.com/vKnowable/status/1638675839142207489](https://twitter.com/vKnowable/status/1638675839142207489)