# Dev Update 26 Aug 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** News and Announcements\ **Tags:** dev-updates\ **Created:** [August 26, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-26-aug-2025/94 "2025-08-26T05:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![danda](https://talk.neptune.cash/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danda](https://talk.neptune.cash/u/danda)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-26-aug-2025/94/2 "2025-08-26T19:04:01Z")
I started a thread with some analysis of possible impact of sender-initiated transparent transactions. Interestingly, this is not only a neptune issue, but appears to be a novel attack vector for all privacy coins. I’m not sure if it’s really been discussed before. > [@Discussion of proposed Transparent Transactions](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/discussion-of-proposed-transparent-transactions/95): > > I am concerned about the proposal to add transparent transaction functionality to neptune-core. (stating my bias) In a recent discussion, it was pointed out that theoretically there is nothing to prevent a sender from making a transaction transparent on any privacy-preserving cryptocurrency, since the sender must transmit secrets to the receiver and nothing prevents the sender from publishing those secrets. I thought this an interesting observation as it would apply to monero, zcash, wownero… It would be interesting to think about if there is some way to _prevent_ sender initiated transparent transactions, on any blockchain. --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-26-aug-2025/94)._