# Private Reads Feb Update **[Previous month](https://notes.ethereum.org/@0xalizk/H13omVW9We)** ## Key Highlights - Finished the draft for [PIR system design and optimizations](https://notes.ethereum.org/U9xM4VOPR9isPK7lOZJUQg?both) - Solve performance issues in Arti Tor client, made a significant progress though the [checklist of optimizations and todo's](https://github.com/voltrevo/arti/blob/wasm-arti-client/wasm-todos.md) - Ran into performance issues wrt to [Sync'ing UBT-enabled](https://github.com/tkmct/go-ethereum/pull/2) Geth, stateless team is working on optimization and bug fixes - Revised and approved a [PIR implementation grant](https://hackmd.io/@turanzv/S1G3vMPXbl) - Started the implementation of [VIA PIR scheme](https://github.com/0xalizk/PIR-Eng-Notes/tree/main/research/Group.1b.Stateless.Client.Stateless.Server/via_2025) ## Top 1–3 Priorities for Next Month (March) - Finish [benchmarking PIR schemes](https://0xalizk.github.io/PIR-Eng-Notes/) and dig into GPU acceleration - Finish [VIA scheme reference implementation](https://github.com/0xalizk/PIR-Eng-Notes/tree/bfb6ed53c8cab1e444b99bcddbb81b7fde9ad03c/research/Group.B.Stateless.Single.Server.PIR/via_2025) - Finish testing and internal auditing of Tor Arti client in collab with Tor Project folks ## Is there something another EF team can help you with? - Feedback on [PIR system design](https://notes.ethereum.org/U9xM4VOPR9isPK7lOZJUQg?view#7-Universal-PIR-interface)