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Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many ‘Ifs’ Remain
3.6.2020
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network
Is Liquid Sidechain a Path for Better Bitcoin Privacy?
26.4.2020
Although Bitcoin (BTC) first hit the mainstream as a sort of anonymous Internet currency that allowed people to order drugs via darknet markets like Silk Road, the reality is transactions made on the network are completely public. Indeed, the current level of privacy offered by Bitcoin and many...
BTCPay Brings Two-Way Bitcoin Privacy To Thousands of Merchants
17.4.2020
Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server has added support for Pay to Endpoint (P2EP), a result of a workshop organized by Blockstream, a major, Canada-based blockchain company.
As Blockstream explains in their blog post, P2EP, aka PayJoin, is a special type of Coin Join, a method for combining...
Sodinokibi Crypto Ransomware Switches from Bitcoin to Monero to Hide Money Trail
14.4.2020
The hackers behind the Sodinokibi ransomware decided to switch from Bitcoin to Monero to better hide from law enforcement
Bitcoin’s Future: Exactly How a Coming Upgrade Could Improve Privacy and Scaling
7.4.2020
If the privacy and scaling upgrade Schnorr/Taproot makes it into bitcoin (BTC), it could pave the way for advanced and heretofore impossible projects
Remaining Anonymous: Which Crypto Privacy Solution Works Best?
2.4.2020
Is Bitcoin enough to remain private, or are privacy coins the real solution to staying anonymous? Here is a detailed look
Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – Why Bitcoin Matters to Combat Government Privacy Invasion
26.2.2020
It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users walk, their heartbeat, veins, and more. Mastercard has recently revealed they “have been testing heartbeat, vein technology, and the way people walk...
Coin Ninja CEO Arrested for Laundering $311M With Bitcoin Privacy Tools
13.2.2020
The CEO of Bitcoin media site Coin Ninja and founder of crypto wallet provider DropBit has been arrested for allegedly laundering $311 million with Bitcoin tools
Cashfusion Far More Practical Than Other Coinjoin Protocols, Says Data Analyst
31.1.2020
On January 29, data analyst James Waugh decided to test and see if the Cashfusion protocol was really anonymous. After testing Cashfusion, Waugh explained he sifted through a number of transaction inputs and outputs and realized that it’s “not possible to establish a concrete...
Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Won’t Help Privacy Where It Matters
30.1.2020
Bitcoin’s Taproot is not a silver bullet for privacy, says Pieter Wuille
A Tor-Integrated Cashfusion Build for Bitcoin Cash Is Coming
31.12.2019
On Monday, Electron Cash developer Jonald Fyookball updated the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community in regards to the Cashfusion protocol. Fyookball revealed that Tor integration is currently in the works. The Tor-integrated Cashfusion build is “the big piece” the development team needs to...
Can Bitcoin Benefit From New ‘Impossible to Crack’ Encryption Chips?
21.12.2019
Researchers claim to have developed a chip that enables unbreakable cryptography
Grin Receives Anonymous 50 BTC Donation, Sparking Satoshi Rumors
13.11.2019
Satoshi smoke and mirrors clouds a new, anonymous 50 Bitcoin donation to privacy coin Grin’s general fund
Bitcoin Privacy Is the Only ‘Big Question’ for Devs, Says Poolin CEO
18.10.2019
Bitcoin privacy must improve to prevent government blacklists of addresses, says Poolin CEO
New Bitcoin Cash Specs Propose Heightened Privacy and Double-Spend Proofs
31.7.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) development continues as software engineers have revealed two distinct concepts that aim to boost the BCH network. Bitcoin Cash developer Tom Zander has announced new documentation concerning the vision of a double-spend proofs, which now exists as a pull request to...
Are Stealth Addresses the Secret to Bitcoin Privacy?
16.1.2014
Bitcoin developer Peter Todd proposes that stealth address will allow for increased anonymity on the block chain