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‘Garbled Circuits’ Enable Transactional Confidentiality, Encourage Enterprise Web3 Adoption — COTI Co-Founder
9.4.2024
According to Shahaf Bar-Geffen, CEO of the privacy-centric Layer 2 network COTI, enterprises and mainstream organizations are not yet fully convinced of the benefits of complete privacy or true anonymity in any system. Bar-Geffen said the primary reason for this is that such systems often...
VERTU Introduces METAVERTU2, a Revolutionary Web3 and AI Smartphone – How Does It Work?
3.11.2023
Manufacturer of luxury handmade mobile phones VERTU has revealed its METAVERTU2: a “highly secure” Web3 smartphone with extensive storage capacity, AI model tagging data, and AI agents managing tasks. It is described as an AI companion called “One More Brain.” The device...
Privacy firm Nym launches $300M fund, eyes Web3 wallets, RPCs & infrastructure services
24.10.2023
The blockchain security firm will look to support open-source projects building security and privacy tools and services for Web3
Financial surveillance, privacy and CBDCs: Why are governments going cashless?
24.5.2023
Attorney Marta Belcher joins The Agenda podcast to unpack financial surveillance’s vast infrastructure and warn of the potential ramifications of central bank digital currencies
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Lists 'Worthwhile' Ideas for Developers to Work On
9.8.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has listed several points that he argues are worth working on, during the ETH Seoul 2022, an Ethereum and blockchain-focused event held in South Korea.
In the first place, the Ethereum mastermind encouraged developers to build rollups, a type of scaling...
CBDCs ‘An Investment’ to Protect the Fiat System, Cash Will Disappear, Swedish Central Banker Says
28.6.2022
A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is “an investment” to protect the current fiat monetary system, according to a central banker from Sweden, who also argued that cash will soon be history....
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Transparent financial systems won't get real traction, blockchain exec argues
23.6.2022
Anoma founder Adrian Brink pointed out that using a transparent system means that "your neighbor can see how much money you hold, what your daily preferences are.”
Tornado Cash says it's using Chainalysis oracles to block access from OPAC sanctioned addresses
15.4.2022
Many DeFi exploits in the past have been linked to the popular crypto-mixing protocol
Samourai Wallet Defends Need for CoinJoin While Wasabi Already Moved to Bar Some Bitcoin Transactions
16.3.2022
Samourai Wallet, a mobile software wallet for Bitcoin (BTC), has defended the need for CoinJoins, insisting that they are not the same as coin mixers, but rather that they provide users with "basic financial privacy" that is not offered by public blockchains....
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Litecoin Releases its Much-Anticipated Fungibility and Scalability Update
1.2.2022
Litecoin (LTC) has released its long-awaited fungibility and scalability upgrade Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWEB) after almost two years of development, testing, and auditing. This is considered one of Litecoin's most significant upgrades to date....
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Privacy-Centric Coins See Fresh Gains, Monero Captures All-Time Price High
9.5.2021
On May 7, the privacy-centric crypto asset monero captured an all-time high at $515 per unit, as demand for confidential transactions has increased in recent times. Monero has gained more than 190% during the last three months, while a number of other privacy coins like zcash, verge, horizen,...
Block.One to Launch Social Media Platform Ahead of Schedule
8.6.2020
According to Voice CEO Salah Zalatimo, the platform has pivoted from an autumn launch date and will be available to readers on July 4
Exclusive: Blockchain-Based Social Network Overhauls Platform, Partners With Matic
16.3.2020
An Ethereum-based social media outfit releases a platform overhaul and announces a partnership with Matic Network
NEM Partners with Israeli-Lithuanian Telecom Startup on Cell Phone Security
12.3.2020
Israeli-Lithuanian telecom startup partners with NEM to build secure and private mobile phone technology
What Are zk-SNARKs and How Do They Affect Digital Privacy?
5.3.2020
In the global battle for privacy, zk-SNARKs are becoming the main strategic weapon
Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Eyes Blockchain to Solve Data-Privacy Crisis
29.1.2020
Blockchain tech will solve lots of issues in the global data protection crisis, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser believes
Lawmakers Finally Took Data Privacy Seriously — 2019 Regulatory Roundup
13.1.2020
Privacy regulations are picking up global momentum — how did it affect the blockchain industry in 2019?
Privacy-Focused Zcoin Launches Funding Project Similar to Monero CCS
26.12.2019
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcoin launches a new crowdfunding system similar to that used by major privacy altcoin Monero
Samsung SDS to Use Zero-Knowledge Proofs on Business Blockchain
14.11.2019
Samsung SDS’ enterprise blockchain platform Nexledger will use QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof privacy solution
ING Bank Proposes Security and Privacy Trade-Off for Corda Blockchain
24.10.2019
ING has purportedly found a solution to improve the security and privacy trade-off on the Corda blockchain platform with zero-knowledge proofs