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First CoinSwap Test Could Herald an Era of Stronger Bitcoin Privacy
9.12.2020
"A big day for bitcoin privacy" said developer Chris Belcher as he announced a test transaction implementing a promising privacy technology invented years ago
Wasabi Wallet Patches Flaw That Could Have Thwarted Bitcoin Privacy Feature
3.9.2020
The flaw’s discovery is an example of cooperation in the open-source community, where devs are constantly tinkering to improve their peers’ software
Wasabi Wallet Is Revamping Its CoinJoin Design to Allow Bitcoin Mixing With Differing Values
27.8.2020
Wasabi Wallet's new protocol would allow users to coinjoin with differing values, which could give users greater flexibility when using the privacy feature
Expert weighs in on Wasabi’s response to wallet security issues
24.8.2020
Mario Havel of Paralelni Polis has sided with Samourai
Amir Taaki Knocks Bitcoin Coinjoin Schemes – Calls Methods ‘Absolute Garbage’
21.7.2020
On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.” Taaki also knocked other concepts like Mimblewimble and privacy-centric...
CoinSwap and the Ongoing Effort to Make Bitcoin Privacy ‘Invisible’
13.7.2020
Developer Chris Belcher has set his sights on making CoinSwap a reality – a new project he hopes will "massively improve bitcoin privacy."
Blockchain Explorer to Educate Users With a Bitcoin Transaction Privacy Score
2.7.2020
Multi-blockchain explorer Blockchair has added a privacy score for each Bitcoin transaction with the goal of educating users on how to not reveal themselves
Bolstering Privacy: Human Rights Foundation Donates $50K Toward Bitcoin Mixing Development
11.6.2020
On June 10, 2020, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) launched a fund that is dedicated to the development of tools that make the Bitcoin network “more private, decentralized, and resilient.” HRF’s initial gift of $50,000 will be given to the UK-based developer, Chris Belcher,...
Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy Tools Despite ‘Coin Mixing’ Legal Stigma
10.6.2020
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund
EU’s Europol: Bitcoin Privacy Wallet ‘Not Looking Good’ For Law Enforcement
4.6.2020
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show
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