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Umbrel Bitcoin Node Runners Now Help to Bypass Internet Censorship
3.3.2022
Users running Umbrel Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning nodes can now also help others to bypass internet censorship by installing the Snowflake proxy app on their nodes. It might help censored journalists and other people to access the free and open internet safely....
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Forget Data – Privacy Is the New 'New Oil'
27.2.2022
When even Mark Zuckerberg says there’s a “clear trend” away from data collection, you know the pendulum is swinging
JoinMarket Is About to Make Bitcoin Privacy More User-Friendly
25.2.2022
Developers hope the forthcoming JoinMarket UI will give people an easier way to use CoinJoins to keep their Bitcoin transactions private
The Unlikely Fix to Crypto's Privacy Failures: Government
25.2.2022
The industry can't fix what ails Web 2 without support from states like the U.S., says CoinDesk's chief content officer
Ergo’s Privacy Summit Tackles Privacy and Security in DeFi
25.2.2022
After the economic crisis of 2008, trust in financial institutions and governments fractured. At the same time, Satoshi proposed a new financial system rid of government and central bank control. The technology would cryptographically record transactions on a decentralized ledger known...
Senator Rand Paul Warns the US Has Similar Statutes to Emergencies Act in Canada
24.2.2022
U.S. Senator Rand Paul says “statutes that allow presidents or heads of state to invoke emergencies are very, very dangerous.” Commenting on Canada’s Emergencies Act invoked by the Trudeau government, the senator warned, “We have the same sort of statutes here.”...
De-Mixing Wasabi Coinjoin Transactions: A Deep Dive Into Chainalysis’ Deanonymizing Claims
23.2.2022
On Tuesday, journalist Laura Shin published a story that claims to identify the 2016 Genesis DAO hacker who siphoned 3.6 million ethereum from the decentralized autonomous organization. While the story surprised the crypto community, one of the biggest eye-openers was the blockchain analysis...
Another Suspect in Ethereum's DAO Hack Emerges, Putting Coin Mixing Under Question
22.2.2022
A prominent crypto journalist has published a remarkable j’accuse article claiming to unmask the identity of the 2016 hack on The DAO, which saw a raider make off with ETH 3.6m, now worth over USD 9.4bn. However, what is possibly more important, it put the popular coin mixing technology under...
Facebook Faces Legal Fight with Australian Billionaire over Crypto Scam Ads
22.2.2022
Meta’s Facebook has filed legal documents in rejection of an action brought by the Australian billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, the nation’s richest man. The latter claims the social media platform should be held liable for “reputation-damaging” crypto scam ads that made use of images...
Buzzfeed’s Bored Ape NFT dox: Danger to crypto or journalistic integrity?
21.2.2022
As the identities of more and more pseudonymous crypto personalities continue to get outed, experts weigh in on the value of anonymity
How Internet Users Can Reclaim Online Privacy Through Incentivized Digital Marketing Platforms?
21.2.2022
Online privacy is becoming increasingly important in the digital era; more people are concerned about how corporations are using their data. As it stands, service providers in the Web 2.0 ecosystem reap most of the benefits attributed to users’ data, either by selling it to third parties...
The Metaverse will bring a further erosion of privacy
20.2.2022
The Metaverse isn’t coming, it’s already here. And that’s why we look at its impact on our privacy and how decentralization could help
We are all going public: Privacy rules, tax shelters and the future history of art
20.2.2022
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, exchanges will need to navigate conflicting aims for the required transparency and the desired anonymity
Keep Your Coins Act: US Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Protect Privacy in Cryptocurrency Transactions
19.2.2022
A U.S. congressman has introduced the “Keep Your Coins Act” in order to “preserve Americans’ right to privacy in transacting with crypto assets.” The lawmaker says, “this legislation would prohibit any federal agency from promulgating a rule that would...
Canadian Gov’t Says It Has Frozen Crypto-Related Bank Accounts – and Will ‘Freeze More’
18.2.2022
The Canadian government is going ahead with its controversial moves to end the “truckers’ protest” over COVID-19 restrictions that has brought much of the nation to a standstill – by freezing bank accounts and sharing crypto addresses with financial institutions in an effort to cut...
Google oznámil Android Privacy Sandbox, slibuje větší ochranu soukromí na mobilech
17.2.2022
Google oznámil novou iniciativu Privacy Sandbox pro Android, která má do mobilního systému Android přinést větší ochranu soukromí. Zároveň má i nadále umožnit zadavatelům reklamy cílit inzerci podle zájmů uživatelů
Panther Protocol CTO Anish Mohammed Explains How to Infuse DeFi With Privacy
15.2.2022
Panther is an end-to-end privacy protocol for DeFi. Panther provides DeFi users with fully collateralized privacy-enhancing digital assets, leveraging crypto-economic incentives and zkSNARK technology. Anish Mohammed is a Co-founder and CTO at Panther Protocol. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com...
The virus killer: How blockchain contributes to the fight against COVID-19
9.2.2022
Blockchain-powered solutions have been on the front line of the battle against the virus, yet their potential has been underutilized
Privacy-focused applications platform Aleo raises $200M
7.2.2022
Aleo will use the funds to support developers in building applications within its private and scalable platform
America COMPETES Act passes House without 'disastrous' provision on crypto
4.2.2022
A provision originally included in the bill had critics saying the Treasury Secretary would not have had limits on surveilling crypto firms suspected of illicit transactions, nor open the matter to include public feedback