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Ethereum Privacy Protocol Takes Foot Off Brake With Entirely Immutable Contracts
24.5.2020
Tornado.cash can no longer make changes to its protocol, offering total immutability at the expense of security
Researchers Claim 99.9% of Zcash Transactions Are Traceable
23.5.2020
A study into the traceability of top privacy coins reveals over 99% of Zcash users fail to utilize the protocol’s privacy features
Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists ESH Token Support Prior to John McAfee’s Ghost Airdrop
21.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported John McAfee’s new privacy token called Ghost, as the former anti-virus tycoon detailed “governments will be unable to shut it down.” Ghost won’t be distributed in the usual fashion by leveraging an initial coin offering (ICO), as...
Citizen App’s New Contact Tracing Feature Raises Privacy Red Flags
20.5.2020
The Citizen app, which normally fights crime, is now tracing coronavirus cases. Is your data safe with a powerful private company?
John McAfee Admits Ghost 'Copy-Pasted' From PIVX, Threatens Lawsuits
20.5.2020
The British-American entrepreneur admitted his privacy-oriented project Ghost borrowed from open-source anonymity coin PIVX, but apparently wants to sue it nonetheless
Decentralized Big Data Platform Gives Users Control and Compensation
20.5.2020
Peer-to-peer decentralized big data sharing platform GeoDB gives users control and transparency over their generated data, and rewards them for sharing it
Ukraine Arrests Hacker Accused of Selling Personal Data, Crypto Wallet Info
19.5.2020
Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets
Developers of Ethereum Privacy Tool Tornado Cash Smash Their Keys
19.5.2020
Developers of ether mixer Tornado Cash have destroyed their admin keys, turning the privacy tool into permissionless code
McAfee's Privacy Coin Ghost Is Plagiarized, PIVX Developers Claim
18.5.2020
John McAfee’s side insists they forked PIVX, which is an open-source blockchain
18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin
18.5.2020
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life
Basket Currency Could Be the Answer to Hyperinflation, Says Founder of Saga
17.5.2020
Hyperinflation is inevitable and a basket currency together with Bitcoin might be the remedy, says founder of Saga
Money Reimagined: No, Secretary Summers, Money Privacy Is a Vital Freedom
15.5.2020
Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake
Debate Over Digital Privacy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Remains ‘Archaic’
15.5.2020
Cointelegraph interviewed Alogrand founder and Turing Award recipient Professor Silvio Micali to discuss blockchain-based solutions to contact-tracing amid the coronavirus crisis
Why Privacy Is the Main Issue in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
15.5.2020
Losing privacy may be a big concern in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new class of technology is positioning us well for a more anonymous future
How to Keep Data Private With Google and Apple’s Contact Tracing App
14.5.2020
Tokenized technological solutions would be a better option for identity verification at scale without sacrificing people’s data and their privacy
Blockchain Bites: FATF, Financial Inclusion and Banking Without Banks: A Look Ahead At Consensus, Day 3
13.5.2020
Your guide to Consensus: Distributed, Day 3: FATF, DeFi and why Bitcoin is still king
Privacy Indifference is Conditioned, Zcash Company Says
12.5.2020
More people care more about their data and privacy than companies would like the public to believe
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?
11.5.2020
Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus
Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum
11.5.2020
Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer
Leaders of the Digital Dollar Project Talk Privacy and the Next Century of Money
11.5.2020
Former CFTC royalty and current leaders of a U.S.-based think tank to promote a digital dollar talk privacy in new AMA