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Dash introduces protocol versioning in update

5.9.2020
Getting closer to the testnet

Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps

4.9.2020
Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or...

Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report

4.9.2020
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only add up to 6% of bitcoin’s...

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

US Federal Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal, Credits Edward Snowden

3.9.2020
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance program that collected data on billions of Americans’ telephone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional. The program was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A Victory...

Digital Rights Advocacy Group Calls on Coinbase for Greater Transparency

3.9.2020
The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data

Digital rights non-profit is tired of the shadowy practices used by many centralized exchanges

3.9.2020
When it comes to transparency, the Electric Frontier Foundation minces no words — Kraken good, Coinbase bad

US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal

2.9.2020
A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence

Blockchain technology, financial and self-sovereign digital identities

2.9.2020
Discussing a use case that the Brazilian government started developing last year: a digital identity solution called FinID

Who cares about privacy? Not crypto users, says Coin Metrics

2.9.2020
‘Uptake of privacy features and assets has been slow,’ the report stated

Secret Network’s Privacy-Focused Smart Contracts Move a Step Closer to Going Live

2.9.2020
The Secret Network’s privacy-focused smart contracts will be formally proposed for the mainnet on Sept. 8. If approved, they’ll launch a week later

The company behind Zcash just made its new source code public

1.9.2020
The implementation of this technology promises to remove the need for trusted setups

As 'Apathy Towards Privacy' Prevails, This Firm Says It Can Track Monero

1.9.2020
While claims that US crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace can track transactions in monero (XMR), the most popular privacy coin, was met with skepticism, other analysts warned about "user apathy towards privacy." Yesterday, CipherTrace announced what it calls as the world’s first...

Secret contracts may soon bring privacy features to public Blockchains

31.8.2020
Programmable privacy is about to become a reality

Ciphertrace Allegedly Builds Monero-Tracing Tools, XMR Proponents Disagree

31.8.2020
The blockchain surveillance firm Ciphertrace claims to have created the “world’s first” monero tracing tools for law enforcement. According to the company announcement, Ciphertrace developed forensic tools for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to track...