Bitcoin’s biggest flaw is its lack of privacy, said Edward Snowden at the Bitcoin 2019 conference. The cybersecurity expert noted the importance of privacy as a source of liberty….
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Wanxiang City Partners with Blockchain Privacy Startup on Tracking Infrastructure – CoinDesk
Wianxiang, prominent Chinese car manufacturer, has partnered with PlatON, a blockchain privacy startup, to develop the underlying infrastructure for China’s largest smart city project, slated for completion by 2025….
Enigma Launches Second Testnet for ‘Secret Contract’ Blockchain – CoinDesk
Data privacy startup Enigma is officially launching its second test network for ethereum developers. While the code for the second testnet developer release has been up on GitHub since…
Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features – CoinDesk
An encrypted email service that uses Blockstack IDs is hoping to make online privacy tools more accessible, especially in the Middle East. A product of Egyptian web firm Intelli…
JPMorgan Adds Privacy Features to Ethereum-Based Quorum Blockchain – CoinDesk
JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain team has developed a privacy feature for ethereum-based blockchains, obscuring not only how much money is being sent but who is sending it. Revealed exclusively to…
Vitalik Proposes Mixer to Anonymize ‘One-Off’ Ethereum Transactions – CoinDesk
“We need a first step toward more privacy,” Vitalik Buterin, founder of the ethereum blockchain network, said Wednesday. In a new HackMD post, Buterin detailed a design to help obscure…
Alibaba’s Ant Financial Backs $10 Million Round for Blockchain Privacy Startup – CoinDesk
QEDIT, a developer of privacy technology for enterprise blockchains, has closed a $10 million Series A round from investors including Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant…
Privacy Crypto Monero Celebrates Its 5th Birthday – CoinDesk
One of the most popular cryptocurrencies for privacy protection, monero, celebrated five years of existence this week. Launched in April 2014, monero has, since its inception, been entirely crowdfunded. And…
ING Bank Is Bringing Bitcoin ‘Bulletproofs’ to Private Blockchains – CoinDesk
ING’s blockchain team is testing a privacy technology called “bulletproofs,” the latest in a series of seemingly unlikely cypherpunk experiments at the Netherlands-based global bank. Developed and refined by…
The First Cryptocurrency to Use Mimblewimble Privacy Tech Is Now Live – CoinDesk
Today marks the debut of a new cryptocurrency, called Beam – one of two highly-anticipated privacy coins implemented with the so-called “mimblewimble” protocol. The mimblewimble protocol, which is touted…