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Blockchain thinker Glen Weyl (center, gray blazer) speaks with other attendees of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. (Photo by Leigh Cuen for CoinDesk)

Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance.

By Leigh Cuen

Jan 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 22, 2020

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Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain 'Bill of Rights'

Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse.

By Sheila Warren Sumedha Deshmukh

Jan 20, 2020 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

Jan 20, 2020

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Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization

The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.

By Michael J. Casey

Jan 17, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. UTC

Jan 17, 2020

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CES visitors check out IoTeX's camera and Pundi X's phone in the Innovation Awards section. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

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Hardware Is Hard: Two Blockchain Devices Win Plaudits at CES 2020

A blockchain-secured smartphone and home security camera won Innovation Awards at the annual trade show in Las Vegas. But don’t call the startups behind them hardware companie...

By Brady Dale

Jan 11, 2020 at 10:36 p.m. UTC

Jan 11, 2020

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EY Open-Sources Tech It Says Slashes Cost of Private Ethereum Transactions

Lowering the costs of private transactions in this way makes the public ethereum blockchain more competitive with private chains, EY says.

By Daniel Palmer

Dec 19, 2019 at 12:11 p.m. UTC

Dec 19, 2019

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Snowball: The Effort to Bring Privacy to Every Bitcoin Wallet

A new Bluetooth-based tech could snowball into a way to create truly private transactions, its creator says.

By Alyssa Hertig

Dec 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Dec 19, 2019

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'Anonymity Vouchers' Could Bring Limited Privacy to CBDCs: ECB Report

Europe's central bankers have developed an "anonymity voucher" to give prospective CBDC users limited privacy in their retail transactions.

By Danny Nelson

Dec 17, 2019 at 5:45 p.m. UTC

Dec 17, 2019

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Is Greece Cracking Down on Tax Evasion or Taxing Anonymity?

Credit cards and bank transfers – and their incumbent surveillance features – are no longer payment options for Greek citizens, they are obligations.

By Leigh Cuen

Dec 11, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Dec 11, 2019

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DISCUSSION: How Can Public Blockchains Have Privacy?

On today's show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now.

By Adam B. Levine

Dec 8, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. UTC

Dec 8, 2019