Privacy

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Pieter Wuille Unveils Two Proposals for Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork
Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two proposals today that offer new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade.
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Schnorr Upgrade Set for Inclusion in Next Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork
Bitcoin Cash's upcoming network upgrade will notably feature a new signature scheme dubbed Schnorr.
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Bolt Labs Raises $1.5 Million Seed Round to Boost Lightning Privacy
With $1.5 million in seed funding secured, Bolt Labs wants to bring privacy features to the lightning network and other blockchain solutions.
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Casa-Branded Case Brings Military Tech to Bitcoin Wallet Protection
Casa has just rolled out radio wave-screening "Faraday bags" as the ultimate cypherpunk accessory for bitcoin hardware wallets.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase Says It Never Shared 'Personally Identifiable' Customer Data
The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Angry Bitcoin Fans Delete Coinbase Accounts to Protest Neutrino Acquisition
Upset Coinbase users are closing their accounts after the crypto exchange acquired an analytics startup with a controversial past.
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Poelstra, Blockstream
Blockstream Releases Test Code for Proposed Bitcoin Tech Upgrade Schnorr
Schnorr signatures are no longer just another idea for improving bitcoin thanks to a new code library from Blockstream.
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The Crypto-Surveillance Capitalism Connection
If blockchain is to be a force for good, rather than a vehicle of subjugation, advocates must contend with the backlash against Big Tech.
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Google Policy Change Forces Bitcoin Wallet to Remove Security Features
Privacy-focused bitcoin wallet Samourai said Google's "extremely restrictive policies" forced exclusion of key security and privacy focused features from its application.
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2018: When Privacy and Decentralization Collided
In an op-ed written exclusively for CoinDesk, Enigma CEO Guy Zyskind says 2019 must be about building decentralized solutions for data privacy.
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