Settled, But Not Really: The Privacy Gap in Bitcoin's 'Final' Transactions

A look at privacy and payment finality in Bitcoin.

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How I Protect My Bitcoin Privacy And Enjoy True Financial Freedom

Without taking appropriate privacy measures, your bitcoin transactions are far from anonymous.

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Coinjoin: privacy for bitcoin

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How CoinJoin, CoinSwap Enable Basic Bitcoin Privacy

A cohort of developers discussed CoinJoin and CoinSwap on stage during the Bitcoin 2022 conference to highlight the main characteristics of these Bitcoin privacy tools.

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German Authorities Shut Down Russian Darknet Market, Seize $25M in Bitcoin

The marketplace's bitcoin privacy mixer complicated the investigation, police said.

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Implementing Reusable Payment Codes In Bitcoin Wallets To Improve User Privacy

The Bitcoin Development Kit is planning to implement BIP47 which would allow users to receive via a static payment code and interact with more privacy.

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Are you exposed? How Chainalysis cracked the Wasabi Bitcoin privacy wallet

Although the Bitcoin network is a permanent open record of transactions, many third parties have built privacy functionality on top of it. The post Are you exposed? How Chainalysis cracked the Wasabi Bitcoin privacy wallet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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CoinPool: A New Design To Scale Bitcoin And Improve Privacy

CoinPools could enable billions of people to claim ownership of on-chain bitcoin, allowing for Bitcoin to scale while improving privacy in the process.

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Oxen Review | The Future Of Decentralized Privacy Tools

When Bitcoin was created, it gave birth to a whole world of varied and diverse cryptocurrencies. A key attribute of this new cryptocurrency technology was anonymity. Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, was a champion of privacy, and to this day no one knows their true identity.

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Ray Dalio: Bitcoin Is A ‘Long-Duration Option On A Highly Unknown Future,’ But Ticks Regulation & Lack Of Privacy Risks

Bridgewater Associates founder called Bitcoin “one hell of an invention,” which the firm considers an investment for new funds in line with “cash is trash.” The post Ray Dalio: Bitcoin Is A ‘Long-Duration Option On A Highly Unknown Future,’ But Ticks Regulation & Lack Of Privacy Risks first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy

Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments and could boost privacy as well.

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Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a ‘Non-Issue,’ Experts Say

Bitcoin privacy experts are unimpressed with a circulating slideshow-style privacy report that targets upcoming Bitcoin upgrade Taproot.

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Flyp.me, a unique proposal for privacy

Bitcoin was born more than 10 years ago. And one of the main ones I wanted to introduce in the financial system is the privacy and anonymity of the users. As there are not enough services to live entirely with Bitcoin, the exchanges emerged.

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As Analytics And Privacy Efforts Clash, Which Path Will Bitcoin Take?

Two pieces of Bitcoin news this week seemed to point toward conflicting trends in the space: blockchain analysis vs. new privacy methods. The post As Analytics And Privacy Efforts Clash, Which Path Will Bitcoin Take? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Andreas Antonopoulos: ‘It’s A Bit Disappointing That Bitcoin Isn’t A Privacy Coin’

Bitcoin advocate and educator Andreas Antonopoulos stated that while he wished for Bitcoin to be highly private, it’s unlikely for Bitcoin to implement the privacy features as those seen in Monero for a variety of reasons.

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3 snippets to begin your day: Bitcoin's been busy, another crypto-ETP and more

Privacy? What privacy? While most users of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies value their financial privacy, not all of them understand the true nature of Bitcoin. Bitcoin does not guarantee anonymThe post 3 snippets to begin your day: Bitcoin's been busy, another crypto-ETP and more appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin's privacy features can learn a thing or two from Monero

For many cryptocurrency users, privacy continues to remain a high priority. Popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin enable users to not just benefit from a more secure form of 'money' that is immutable The post Bitcoin's privacy features can learn a thing or two from Monero appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Achieving Privacy for Bitcoin With BitcoinMix

Bitcoin is often perceived as an anonymous for of electronic cash, even though it functions very differently, Understanding the key difference between pseudonymity, privacy, and anonymity is crucial.

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Bitcoin & privacy 'will force their way into success'

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, in general, have promised greater levels of financial privacy, in comparison to traditional forms of banking and payments. Transacting via Bitcoin, akin to cash, enables The post Bitcoin & privacy 'will force their way into success' appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin advocate: LN has actually accelerated innovation in the Bitcoin space

Bitcoin's privacy has been a main topic of discussion lately. While some highlight the coin's lack of privacy and call it a major shortcoming, a look at the upgrades like Taproot/Schnorr signatures, LThe post Bitcoin advocate: LN has actually accelerated innovation in the Bitcoin space appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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A Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 2: Don’t Be Misled by Red Herrings

In order to make the most of Bitcoin’s inherent privacy features, we must be able to distinguish between real privacy and some persistent “red herrings.” The post A Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 2: Don’t Be Misled by Red Herrings appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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The Bitcoin Mixing Case at the Center of the Fight for Transaction Privacy

FinCEN doesn’t make a distinction between something like Helix or something like Wasabi or CoinJoin, and this could be seen as a warning shot to all mixers and tumblers. The post The Bitcoin Mixing Case at the Center of the Fight for Transaction Privacy appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Bitcoin Conundrum: scalability, privacy and surveillance

In the Bitcoin community, there are many who want financial privacy. Then there are others who seek to uproot privacy to profit off from the pseudonymous transactions executed on the Bitcoin blockchaiThe post Bitcoin Conundrum: scalability, privacy and surveillance appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin's privacy conundrum: Is 100% anonymity a myth?

Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age - Andy Grove, Author Bitcoin transactions are semi-private and not anonymous. It is pseudonymous, which is an important distinction.

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Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Won’t Help Privacy Where It Matters

Bitcoin’s Taproot is not a silver bullet for privacy, says Pieter Wuille

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Bitcoin's privacy could benefit from Litecoin's EB on MimbleWimble proposal

As developers continue to improve Bitcoin security and scalability, one area that isn't receiving as much love is privacy. Cryptocurrency regulations have been an issue the space has been struggling wThe post Bitcoin's privacy could benefit from Litecoin's EB on MimbleWimble proposal appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Top Bitcoin Miner Warns ? Bitcoin?s Privacy Features Are ?Quite Poor?

The head of a major Bitcoin mining pool says that Bitcoin privacy is weak and must be improved to prevent BTC from avoiding governments? clampdown

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Poolin CEO: Bitcoin Needs Better Privacy Protocols, a ‘Real Problem’ to Avoid Legal Clampdown

Kevin Pan, CEO of Poolin, one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools said in an interview that Bitcoin needs better privacy in order to avoid any regulatory clampdowns in future. Pan said, “The real problem with Bitcoin may be privacy.

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Edward Snowden Touches On Bitcoin's Privacy Failings

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2019 conference, Snowden stated that Bitcoin's lack of privacy was presently its biggest flaw, and he opened up about the encrypted services he used to communicate with journalists in 2013 (which he paid for with bitcoin).

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Top 4 Privacy Features That Will Boost Bitcoin Fungibility

Bitcoin privacy is expected to improve with a few key proposals that are currently being worked on by Core developers. Let’s take a look at the most interesting ones.   Privacy Means Better Bitcoin Fungibility For the vast majority of Bitcoiners, major forks aside, Bitcoin seems fairly solid and unchanging.

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Bitcoin Cash Privacy Has Improved in Leaps and Bounds

Over the last few years, privacy has become of great importance to digital asset enthusiasts as law enforcement has cracked down on money transmitters, seized coin shuffling services, and blockchain analysis has increased significantly.

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Bitcoin [BTC]: Privacy comes at cost only when privacy techniques are expensive, claims former BTC developer

In a recent discussion, Claudia Diaz, a Professor at the University of Leuven, and Peter Todd, early Bitcoin Core Developer, teamed up on the sidelines of the Magical Crypto Conference 2019 to talk about Bitcoin’s crypto-anarchist image and privacy issues.

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Bitcoin [BTC]: Privacy on the rise; CoinJoin transactions soaring since January, finds report

In addition to being untethered to governments and banks, Bitcoin was seen by many as a censorship-resistant, anonymous currency that could be sent to anyone from anywhere. Privacy, despite being touted as a mainstay in the Bitcoin ethos, has been adopted by altcoins such as Monero [XMR] and Zcash [ZEC].

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What is Taproot – New Bitcoin Privacy Tech

Bitcoin’s struggles with privacy and efficiency have been described numerous times in the past, but we’ll do it once again before moving onto the topic of today’s article. The language Bitcoin was originally scripted in allowed its developers to define the terms of spending transaction outputs.

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3 Technical Proposals for Increasing Bitcoin’s Privacy

Privacy is a constant battle between those who wish to increase it and those who would strip it away. Never is this war more apparent than in Bitcoin, where factions with opposing ideals find themselves at loggerheads.

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Grin Implementation of MimbleWimble Looks to improve Bitcoin Privacy and Scalability

Whenever commentators speak about cryptocurrencies and blockchain, a recurring theme is privacy. This feature is becoming more and more growing population wish their information to be available onto a public ledger that accessible by governments, regulators or even close-knit associates like family and friends.

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Grin Implementation of MimbleWimble Looks to Improve Bitcoin Privacy and Scalability

Whenever commentators speak about cryptocurrencies and blockchain, a recurring theme is privacy. This feature is becoming more and more growing population wish their information to be available onto a public ledger that accessible by governments, regulators or even close-knit associates like family and friends.

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What Grin and Mimblewimble Mean for the Future of Bitcoin Privacy

In a little over a month, one of the most eagerly anticipated cryptocurrency projects in recent times will launch. There will be no ICO or premine, and, like the transactions themselves, the project team are highly private.

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Bitcoin's Taproot Privacy Tech Is Ready – But There's a Catch

Bitcoin could get better privacy with Taproot, but there's one big obstacle - it can't be deployed until another technology goes through.

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5 Bitcoin Coin Mixer Facts to Remember in 2018

Bitcoin lacks native privacy and anonymity. Its transactions are public for everyone to see and are broadcasted in real time. To counter this problem, people often rely on mixing services to obtain at least a degree of privacy.

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Blockchain Data Safety: Top 6 Crypto Companies Securing Personal Privacy

Ever since it first appeared, the blockchain technology has been tightly connected with cryptocurrencies and has become almost synonymous with Bitcoin. However, while this IS the purpose for which the blockchain was first created, this technology has evolved a lot and has reached tons of new appliances.

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Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol Mainnet Now Available for Download

The Breeze Wallet with the Breeze Privacy Protocol public mainnet has been released and is now open to the public. The wallet showcases Stratis technology — a platform built for visual basic apps and blockchain solutions — and places heavy emphasis on both privacy and security for businesses seeking to implement business-to-business (B2B) transactions on the Stratis and Bitcoin blockchain networks.

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Personal Liberty and Privacy: Will Blockchain Help or Hinder?

The introduction of cryptocurrency sparked much excitement in the liberty-minded community. The freedom to conduct financial transactions without government or institutional interference is viewed as a leap towards a better autonomy for individuals.

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Stratis Breeze Wallet Launches With Bitcoin Transaction Privacy Protocol

Stratis has announced the launch of the Breeze Wallet that delivers the industry's only fully functional wallet and truly decentralized privacy solution for Bitcoin.  The move provides a high degree of privacy and security for organizations seeking the benefits of blockchain payments.

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[promoted] GXChain and the Blockchain Data Economy

Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology.

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Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Wallet Wasabi Launches Beta Version on UASF Anniversary

Wasabi Wallet wants to make the usage of Bitcoin (BTC) fully anonymous. Accomplishing a complete privacy on a public blockchain, however, is a very hard task to tackle.

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Facebook’s Record-Setting Stock Market Wipeout Revives Crypto Comparisons

Security and volatility. They are the two aspects of cryptocurrencies that are attacked the most. While there are other challenges such as scalability, the energy consumption associated with mining, and privacy, cryptos’ volatility is often cited by skeptics as the reason they could never become a mainstream payment method. In 2017 alone, Bitcoin’s value rose […]

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Privacy Coins Fall Through The Ranks As Market Caps Decline

Bitcoin. com has reported that the market caps for many privacy coins have decreased significantly over the course of 2018. Although privacy coins are still among the leading cryptocurrencies, they no longer occupy a single position in the top ten list.

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Privacy Coins Fall Through The Ranks As Market Caps Decline

Bitcoin. com has reported that the market caps for many privacy coins have decreased significantly over the course of 2018. Although privacy coins are still among the leading cryptocurrencies, they no longer occupy a single position in the top ten list.

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