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Blockchain world currently struggles with a privacy issue. While there is a lot of hubbub about cryptocurrencies bringing “unrivaled safety” when it comes to protecting your personal transaction data, this isn’t exactly true. origin »
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The three largest privacy coins — Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), and Zcash (ZEC) have all seen major price drops yesterday, January 1st, 2021. The crash comes as a consequence of an announcement published by Bittrex, which said that privacy coins will soon be delisted.
2021-1-2 11:15 | |
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An announcement from Tezos, the baking algorithm network, confirms its blockchain is welcoming the Sapling privacy protocol from Zcash allowing users to send shielded transactions. As the new upgrade is known, Edo comes less than a month following the launch of the ‘Delphi’ upgrade on November 12.
2020-12-2 20:12 | |
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If you were around in 2018 or early 2019, you likely remember the hype around MimbleWimble. The post Once $80-million privacy crypto Grin comes under 51% attack appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-11-9 01:30 | |
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Litecoin developers have rolled out the MimbleWimble testnet once again. A report unveiled this news on October 6, noting that this move comes as European authorities continue scrutinizing privacy digital assets and solutions.
2020-10-7 14:08 | |
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US-based crypto exchange Gemini, run by the Winklevoss twins, has recently added support for the so-called ‘shielded’ Zcash transactions. The move is meant to add yet another layer of privacy for ZEC users, Gemini enables private ZEC withdrawals Zcash (ZEC) is used by people around the world who seek additional privacy when it comes to crypto transactions.
2020-9-30 11:39 | |
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The news comes after South Korean police conducted two consecutive seizures in a matter of a week. Bithumb is among the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea. Though its customers have started to worry about using the platform for trading and storing their digital assets due to privacy reasons.
2020-9-18 00:42 | |
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The exponential rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) in the crypto industry has run alongside the increasing popularity of decentralized exchanges (DEX). This hardly comes as a surprise as DEXes not only offer several benefits over the traditional centralized exchanges (CEX), such as user-custody of funds, privacy protection, and robust security mechanism but also stay trueRead MoreRead More.
2020-8-19 08:21 | |
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Coinspeaker Why You Should Withdraw Your Bitcoin from Exchanges Right NowThough cryptocurrency exchanges are often considered to be a convenient way to manage cryptocurrencies, this convenience usually comes at the cost of privacy.
2020-7-17 19:07 | |
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CBDCs are one of the hottest topics in the fintech space, but as their inception comes closer, serious privacy concerns come with it.
2020-7-12 10:05 | |
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A newly launched chat platform harnesses the Ethereum blockchain to ensure privacy between users, Decrypt reported July 8. Privacy-First Features Called DChat, the application comes from the minds behind Unstoppable Domains; a crypto-first platform that allows users to build censorship-resistant websites while paying in digital tokens.
2020-7-9 15:15 | |
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Web3 on-ramp platform, Metamask, announced its newest version 8 platform is now live. The browser extension comes with a host of new privacy features “that no other browser wallet has offered before” and an upgraded UI/UX interface, a statement on Medium from the editor of Metamask, Dan Finlay reads. Today we are beginning to roll […]
2020-7-3 15:51 | |
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Bitcoin may be the king of all crypto coins, but when it comes to privacy, Monero takes the spotlight. Seth Simmons of the Monero Community in a recent podcast talked about the unique values that dThe post Is Bitcoin's reducing decentralization helping Monero? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-5-29 23:30 | |
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Monero (XMR), a privacy-centric altcoin that focuses on fungibility and decentralization, has officially launched version 0. 16. 0. 0 of its software. Dubbed Nitrogen Nebula, the team says the latest Monero software release comes with Dandelion++ support and offers users an improved Bulletproofs verification speed, according to a blog post on May 23, 2020.
2020-5-26 15:00 | |
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Despite being around for over a decade, using cryptocurrencies remains a complex procedure for most people on this planet. One potential solution comes in the form of using official Handles, although privacy advocates don’t favor that approach by any means.
2020-5-7 00:00 | |
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Coinspeaker ZM Stock Up 11%, Zoom Has 300M Users Daily, 50% More Than in Early AprilZoom Video Communications (ZM) stock jumped over 11% today. This comes as the company recorded 300 million daily users, up 50% from the beginning of April even as the company battles a privacy backlash and faces competition from Google Meet.
2020-4-24 21:43 | |
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Facebook does not have the best reputation when it comes to respecting privacy. Recently leaked information by NSO Group shows the social media giant was very interested in an iOS spyware application.
2020-4-6 05:00 | |
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When it comes to protecting your privacy online, VPNs are the most commonly-used weapon. According to an August 27, 2018 report by GO-Globe. com nearly 25% of Internet users had used a VPN at least once in the preceding 30 days.
2020-4-1 18:52 | |
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Clearview’s facial recognition technology is an extremely powerful tool, but that power comes with a heavy weight of responsibility. Unfortunately, once something like this has been created, it’s hard to control how it’s used.
2020-2-15 03:30 | |
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Using P2P exchanges to cash out bitcoin provides privacy, but it comes with a premium – a price premium, to be precise. Whether you’re buying or selling crypto on these semi-decentralized platforms, be prepared to take a hit on the market price.
2020-2-11 04:00 | |
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Accounting giant Ernst & Young has just released open source code that vastly improves privacy and transaction efficiency for Ethereum. The news comes just days before the network undergoes an upgrade that further reduces costs and increases security.
2019-12-6 08:00 | |
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Brave teams up with blockchain-based encyclopedia Everipedia. Brave’s active users are skyrocketing. The market value of Basic Attention Token (BAT) may retrace before it continues rising. Privacy web browser Brave announced a co-marketing agreement with the world’s largest blockchain-based encyclopedia, Everipedia, to boost the company’s brand awareness among its userbase.
2019-11-1 10:57 | |
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With mainstream exchanges becoming progressively cumbersome due to privacy invasive policy and regulation, some crypto traders are switching to more private, face-to-face trading. While this route isn’t for everyone, and comes with unique risks, it does offer a very real solution to many of the problems plaguing mainstream exchanges currently.
2019-10-20 05:30 | |
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The Chinese government has announced a new and even more invasive form of facial recognition. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will begin using AI software to monitor 800+ million internet users.
2019-10-13 03:09 | |
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For those concerned with protecting their privacy, the Opera browser is an excellent choice, and comes with tools that protect against those who would hope to surveil you. With the release of Opera 64, it adds another weapon to that arsenal with the inclusion of tracker blockers, which the company says increases browsing speed by up to 20 percent.
2019-10-8 14:27 | |
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With a host of developments and roll-outs, leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made a lot of headlines recently. The Malta-based exchange today announced enabling automatic borrowing and repayment functions on Binance Margin.
2019-9-19 16:05 | |
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Facebook has admitted to a design flaw in Messenger Kids app that allowed young users on the platform to participate in group chats with adults, without their parents’ permission. The acknowledgement comes weeks after US Democratic senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal urged the social media giant to prioritize children’s privacy and safety online.
2019-8-29 09:27 | |
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GPU mining of cryptocurrencies remains popular, particularly among small-scale or at-home miners, but when it comes to large-scale operations, miners tend to favor purpose-built ASIC mining chips.
2019-8-23 16:34 | |
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Apple is taking a hard stance on online privacy with a new anti-tracking policy in Safari. The iPhone maker has published a “WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy” that goes into specifics about the types of anti-tracking methods it has developed, the practices it believes are harmful to users, and the unintended consequences of those preventive countermeasures.
2019-8-16 09:39 | |
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Today, the Tezos token, XTZ, has enjoyed another listing on a major trading/investment platform. eToro, which currently boasts more than 11 million registered users, has now made XTZ available to buy, sell, and trade.
2019-8-5 18:44 | |
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A member of the British Parliament wants to probe Libra over concerns user data privacy. The news comes following similar legislative appearances before the U. S. Congress and adds to the growing negative sentiments around the project from across the globe.
2019-7-23 09:00 | |
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BlockApps releases version 4. 5 of business blockchain solution STRATO » CryptoNinjas BlockApps, the creator of blockchain-powered business network solutions, has announced the release of STRATO version 4.
2019-7-23 18:00 | |
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In today’s world, the privacy of data is paramount, causing people to demand protection of their data on social media sites, for example. But there is a far more critical sector that is not undergoing the same scrutiny when it comes to data and information – the health sector.
2019-6-27 18:57 | |
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Coinspeaker Balancing Cypherpunk Principles and UX With Multi-Party ComputationRequiring developers to consistently worry about security vulnerabilities takes them away from focusing on improving UX and other aspects of blockchain-based apps.
2019-6-26 10:07 | |
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By CCN Markets: When it comes to what’s gone wrong with Big Tech, the only surprise you would expect is if Facebook was missing from the list. From data privacy violations to aiding genocide to enhancing the spread of fake news, the social media giant has become a global ignominy.
2019-6-16 18:37 | |
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Big companies like Visa and PayPal are reportedly willing to pay millions for the privilege of running a node on the Facebook cryptocurrency network. Facebook’s foray into crypto has been met with mixed reaction.
2019-6-14 08:30 | |
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Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
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As technological innovation evolves, society evolves with it. The problem is, with each new innovation also comes risk. Whether it opens us up to new security issues or debates over our personal privacy, we’re moving fast towards a future with a lot of unknowns.
2019-6-12 11:40 | |
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By CCN: The salad days of the FANG stocks are over. The stock market is insanely overvalued, and those that led the charge will die on the hill. All of the FANG stocks in the stock market, with the possible exception of Alphabet aka Google stock, are overvalued.
2019-6-4 08:57 | |
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“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.
2019-6-3 17:43 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.
2019-6-4 23:41 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.
2019-5-31 23:41 | |
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French-based cryptocurrency hardware manufacturer, Ledger revealed that the Ledger Nano X wallet had left its pre-order stage. This latest development comes less than two weeks after the company announced the shipment of the first genesis block editions of the new hardware wallet.
2019-5-29 17:04 | |
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Facebook is finally admitting that they are pursuing the implementation of a digital currency dubbed “GlobalCoin”. If you’re familiar with Facebook (you have heard of Facebook, right?), you probably know they aren’t the most reputable when it comes to protecting user privacy.
2019-5-26 19:04 | |
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The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) is determined to curb the growing local cryptocurrency industry. This comes after the central bank issued a warning against engaging in cryptocurrency activities.
2019-5-21 16:58 | |
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Bitcoin Cash may have fended off the hacker who abused the network upgrade, it may have also upgraded its privacy by implementing Schnorr Signatures, but there is something dangerous happening behind the scenes, which could have a detrimental effect.
2019-5-19 09:57 | |
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Security tokens are coming to Bitcoin, courtesy of Blockstream. The Bitcoin and blockchain technology company announced on May 15, 2019, the final day of the Consensus 2019 conference, that Liquid Securities, a platform for issuing and managing security tokens on its Liquid sidechain, is ready to go live.
2019-5-16 19:14 | |
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Cryptopia, a cryptocurrency exchange with headquarters in New Zealand, has suspended trading services and released a press statement on May 15 stating that it is in liquidation. The latest development comes less than six months after the exchange lost millions through hacking.
2019-5-15 17:59 | |
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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.
2019-5-14 22:30 | |
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The capabilities of modern technology have made our world more connected, personalized and efficient than ever. With this unprecedented power and access comes the ability to operate in a more transparent, ethical manner—and consumers expect businesses to do so.
2019-5-10 12:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges constitute one of the industry’s largest sectors. Since the advent of crypto and blockchain technology, thousands of exchange platforms have been launched, and the space now is incredibly dense, which can make it a daunting task for anyone trying to find the exchange that is right for them.
CNBC dropped a hint at the possibility of a Solana (SOL) ETF following the approval of an Ethereum ETF. This news has ignited interest in Solana-based altcoins, with many analysts predicting major growth potential for projects within the Solana ecosystem.
BlockDAG‘s Keynote 2, delivered from the Moon, has impressed YouTube crypto analysts, particularly Levi, who praised its groundbreaking insights. These endorsements amplify BlockDAG’s success, propelling it towards a potential $5 million daily presale.
In the competitive crypto market, BlockDAG is quickly becoming a powerhouse thanks to its mobile mining technology. While Super Trump wrestles with fluctuating market trends and Avalanche sees a dip in user engagement, BlockDAG’s X1 app launch and recent moon keynote have captured the interest of investors.
It is impossible to deny how much the crypto industry has grown in the last decade or so. Back in the early 2010s, few of us had heard of cryptocurrency and many who had were sceptical. Fast forward a few years and Bitcoin was crowned the top-performing asset of the decade, the SEC has approved […] The post Staying Safe on the Blockchain: A Guide to Crypto Scams appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.
A notable development in the PEPE market has caught the attention of on-chain data analyst Spot On Chain. Few hours ago, a multisig wallet deposited 1. 238 trillion PEPE tokens, worth approximately $10.
Solana (SOL) has reclaimed the $150 level and gained traction, even as the prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum have slumped. This positive price movement has historically been followed by a surge in Solana-based meme coins, as seen in late 2023 when the explosive growth of BONK and WIF closely followed Solana’s price pump.