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Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – Why Bitcoin Matters to Combat Government Privacy Invasion

It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users walk, their heartbeat, veins, and more. Mastercard has recently revealed they “have been testing heartbeat, vein technology, and the way people walk to authenticate people. дальше »

2020-2-27 10:45


A possible privacy CBDC

CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 18 December, 2019 “Never assume the obvious is true.” - William Safire In today's newsletter, we will be covering: Stanford University funding blockchain startup touted as the 'Microsoft for blockchain' ECB believes that a private payment […] The post A possible privacy CBDC appeared first on CoinMarketCap. дальше »

2019-12-25 15:00


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India doesn’t want WhatsApp sharing your payment data with Facebook

Even as WhatsApp readies to launch its mobile payment service in India later this year, the government is concerned about its privacy and security ramifications. “Indian authorities are concerned that WhatsApp‘s payment service might share user data with group companies Facebook and Instagram, compromising the security, privacy and non-commercial information of its subscribers,” according to a report from the Economic Times. дальше »

2019-7-26 09:40


Cash Is King In Hong Kong As Thousands Choose Financial Privacy

Hong Kong is waking up to the benefits of financial privacy using cash, reports claim, as protesters seek to hide their movements and identity. Hong Kong Pays Cash To ‘Avoid Tracking’ According to various reports surfacing on social media this week, participants in the ongoing rallies against the Hong Kong government are choosing to abandon payment methods which could track them. дальше »

2019-6-12 12:00


100 Bitcoin (BTC) Community Members of Wasabi Wallet Make The Biggest CoinJoin Payment Ever

The community behind Wasabi Wallet, a Bitcoin app focused on privacy, has recently reunited a total of 100 people in order to execute a CoinJoin, which is what happens when a Bitcoin transaction is joint by many people in order to make it a single transaction. As you may well know, Bitcoin is very far […] дальше »

2019-6-11 02:57


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Crypto Scores Big As Major European Soccer Team Accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum

Crypto has scored yet another major milestone. Benfica, a major European soccer club, has become the first team in Europe to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment for its online sales. Crypto payment solution UTRUST announced on June 5 a partnership with Benfica that allows fans to buy tickets and merchandise online using Bitcoin […] Crypto Scores Big As Major European Soccer Team Accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt. дальше »

2019-6-10 16:19


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Amazon’s Whole Foods and Other Major Retailers Will Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments Thanks to the Spedn App

Whole Foods, a company owned by Amazon, and other big name retailers will now accept payment for goods in cryptocurrencies. This latest development was made possible by a collaboration between Gemini, a cryptocurrency company owned by the Winklevoss twins and Flexa, a payments startup. дальше »

2019-5-14 15:29


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Out of Testnet and Into Alpha: Lightning Labs’ Desktop Application Is Live

Lightning Labs just released an alpha version of its Lightning Network wallet. The desktop application is now compatible with Bitcoin’s mainnet and it leverages Neutrino (the protocol, not the analytics company acquired by Coinbase) to give users a lightweight option to “control their own funds,” as opposed to running a full node or trusting a third party to play custodian. дальше »

2019-4-24 01:38


Bitcoin [BTC] will never see adoption if principles of privacy and fungibility are broken, says Andreas Antonopoulos

The establishment of Bitcoin [BTC] as a currency of the future and its transformation into a mode of payment and a store of value has been the primary goal of the cryptocurrency community. A decade since the coin first emerged, its prospects have looked bleak, claimed Andreas Antonopoulos, the author of Mastering Bitcoin. дальше »

2019-4-10 10:30