Benjamin Powers

Powers is a tech reporter at Grid. Previously, he was privacy reporter at CoinDesk where he focused on data and financial privacy, information security, and digital identity. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and the New Republic, among others. He owns bitcoin.

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Zcash Announces 'Halo Arc' and Timeline for Protocol Privacy Update

Halo Arc includes updates to Zcashd, an ECC Wallet prototype and the ECC wallet SDKs.

Zooko Wilcox, CEO of the Electric Coin Company (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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How a 'Dual Double-Entry' Blockchain Could Unite Digital and Physical Assets

The idea is to make real-world assets, not just digital currencies, tradable via blockchain.

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Signal Messaging App Launches MobileCoin Payments Feature in Beta

Yes, but: The feature will only be available to users in the U.K., and only on iOS and Android.

Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt 2017.

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New Privacy Coin Iron Fish Launches Testnet With $5.3M in Funding

Iron Fish is betting there is still a demand for privacy coins in a crowded market.

Iron Fish

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During Market Boom, Monero Cryptojacking Fell for First Time Since 2018

New research from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 tracks the rise and fall of illicit XMR mining in the cloud.

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Decentraland Launches Dapp Portal With Polygon to Bypass High Gas Fees

Decentraland launched an account portal where you can move MANA to Polygon.

Yorio's avatar hanging out in Decentraland.

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Scams and Fraud Bubble Up as NFT Mania Takes Hold

Scams are a common occurrence in the crypto ecosystem. NFTs are no different.

Fake NFT dog art

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Sentinel’s Decentralized VPN Protocol Launches on Cosmos Mainnet

App developers can use the Sentinel Network to access Sentinel’s bandwidth marketplace for dVPN applications.

Sentinel mainnet

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Coinbase and ZenGo Spar Over QR Code Standards That Could Strand ERC-20 Tokens

Users who must use QR codes should verify transaction details before finally confirming the transaction to save themselves money and headaches.

Not all wallets employ the same QR code standard for ERC-20 tokens. That's a problem.

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Lessons From the Nifty Gateway NFT Heist: Not Your Keys, Not Your Art

After what appears to be the first NFT heist, what can we take away from the Nifty Gateway hack?

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