Privacy


Opinion

Elizabeth Warren's New Financial Surveillance Bill Is a Disaster for Privacy and Civil Liberties

The proposal would turn blockchains into permissioned ledgers surveilled by centralized gatekeepers.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Tech

Chelsea Manning: Crypto’s Privacy Problem Depends on Improving Its Technology

The whistleblower turned security consultant at blockchain startup Nym discusses why the issue of privacy is rooted in the underlying technology of crypto and why regulation is on the horizon.

Chelsea Manning in 2019 (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Tech

Bitcoin's Lightning Network Could Be Getting a Privacy Upgrade

One new standard being developed by Blockstream is already running on the company’s Core Lightning implementation.

Soluciones como BOLT 12 podrían poner más privacidad en manos de los usuarios de la red Lightning. (Adrian Tudor/500px/Getty Images)

Opinion

Apple's New Encryption Policy Is a Huge Boon for Crypto

Opt-in end-to-end encryption tools are an immense win for digital privacy – and crypto.

(Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Videos

Consensys to Update MetaMask Crypto Wallet After Privacy Backlash

ConsenSys, the company behind the MetaMask crypto wallet, said Tuesday it will release a series of updates to the platform in response to user backlash regarding its data-collection practices. "The Hash" team discusses the implications for privacy in crypto.

Recent Videos

Consensus Magazine

Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust

For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year it radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol, even as the right to use it is under attack. That’s why CEO Zooko Wilcox is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Policy

3 Things We Learned at Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev's Trial

The prosecution said little about free speech during the trail of the Tornado Cash privacy protocol developer. The focus may be on the mechanics of DeFi.

Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev's case was heard. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Uniswap Says It Collects Users' Public On-Chain Data

The development lab behind the decentralized exchange said personal identifiers are not collected.

(Unsplash, modificado por CoinDesk)