Privacy


Mercados

Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals

Gemini said adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins.

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Tecnología

HOPR Launches Token Incentive Program for Running Its Mixnet Testnet

HOPR sells its own hardware node version (at $440) but HOPR nodes can also be run on devices that run Windows, macOS and Linux.

HOPR's founding team: Robert Kiel, Sebastian Bürgel and Rik Krieger.

Tecnología

Privacy Startup Nym Will Pay You in Bitcoin to Run Its Mixnet

The start-up is maturing and enabling plugins that allow users to plug in wallets and applications to run their traffic through its mixnet.

Harry Halpin, Nym Technologies (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

Tecnología

Australian University Finds Privacy Issues With Blockchain Technology

A research paper from the University of South Australia suggests blockchain technology needs to be refined so it can better protect privacy and the EU's "right to be forgotten."

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Finanzas

Twetch Launches Encrypted Messaging, In-Chat Payments on BSV Blockchain

Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat.

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Regulación

Digital Rights Advocacy Group Calls On Coinbase for Greater Transparency

The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Tecnología

Secret Network's Privacy-Focused Smart Contracts Move a Step Closer to Going Live

The Secret Network’s privacy-focused smart contracts will be formally proposed for the mainnet on Sept. 8. If approved, they’ll launch a week later.

(Stefan Steinbauer/Unsplash)

Regulación

Data Ownership Should Be About Software, Not Lawsuits

Andrew Yang's "Data Dividend" and the EU's GDPR are not enough to put users back in control of their data.

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Tecnología

Bitcoin Has Lost Its Way: Here’s How to Return to Crypto’s Subversive Roots

Bitcoin has traded its radical potential for the prospect of mainstream adoption. It's not worth it, writes Rachel-Rose O'Leary.

Projects like Darkwallet extend the ideological reach of what should remain private. (Rachel-Rose O'Leary)

Finanzas

Blockchain Privacy Firm HOPR Releases Mixnet Hardware Node for Ethereum

HOPR Hardware Nodes validate transactions on the Ethereum blockchain – without any reliance on cloud servers controlled by Amazon and Alibaba.

The HOPR Hardware Node (HOPR)