Privacy Is A Group Effort
Privacy is a complicated subject. It’s not always a simple binary thing, private or not private, seen or unseen. Seen by whom? Private from whom? Private to what degree? If…
Kraken Begins Notifying Customers It Will Send Their Data to the IRS This November
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is sending a letter to clients notifying them that after losing a lengthy court case, they will need to turn over sensitive data to the Internal Revenue…
Payment Splitting And Switching: Improving Privacy And Payment Success Simultaneously
One of the fundamental limitations of the Lightning protocol is how payment routing is handled and accomplished. It is entirely source routed, meaning that the sender of a payment is…
Whitney Webb: Bitcoin And The Plot To Destroy Financial Privacy
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. Late last month, a bipartisan…
ZK Rollups Are Coming To Bitcoin. Here’s All You Need To Know
Zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups are coming to Bitcoin. Recently, two different projects took turnkey steps into turning this development into a reality for the original cryptocurrency, an advancement that could help…
Trezor Expands Privacy Features, Introduces Coinjoin For Trezor Model One
In an announcement today, Bitcoin hardware wallet company Trezor revealed the launch of the highly anticipated coinjoin feature for its Trezor Model One, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. Building…
Educational Project For Private Bitcoin Transactions Coinjoins.org Has Officially Launched
Today, Thibaud Marechal and Gustavo Flores announced the launch of Coinjoins.org, an open-source project focusing on educating Bitcoin users on the privacy functionality of collaborative transactions, per a press release…
Brink Renews Grant For Sebastian Falbesoner’s Review Of BIP324 To Enhance Bitcoin’s Censorship-Resistance
Bitcoin research and development center, Brink, has announced the renewal of a year-long grant for Sebastian Falbesoner, also known as theStack. “As part of his grant renewal application, he emphasized…
How I Protect My Bitcoin Privacy And Enjoy True Financial Freedom
This is an opinion editorial by Prasad Prabhakaran, co-founder of self-custody product company BitHyve and one of the organizers of Bitcoin4India. Ever since I delved into the world of Bitcoin,…
Introducing Ark: An Alternative Bitcoin Scaling Solution Focused On Preserving Privacy
This is an opinion editorial by Kudzai Kutukwa, a financial inclusion advocate and Mandela Washington fellow. “When use of strong cryptography becomes popular, it’s harder for the government to criminalize…