More people care more about their data and privacy than companies would like the public to believe. While thousands of companies and entities look to grab people’s data for various reasons, the commonly stated idea that folks don’t care about privacy is untrue, according to the Electric Coin Company, the entity behind privacy-focused crypto asset…
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Rand Corporation unveiled a study that found a widespread lack of knowledge towards Zcash from dark web criminals. A study by Rand Corporation unveiled that people using Zcash for illicit or criminal purposes in the dark web may not fully understand the underlying technology. According to the 65-page report published on May 7, the US-based…
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Developers were challenged to create a Bitcoin sidechain with the privacy features of ZCash, using Drivechain technology. Developers are competing to bring ZCash privacy functionality to a Bitcoin sidechain. To do this, they’re using the Drivechain technology created by decentralized prediction market pioneer, Paul Sztorc. As an added incentive, Sztorc has announced a prize fund…
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Nym is inviting users to test its purportedly NSA-thwarting privacy mixnet in the wake of increased government surveillance to track coronavirus. Swiss blockchain startup, Nym Technologies, has invited the general public to take part in the next phase of its mixnet platform’s user testing on April 8. The privacy infrastructure promises advanced protection against mass-surveillance,…
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With the implementation of ZIP 1014, Zcash will continue to fund its development with a fee imposed on mining, but the question remains: Did the community have a say? At the end of January, a poll apparently confirmed community support for a new mining reward-distribution structure for the Zcash (ZEC) network, whereby more will flow…
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Trustless zero-knowledge proof systems, known as zk-SNARKs, have the potential to become the leading technological solution for privacy protection. At a time when technology can be used as both a mechanism for privacy intrusions and a tool for protecting privacy, the prescient sentiment of cypherpunks in the 1990s of cryptography as the last defense against…
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Starkware, led by Zcash founding scientist, hopes to bring security and scalability to crypto exchanges. An Israeli startup Starkware believes it can solve two of the most pressing issues in crypto trading — the inherent vulnerability of centralized exchanges and the low transactional capacity of decentralized ones. The venture was co-founded by professor Eli Ben…
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Industry experts tell Cointelegraph about the latest cryptography innovations and how they will influence the future of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies could not exist without cryptography. Advances in this field can have far-reaching impacts on blockchain technology and its potential. We will examine the opinions of industry experts on the latest cryptographic advances and their potential for…
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Chainalysis, a provider of crypto transaction data for IRS and FBI, does not think that privacy coins are bad despite not being able to fully track them. A major global company that helps fight illicit cryptocurrency-related activity does not think that privacy in crypto markets is necessarily bad. Despite representing one of the primary sources…
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Binance’s futures platform is launching a Zcash–Tether perpetual contract with maximum leverage of up to 50x. Binance’s futures platform is launching a Zcash (ZEC)–Tether (USDT) perpetual contract with maximum leverage of up to 50x. An announcement from the exchange on Feb. 4 revealed that trading for the new ZEC/USDT contract will go live at 8.00…
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