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Cryptocurrency owners frequently experience dirty coins firsthand. What are they, and why are such assets becoming easier to track? Anyone who doesn’t track so-called “dirty” cryptocurrencies can receive these marked assets in their wallet. Many large platforms have blocked such…
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Jarrad Hope, the co-founder of open source community Status, delivered a thought-provoking speech at the ETHBarcelona conference, highlighting the urgent need to strengthen civil liberties through politically neutral networks. A prominent advocate for privacy and co-founder of open source community…
A study conducted in late 2020 states that over 2,200 US businesses have already accepted bitcoin. This figure doesn’t include bitcoin ATMs. The increasing number of companies using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin for various purposes has raised the bar for…
Cryptos have become well-known due to several reasons, including privacy and anonymity. Some of them assist users in hiding their identities and transactional information. Users are looking for alternative solutions as concerns about the anonymity of early cryptos, like Bitcoin,…
Zcash, a decentralized platform that relies on the zero-knowledge proof technology, offers new standards of privacy and anonymity for its users.
Monero (XMR) addresses the following important functions for the entire segment of crypto tokens: privacy and anonymity. The growing demand for such coins largely reflects people’s preferences of higher privacy protection in the modern world. What Makes Monero (XMR) Unique?…
A member of Texas House of Representatives Phil Stephenson has introduced a draft bill which if passed will require residents of Texas to give their identity before they can use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Promote Use of Verified Identity Digital…
In a bid to fix the privacy loopholes inherent in the proposed Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to get integrated by 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to adopt distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to…
Over the past decade, the term “decentralization” has gone from relative obscurity to immense popularity. New technological endeavors, especially those that claim to have anything to do with blockchain technology, usually advertise decentralization as a critical selling point. Ultimately though,…
Strict Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) laws need to be enforced for financial regulators and banks to consider cryptocurrencies as a legal tender, observes the Payments Source. Anonymity: A Boon or Bane? While cryptocurrencies have anonymity at the center…
The general theme in the cryptocurrency market in 2018 has been government regulations. In many regions of the world, governments appear to be taking a more serious approach to monitoring the activities of the crypto ecosystem. KYC and AML Procedures…
There’s a new ransomware on the loose, targeting unsuspecting victims’ computers by way of malicious downloadable PDF files. Before delving any deeper, BTCManager reminds all readers to exercise the utmost precaution while downloading PDF files from unknown senders. What is…
Persistent complaints from users about slow processing, excessive fees and the volatility-exhaustion that defines the currency at present are coming to a fore. It’s a sentiment that sees users looking elsewhere for other, perhaps “better” cryptocurrencies. Difficult to Rob Hodler’s…
In a recent OpenHours episode released August 17, several Monero contributors joined the show to talk about the Kovri project. The project aims to further improve the privacy of the Monero network by making it virtually impossible to deduct any…
The swift takedown of the darknet markets (DNMs) AlphaBay and Hansa, an announcement to exit the market from Bitmixer and the arrest of Alexander Vinnik for laundering $4 billion have all shown that fungibility is still an area for improvement…
2017 was an excellent year for the Cryptocurrency Verge. Verge solves a real issue that is present in many large crypto including Bitcoin, fungibility. Mostly this comes down to the fact that Bitcoin is not anonymous. No matter how much…