Interview with the Bitcoin Authenticator Development Team
Security has become a very important issue when it comes to Bitcoin wallets, and the ecosystem is always in constant demand for new features and innovative developments. The Bitcoin Authenticator is a new open project aiming to bring new developments and innovations to the Bitcoin security industry, and the first to introduce a Bitcoin wallet that offers a practical decentralized wallet security solution. The development team has also designed a decentralized, two-factor authentication (2FA) application that sits on top of the wallet. The Alpha version of the Authenticator is already....
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