VeraCrypt, The TrueCrypt Replacement Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations
VeraCrypt, free disk encryption software bought from IDRIX, is now accepting Bitcoin donations. Based on TrueCrypt, VeraCrypt adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partition encryption, which supposedly makes it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks. VeraCrypt decided to accept Bitcoin donations upon request from members of the Bitcoin community. is a source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or to encrypt a partition. Earlier in 2014, VeraCrypt started receiving appreciation....
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