The Right Kind of Privacy
Bitcoin is unique in its approach to privacy. Uneducated observers lament its advantages for illicit activities, but the blockchain keeps track of every transaction and who has how much coin. The revolutionary part of this system is the fact that one must divulge his or her Bitcoin address to lose anonymity, which leaves us with a new kind of....
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This article is a guest post written byValery Kholodkov, Lead Researcher at AVG Innovation Lab in Amsterdam. Valery is on the forefront of AVG's privacy-related research and he is constantly looking into how emerging technologies impact user privacy. It's no secret that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are showing us brand new opportunities in the digital industry and the way things can evolve there, and not only that. If you attended the annual Bitcoin conference in 2014, you may have noticed plenty of enthusiastic and curious faces from all kind of industries that are looking for the....
The HOPR protocol provides network-level and metadata privacy for every kind of data exchange. Designed to be better than TOR, the mixnet protects the identity of both sender and recipient by routing data via multiple intermediate relay hops that mix traffic. Now the project launches staking with NFT rewards and you can earn over 18.25% APR. The HOPR Staking Program HOPR, the first-ever open incentivized communication mixnet where users earn tokens for running nodes, is launching a gamified staking program. The contract is available for staking deposits from July 20th, rewards will start....
Because privacy means different things to different people, a privacy-focused internet is unlikely to please everyone. But it should offer greater personal control.
If there is anything the internet loves these days, it’s privacy. From the boom in VPN use to anonymous accounts and encrypted websites, maintaining privacy is certainly appealing to the average internet user. This interest in privacy has also coincided with the rise in blockchain technology, a concept that thrives on the idea of privacy. […]
Today is International Data Privacy Day — a day focused on raising awareness around data privacy best practices. Data privacy is an important aspect of Bitcoin and some other altcoins, and as such, we’re celebrating Data Privacy day with a list of best practices for crypto users. Cypherpunks: Remembering Satoshi, Finney, And The Fight For […]