How Anonymous is Bitcoin? A Backgrounder for Policymakers
Adam Ludwin co-founded Chain.com, a bitcoin developer platform. Prior to Chain, Adam was a venture investor in companies including Vine, Slack, Kik, and Paperless Post. In this article, he addresses the distinction between privacy and anonymity in bitcoin. Bitcoin is often described as a way to transact anonymously. But just how anonymous is it? First off, it is useful to draw a basic distinction between anonymity and privacy in the context of financial transactions. We will call a transaction "anonymous" if no one knows who you are. We will call a transaction "private" if what you....
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How will bitcoin impact America's campaign finance system? Corruption, anonymous donations and foreign contributions stand out as some of the currency's biggest risks. Currently, these issues are being debated by policymakers at the Federal Election Commission (FEC). A large portion of last week's FEC open meeting was taken up with a discussion about the Conservative Action Fund's (CAF) desire to start accepting bitcoins, something that chairwoman Ellen L Weintraub called "a seemingly exotic and novel issue". As a result, four advisory drafts were presented in a hearing last week by the....
The international hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has vowed to attack Russian government websites over the recent Ukraine invasion. So far Anonymous says that it hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense database and various state-operated television channels in Russia. Additionally, a spokesperson from Russia Today (RT) said that after Anonymous’ recent statement, RT websites were inundated with DDoS attacks.
Anonymous Aims to Laser-Kill Russian Government Websites
The decentralized international collective Anonymous wants to troll Vladimir Putin and the Russian....
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has allegedly breached the systems of one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, Sberbank. The attackers announced on social media they have published thousands of emails, phone numbers, and addresses.
Anonymous Hackers Reportedly Gain Access to Sberbank Database
Decentralized hacking group Anonymous claims to have hacked Sberbank. A Twitter account associated with the collective, @YourAnonOne, announced the attack earlier this week, noting the institution is the largest bank in the Russian Federation and the region of Eastern....
A new Anonymous video surfaced and it points its finger at the infamous Do Kwon. The Terra/ UST/ LUNA collapse is the gift that keeps on giving, the story just refuses to die. And, as it usually happens with everything Terra-related, things might not be as it seems. Anyone can be Anonymous, it’s a decentralized […]
Hacktivist collective Anonymous claims it has already published millions of leaked Russian emails. The group has been waging a cyberwar on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, carrying out attacks on government institutions, state-run television channels, and the central bank.
Russia’s Culture Ministry Becomes Latest Target of Anonymous
Anonymous has released well over two million emails obtained in cyberattacks on Russian organizations, the decentralized hacking group announced through social media. “This is just the beginning,” read a message posted on....