FBI Director: ‘There’s No Such Thing As Absolute Privacy’
The war against encryption has escalated in the tech world this year, with governments looking to decipher more details of people’s private lives and wealth. At a recent address, FBI Director James Comey detailed that a serious “adult” conversation concerning encryption will happen in the coming year. FBI Director Details Encryption Battle to Heat up in....
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China’s push for the digital yuan will boost demand for cryptocurrencies, according to an analyst at BK Asset Management, citing that the Chinese government wants “absolute power” over the wealth and income of its citizens. Digital Yuan Push Could Raise Demand for Crypto Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management, said in a note last week that China’s absolute control over its central bank digital currency (CBDC) will drive more demand for cryptocurrency, CNBC reported Friday. Schlossberg has more than 20 years of financial market....
It is common for people to reflect on every facet of their lives once they recognize the absolute, verifiable digital scarcity created by Bitcoin.
ZeroCoin, a blockchain protocol that grants total and absolute transaction anonymity, has finally been brought from concept to implementation. The protocol will allow developers to create coins that, linked to the Bitcoin network, will grant transactions anonymization. As most bitcoinists already know, the Bitcoin protocol does not grant anonymity, but only pseudonymity. This means that, while for the everyday use concealing a Bitcoin ID is enough, people with enough time and motivation can track down the owner of a certain address with a decent precision. There’s no doubt that Bitcoin is....
There are legitimate reasons to suspect BitClout. Nevertheless, this article exists because there’s also a case to be made in its favor. This thing is backed by some of the biggest names in the crypto-industry. And the amount of development around it is insane for a nascent project. Remember, BitClout debuted online less than two […]
Bitcoin price may have nosedived to $21,000 but this analyst says it’s not an entirely bad thing. Willy Woo, on-chain expert analyst says that Bitcoin’s recent decline to $21,000 is mostly due to the massive sell-off by traders. However, there’s no reason to hit the panic button because the sell-off is linked to negative net […]