BipCoin, CryptoNote-Based Coin, Debuts GUI Wallet Before Monero
Bitcoin surged in popularity as the world’s first great cryptocurrency in large part thanks to its privacy offerings, allowing users to be anonymous, traceable only by pseudonym wallet identifiers. Several other cryptocurrencies attempted to expand on Bitcoin’s privacy, such as Darkcoin (before rebranding as Dash and pursuing more broad goals) and Monero. In late summer this year, Monero surged as cryptocurrency entered a new privacy-centric hype cycle. Recently, its price and hype have adjusted as possible competitor Zcash debuted too much hype, and possibly due to discontent over current....
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