Breeze Bitcoin Wallet to Deploy Production-Ready Tumblebit Anonymizer

Breeze Bitcoin Wallet to Deploy Production-Ready Tumblebit Anonymizer

As blockchain surveillance rises, the need for private financial transactions for bitcoin has become a holy grail for bitcoiners. Over the past few months, many Bitcoin proponents have been focused on the Tumblebit project, a protocol that aims to anonymize transactions. This week, the blockchain development company Stratis has announced “Breeze Wallet”,....


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