Privacy News

Privacy is the right of a person to select which parts of information about them can be accessed by others. Privacy violation by the government has been a hot topic for decades, but it became particularly controversial after Edward Snowden, a US intelligence contractor, has leaked information about PRISM, a clandestine surveillance program which the NSA used to spy on the US citizens without them consenting, or even knowing about it. Thus, it became clear to people that if they want to keep parts of their life truly private, they have to make an active effort. One of Bitcoin's advantages, at least initially, was the fact that all its transactions were anonymous. This is less true today, given the advances in Blockchain forensics that sometimes allow tracing Bitcoin transactions back to the people behind them.

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World’s Largest Bitcoin Tumbling Service Announces Sudden Shutdown

JUL 25, 2017 | Alexander Geralis

Largest mixing service BitMixer shuts down in a matter of days, leaving users both puzzled and curious. Announcements motivated by ethical reasons to stop offering the service despite millions of dollars revenue.

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Anonymous Deliveries: Canada Introduces Blockchain, Tor-Based Delivery System

JUL 18, 2017 | Joseph Young

If this kind of delivery systems sees success in the future, it could lead to a major adoption of Blockchain technology by leading service providers including Amazon.

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Blockfolio.com Releases Privacy And Data Statement Amid Growing Concerns

JUL 01, 2017 | Jon Buck

New Guidance on Privacy from Blockfolio

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Encrypgen Uses Blockchain to Usher in New Era of Genetic Privacy

JUN 29, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

Encrypgen through the crowd sale of its Gene-Chain coin seeks to bring about an era where you can protect your genetic information and even profit from it.

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Privacy-Centered Altcoin Zcoin Implements Merkle Tree Proof as PoW

JUN 28, 2017 | Frisco d'Anconia

Privacy-centered altcoin Zcoin has announced the first working implementation of Merkle Tree Proof (MTP) as a proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm.

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Bitcoin Shows What Banking Should Be: American Banker

JUN 26, 2017 | Joseph Young

Prominent financial newspaper American Banker recently featured an analytical piece on how Bitcoin shows what banking should be.

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Are Your Chats Really Private? Reasons to Switch to Blockchain-Based Messenger

JUN 21, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

In a time of increasing uncertainty about communications security, one blockchain based initiative is attempting to set the wrongs right.

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Cash Payments Will Lose to Cards in the UK in 2018: Trend

MAY 26, 2017 | William Suberg

Cashless payments will become the most popular transaction method in the UK for the first time next year, data shows.

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Blockchain Can Give Voice to Autonomous Communities: CT Exclusive with Paolo Tasca

MAY 21, 2017 | Alicia Naumoff

Cointelegraph spoke to Paolo Tasca about the social impact we might expect from wider adoption of Blockchain technology.

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What to Mine After Ethereum’s PoS: World's First Bitcoin Mining Pool Adds Zcash Support

APR 23, 2017 | Joseph Young

The development team behind the anonymous cryptocurrency Zcash revealed that Slush Pool, the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, has added support for Zcash.

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Fork Over Your Fingers or Cease to Exist: India’s Biometric Blackmail

APR 20, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

The Indian government is forcing people to hand over their biometric details at the pain of denying essential services in what at first was a voluntary project.

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First Bitcoin Wallet to Address Privacy Issues Without Requiring Any Forks

MAR 30, 2017 | Rebecca Campbell

TumbleBit is to be introduced to Stratis Group’s soon-to-be-released Breeze Wallet, introducing new privacy features to Bitcoin users and the Stratis platform.

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Encrypted Messaging “Unacceptable”: UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd

MAR 27, 2017 | William Suberg

Encrypted messaging services are “unacceptable” according to UK home secretary Amber Rudd.

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Full Disclosure of Your Salary: Blockchain Remuneration Models

MAR 18, 2017 | S. Matthew English

How to detect organizations compensating employees over the Bitcoin blockchain? Can the data be used for industrial espionage, and how to prevent it?

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Bank of Canada Says Bitcoin Needs Regulation, Market Disagrees

FEB 22, 2017 | Joseph Young

Researchers from the Bank of Canada insisted “private digital currencies like Bitcoin” needs regulation to succeed. The market seems to disagree.

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What to Mine After Ethereum’s PoS: World's First Bitcoin Mining Pool Adds Zcash Support

APR 23, 2017 | Joseph Young

The development team behind the anonymous cryptocurrency Zcash revealed that Slush Pool, the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, has added support for Zcash.

25980 | 2

World’s Largest Bitcoin Tumbling Service Announces Sudden Shutdown

JUL 25, 2017 | Alexander Geralis

Largest mixing service BitMixer shuts down in a matter of days, leaving users both puzzled and curious. Announcements motivated by ethical reasons to stop offering the service despite millions of dollars revenue.

18602 | 10

Cash Payments Will Lose to Cards in the UK in 2018: Trend

MAY 26, 2017 | William Suberg

Cashless payments will become the most popular transaction method in the UK for the first time next year, data shows.

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Blockfolio.com Releases Privacy And Data Statement Amid Growing Concerns

JUL 01, 2017 | Jon Buck

New Guidance on Privacy from Blockfolio

14136 | 2

Encrypgen Uses Blockchain to Usher in New Era of Genetic Privacy

JUN 29, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

Encrypgen through the crowd sale of its Gene-Chain coin seeks to bring about an era where you can protect your genetic information and even profit from it.

10852

Are Your Chats Really Private? Reasons to Switch to Blockchain-Based Messenger

JUN 21, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

In a time of increasing uncertainty about communications security, one blockchain based initiative is attempting to set the wrongs right.

10378 | 3

Anonymous Deliveries: Canada Introduces Blockchain, Tor-Based Delivery System

JUL 18, 2017 | Joseph Young

If this kind of delivery systems sees success in the future, it could lead to a major adoption of Blockchain technology by leading service providers including Amazon.

9915

Blockchain Can Give Voice to Autonomous Communities: CT Exclusive with Paolo Tasca

MAY 21, 2017 | Alicia Naumoff

Cointelegraph spoke to Paolo Tasca about the social impact we might expect from wider adoption of Blockchain technology.

9892 | 2

Privacy-Centered Altcoin Zcoin Implements Merkle Tree Proof as PoW

JUN 28, 2017 | Frisco d'Anconia

Privacy-centered altcoin Zcoin has announced the first working implementation of Merkle Tree Proof (MTP) as a proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm.

9554 | 3

Bitcoin Shows What Banking Should Be: American Banker

JUN 26, 2017 | Joseph Young

Prominent financial newspaper American Banker recently featured an analytical piece on how Bitcoin shows what banking should be.

9185 | 4

Fork Over Your Fingers or Cease to Exist: India’s Biometric Blackmail

APR 20, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

The Indian government is forcing people to hand over their biometric details at the pain of denying essential services in what at first was a voluntary project.

4613 | 9

Encrypted Messaging “Unacceptable”: UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd

MAR 27, 2017 | William Suberg

Encrypted messaging services are “unacceptable” according to UK home secretary Amber Rudd.

935 | 4

First Bitcoin Wallet to Address Privacy Issues Without Requiring Any Forks

MAR 30, 2017 | Rebecca Campbell

TumbleBit is to be introduced to Stratis Group’s soon-to-be-released Breeze Wallet, introducing new privacy features to Bitcoin users and the Stratis platform.

853 | 3

Full Disclosure of Your Salary: Blockchain Remuneration Models

MAR 18, 2017 | S. Matthew English

How to detect organizations compensating employees over the Bitcoin blockchain? Can the data be used for industrial espionage, and how to prevent it?

120

Bank of Canada Says Bitcoin Needs Regulation, Market Disagrees

FEB 22, 2017 | Joseph Young

Researchers from the Bank of Canada insisted “private digital currencies like Bitcoin” needs regulation to succeed. The market seems to disagree.

70 | 2

World’s Largest Bitcoin Tumbling Service Announces Sudden Shutdown

JUL 25, 2017 | Alexander Geralis

Largest mixing service BitMixer shuts down in a matter of days, leaving users both puzzled and curious. Announcements motivated by ethical reasons to stop offering the service despite millions of dollars revenue.

18602 | 10

Fork Over Your Fingers or Cease to Exist: India’s Biometric Blackmail

APR 20, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

The Indian government is forcing people to hand over their biometric details at the pain of denying essential services in what at first was a voluntary project.

4613 | 9

Bitcoin Shows What Banking Should Be: American Banker

JUN 26, 2017 | Joseph Young

Prominent financial newspaper American Banker recently featured an analytical piece on how Bitcoin shows what banking should be.

9185 | 4

Encrypted Messaging “Unacceptable”: UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd

MAR 27, 2017 | William Suberg

Encrypted messaging services are “unacceptable” according to UK home secretary Amber Rudd.

935 | 4

Privacy-Centered Altcoin Zcoin Implements Merkle Tree Proof as PoW

JUN 28, 2017 | Frisco d'Anconia

Privacy-centered altcoin Zcoin has announced the first working implementation of Merkle Tree Proof (MTP) as a proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm.

9554 | 3

Are Your Chats Really Private? Reasons to Switch to Blockchain-Based Messenger

JUN 21, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

In a time of increasing uncertainty about communications security, one blockchain based initiative is attempting to set the wrongs right.

10378 | 3

First Bitcoin Wallet to Address Privacy Issues Without Requiring Any Forks

MAR 30, 2017 | Rebecca Campbell

TumbleBit is to be introduced to Stratis Group’s soon-to-be-released Breeze Wallet, introducing new privacy features to Bitcoin users and the Stratis platform.

853 | 3

Bank of Canada Says Bitcoin Needs Regulation, Market Disagrees

FEB 22, 2017 | Joseph Young

Researchers from the Bank of Canada insisted “private digital currencies like Bitcoin” needs regulation to succeed. The market seems to disagree.

70 | 2

Blockchain Can Give Voice to Autonomous Communities: CT Exclusive with Paolo Tasca

MAY 21, 2017 | Alicia Naumoff

Cointelegraph spoke to Paolo Tasca about the social impact we might expect from wider adoption of Blockchain technology.

9892 | 2

What to Mine After Ethereum’s PoS: World's First Bitcoin Mining Pool Adds Zcash Support

APR 23, 2017 | Joseph Young

The development team behind the anonymous cryptocurrency Zcash revealed that Slush Pool, the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, has added support for Zcash.

25980 | 2

Blockfolio.com Releases Privacy And Data Statement Amid Growing Concerns

JUL 01, 2017 | Jon Buck

New Guidance on Privacy from Blockfolio

14136 | 2

Anonymous Deliveries: Canada Introduces Blockchain, Tor-Based Delivery System

JUL 18, 2017 | Joseph Young

If this kind of delivery systems sees success in the future, it could lead to a major adoption of Blockchain technology by leading service providers including Amazon.

9915

Encrypgen Uses Blockchain to Usher in New Era of Genetic Privacy

JUN 29, 2017 | Shivdeep Dhaliwal

Encrypgen through the crowd sale of its Gene-Chain coin seeks to bring about an era where you can protect your genetic information and even profit from it.

10852

Full Disclosure of Your Salary: Blockchain Remuneration Models

MAR 18, 2017 | S. Matthew English

How to detect organizations compensating employees over the Bitcoin blockchain? Can the data be used for industrial espionage, and how to prevent it?

120

Cash Payments Will Lose to Cards in the UK in 2018: Trend

MAY 26, 2017 | William Suberg

Cashless payments will become the most popular transaction method in the UK for the first time next year, data shows.

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