MimbleWimble

18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin

Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life.

Markets  ·  18 May 2020

What’s Really Private in Crypto? Research on Grin Raises Questions

Following a report last week on the anonymity features of grin, one big question emerged: What is privacy in crypto, anyways?

Tech  ·  25 November 2019
Altcoins

Privacy Coin Beam Conducts First Hard Fork Away From ASICs

Launching in January of this year, beam is one of two first implementations of the Mimblewimble privacy protocol

Markets  ·  15 August 2019
Hard Forks

Grin Cryptocurrency Executes First Hard Fork

Wednesday's planned system upgrade for the Grin blockchain tweaked a mining algorithm.

Markets  ·  17 July 2019
Hard Forks

Privacy Crypto Grin’s First Hard Fork Planned for July

This summer will see the first network upgrade for Grin, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that uses the technology Mimblewimble.

Tech  ·  5 June 2019
News

Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Receives Mysterious $300K Bitcoin Donation

The developers behind the cryptocurrency project Grin are reporting that they have received an anonymous donation of 50 BTC.

Tech  ·  7 May 2019
Governance

Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Votes to Fund Third Full-Time Developer

The community behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Grin has recently decided to fund its third full-time developer.

Tech  ·  14 March 2019
News

Privacy Cryptocurrency Beam Experiences Blockchain Stoppage

Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Beam said Monday morning that its blockchain had stopped. A fix has now been committed, it says [updated].

Tech  ·  21 January 2019
News

‘Critical’ Vulnerability in Beam Wallet Could Have Put Funds At Risk, Devs Say After Fix

The "critical vulnerability" found by developers of the mimblewimble privacy coin Beam is said to have put user funds at possible risk of being stolen.

Tech  ·  16 January 2019
Privacy Coins

First Grin Block Mined as Mimblewimble Privacy Crypto Goes Live

Grin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on "mimblewimble" tech, has gone live on mainnet.

Tech  ·  15 January 2019
News

Beam Announces ‘Critical’ Vulnerability in Mimblewimble Crypto’s Wallet

The Beam privacy coin's development team announced a "critical" vulnerability discovered in its wallet software Wednesday, telling users to remove old versions immediately.

Tech  ·  9 January 2019
Bitcoin

The First Cryptocurrency to Use Mimblewimble Privacy Tech Is Now Live

A new privacy coin called "Beam" just launched on mainnet. It's based on the highly-regarded "mimblewimble" white paper outlining support for confidential transactions and network anonymity on a blockchain.

Tech  ·  3 January 2019
MimbleWimble

Grin and Beam: A Tale of Two Coins Being Built on Mimblewimble

Mimblewimble is about to go live – not in one, but in two new cryptocurrency implementations.

Tech  ·  21 December 2018
Binance

This Binance Labs-Backed Crypto Startup Wants to Anonymize Everything

Nym Technologies, a stealth startup sporting a roster of privacy activists and cryptography experts, plans "to anonymize the world."

Tech  ·  14 December 2018
Bitcoin

‘Voldemort’ Strikes Again? A New Crypto White Paper Has His Name On It

A new crypto paper arrived today bearing a familiar (and mysterious) pseudonym.

Tech  ·  18 October 2018