Privacy protocols have become the focal point of regulators and law enforcement agencies when the race among central banks to launch sovereign digital currencies is heating up.
Cypherpunk historian Finn Brunton imagines a future where there are many internets, each making demands on your attention.
Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee told CoinDesk in an interview the project is now looking to adopt key privacy-enhancing features, which he sees as increasingly attractive to cryptocurrency users.
Permission.io has raised over $50 million to reward users for engaging with ads. Will advertisers buy in?
Gemini said adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins.
HOPR sells its own hardware node version (at $440) but HOPR nodes can also be run on devices that run Windows, macOS and Linux.
The start-up is maturing and enabling plugins that allow users to plug in wallets and applications to run their traffic through its mixnet.
A research paper from the University of South Australia suggests blockchain technology needs to be refined so it can better protect privacy and the EU's "right to be forgotten."
Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat.
The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data.
The Secret Network’s privacy-focused smart contracts will be formally proposed for the mainnet on Sept. 8. If approved, they’ll launch a week later.
Andrew Yang's "Data Dividend" and the EU's GDPR are not enough to put users back in control of their data.
Bitcoin has traded its radical potential for the prospect of mainstream adoption. It's not worth it, writes Rachel-Rose O'Leary.
HOPR Hardware Nodes validate transactions on the Ethereum blockchain – without any reliance on cloud servers controlled by Amazon and Alibaba.
The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.