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Bitcoin Mixers: How Do They Work and Why Are They Used?

Bitcoin offers pseudonymity to users by design. But in order to be completely anonymous, you’ll need to use tools like bitcoin mixers.

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Markets

Zcash Extends Rally Into Asian Trading Day

ZEC posted gains of 6% during Asian business hours, lifting its gain this week to 12%.

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Crypto OG Zooko on State of Digital and Financial Privacy in Crypto as Industry Evolves

Early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Electronic Coin Company (ECC), the creator of privacy-focused, blockchain-based payments network Zcash, discusses the current state of privacy in crypto. "Everyone's everything has already been hacked and exploited," Zooko said. "At some point, it's going to be easier to buy a new Social Security Number from the dark web than to convince someone to take your real Social Security Number." Plus, the latest updates to Zcash, thoughts on CBDCs, and more.

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What Is Zcash? The Privacy Coin Explained

Zcash has seen ZKP breakthroughs, its first halving and progress toward further scalability. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

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Videos

Twitter Picks Crypto Developer Jay Graber to Run Decentralized Social Media Wing 'Bluesky'

Crypto developer Jay Graber, who contributed to the privacy coin project Zcash until October 2018, will lead Twitter's "Bluesky" initiative to help create a decentralized social media protocol. "The Hash" hosts discuss the possible future of Twitter and social media following the social networking site's latest step towards decentralization.

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Tech

Tor Project Receives $670K From Zcash Open Major Grants for Coding Language Upgrade

The funding will go toward developer salaries as they develop Arti.

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Can Privacy Coins Comply With Regulators?

Josh Swihart of Electric Coin Company joins “First Mover” to discuss the need for privacy coins and how Zcash can comply with regulators while still offering users privacy.

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Finance

Privacy Will 'Become a More Popular Investing Theme': Barry Silbert

In an appearance this morning on CoinDesk TV’s "First Mover," Silbert said he believes privacy tech will be a draw for investors.

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Tech

Zcash Announces 'Halo Arc' and Timeline for Protocol Privacy Update

Halo Arc includes updates to Zcashd, an ECC Wallet prototype and the ECC wallet SDKs.

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