{"id":120001,"date":"2019-12-02T08:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T08:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=120001"},"modified":"2020-04-09T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:42:13","slug":"grin-developer-litecoin-closer-to-gaining-privacy-features-with-mimblewimble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/grin-developer-litecoin-closer-to-gaining-privacy-features-with-mimblewimble\/","title":{"rendered":"Grin developer: Litecoin closer to gaining privacy features with MimbleWimble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/grin\">Grin<\/a> developer tasked with implementing privacy features in <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/litecoin\">Litecoin<\/a>, David Burkett, has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/litecointalk.io\/t\/mimblewimble-progress-update-thread\/26678\">thread<\/a> for monthly updates on the LTC MimbleWimble integration and has announced progress on the plan to bring confidentiality features to the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Burkett posted via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBurkett38\/status\/1201167714976440325\">Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I'll be posting monthly status updates detailing progress on the LTC MW EB (YAY acronyms). 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