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May 26 2022

Improving Bitcoin Privacy With Silent Payments

□ May 26 2022 □ Published at Bitcoin Magazine under tags  bip47 marty's bent privacy ruben somsen signet

By sharing a secret between a receiver and sender, then scanning the Bitcoin blockchain for the transaction, users gain more privacy thanks to a new proposal.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1214: "Silent payments." Sign up for the newsletter...

Apr 27 2022

Who And Why Received The 5 BTC In Grants From The Human Rights Foundation?

□ Apr 27 2022 □ Published at Bitcoinist.com under tags  alex gladstein bitcoin bitcoin community bitcoin development fund bitcoin foundation

For the second quarter of 2012, the Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund distributed 500 million satoshis in grants. The receiving projects came from “Cuba, Turkey, Pakistan, Ghana, Venezuela, Burma, and beyond,” according to Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein. In this round, the Human Rights Foundation focused on “Bitcoin software development, community building, censorship monitoring, translation and design.”...

Jan 17 2022

How Federated eCash And Bitcoin Can Embed Properties Of A Digital Cash System

□ Jan 17 2022 □ Published at Bitcoin Magazine under tags  bitcoin explained david chaum ecash federated ecash podcast

Discussing Bitcoin and Federated Ecash, a Blockstream-sponsored project that builds on David Chaum's Digicash startup from the early 1990s.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:...

Feb 12 2021

Discussing Bitcoin Softchains, Sidechains Using PoW Fraud Proofs

□ Feb 12 2021 □ Published at Bitcoin Magazine under tags  consensus mechanism ruben somsen softchains technical van wirdum sjorsnado

Ruben Somsen joined "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado" to discuss the pros and cons of his softchains proposal....

Jan 15 2021

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