Bitcoin is not welcome in Russia. The Central Bank of Russia, this year, put in place legislation that bans the issuance and circulation of cryptocurrencies. But officials in the country accept that an outright ban is unenforceable. Speaking on the country’s Digital Assets Bill, Alexey Guznov, the Director of the Bank of Russia’s Legal Department…
The Lightning Network is one of the most bullish developments that the Bitcoin ecosystem has seen so far. And all the available metrics point up, a healthy and vibrant network is brewing. However, investor Kevin Rooke took a deeper look and found out that the Lightning Network is probably even bigger than previously thought. “Inaccurate…
Kai is a core contributor to RAILGUN, a DeFi privacy toolkit powering a rich on-chain Zero-Knowledge privacy ecosystem. Why you should listen Transactions on public blockchains like Ethereum are viewable on the ledger. Whilst blockchains are a huge technological advancement for financial freedom, they have fundamental shortcomings in protecting the human right of privacy, which…
What Is Monero (XMR)? Monero (XMR) is one of the leading cryptocurrencies focused on privacy, zero knowledge, and censorship-resistant transactions. The Monero network operates on a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, like Bitcoin and various other cryptocurrencies. This system incentivizes miners to contribute blocks to the blockchain. Monero’s PoW algorithm is designed to resist specialized mining…
Naveen Jain and Riccardo Spagni are contributors at Tari Labs, building Tari. Tari is a new open-source, decentralized protocol that reimagines the future of digital assets. Tari is being architected as a merge-mined sidechain of Monero and will inherit its security model. Why you should listen Tari is an open-source blockchain protocol built in Rust.…
Monero and Zcash, leading privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, are gaining attention as potential market frontrunners in 2025. The demand for secure, anonymous transactions is surging as concerns over digital surveillance, data breaches, and financial autonomy grow. Privacy coins like Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) have emerged as key solutions for individuals seeking to protect their financial data…
Zac Williamson is the co-founder and CEO of Aztec, a privacy-first Layer 2 solution on Ethereum. Why you should listen Aztec Network is a privacy-centric Layer 2 (L2) solution built on Ethereum, aiming to enhance user confidentiality and transaction scalability within the blockchain ecosystem. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, specifically zk-SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge),…