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  • "Did someone just say mixer?" (via Pixabay)
    "Did someone just say mixer?" (via Pixabay)
    Alt coins

    Decred cryptocurrency launches privacy mixing feature

    The autonomous virtual asset is doubling down on its commitment to allowing users to remain anonymous

    August 29, 2019 /

    Decred works on a hybrid proof-of-stake/proof-of-work mechanism in which miners create new blocks, but owners of DCR coins vote to make the blocks valid, in exchange for 30% of the block reward. As a result, a little more than half of the roughly 10.3 million extant Decred are staked.

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    Leo Jakobson
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    Eyeing the future, US Congress moves to define ‘blockchain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’

    Senate action on Blockchain Promotion Act seen as vital to growth

    July 16, 2019 /

    The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to approve the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019 on July 12, giving the Commerce Department one year to come up with “a recommended definition of the distributed ledger technology commonly known as ‘’blockchain technology.’”

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    Leo Jakobson
  • James Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase. Photo: World Economic Forum via Wiki Commons).
    James Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase. Photo: World Economic Forum via Wiki Commons).
    Ethereum,  Regulation

    JPMorgan adds KYC-defeating technology to Ethereum-based payment privacy tool Zether

    The banking giant open-sources a user-anonymity tool for cryptocurrency

    May 30, 2019 /

    Just as international financial regulators are about to announce stronger "know your customer" requirements for cryptocurrencies, banking giant JPMorgan Chase has released software designed to help people avoid them.

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    Leo Jakobson

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