#Privacy and Personal Data

Latest news and articles on privacy: blockchain and cryptography solutions, anonymous cryptocurrencies, decentralized user identification tools, and Web3.

ForkLog 37 17.12.2019

What is MimbleWimble?

1 What is MimbleWimble? A PoW protocol offering broad scalability and enhanced privacy; in the Harry Potter novels it is the "tongue-tying curse", hinting at concealed transaction data. 2 Who created it and when? An individual or group using the pseudonym "Tom Elvis Jedusor"; a white paper appeared on July 19, 2016, followed by Andrew Poelstra’s review in October and an early Grin implementation soon after.

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ForkLog 27 05.09.2019

How Bitcoin transactions are tracked

Bitcoin addresses are alphanumeric and pseudonymous, but every transaction is recorded openly, making activity traceable. Block explorers let anyone view balances, TXIDs and flows, while privacy tools such as CoinJoin provide only partial cover. For deeper, faster work, firms including Chainalysis, Bitfury’s Crystal and Elliptic sell analytics that link addresses, visualise flows and flag risks for exchanges and law enforcement.

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ForkLog 33 19.11.2018

What are privacy coins?

1 What are privacy coins? Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are peer-to-peer payment systems with their own unit of account, designed to ensure full confidentiality of financial operations through cryptographic protocols that make auditing network data difficult or impossible. Among the largest by market capitalisation are Monero, Dash and ZCash. 2 What is Monero? Monero is a peer-to-peer payment system based on the CryptoNote protocol that provides anonymity via ring signatures and stealth addresses. The protocol was created by Nicolas van Saberhagen and first implemented in Bytecoin, from which Monero is a fork [April 2014].

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