To say the past year has been monumental for the NFT ecosystem would be an understatement. We witnessed the birth of the NFT bull-run with the demand for profile-pic (PFP) collections like the Crypto Punks and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) hitting record-breaking sales every other week. We also saw widespread adoption with artists, music […]
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports staking for MINA holders! Head into the Earn section of your account to put your MINA to work today. Note: Staking is not available to residents of the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. What is Mina? Mina’s…
In a recent explanation of Ethereum’s roadmap, Vitalik Buterin inadvertently made the case that building on Bitcoin is our only path to decentralization.
Manta Network, the Substrate-based DeFi privacy protocol stack, has officially unveiled its Dolphin Testnet to support MantaPay on the Manta-Polkadot network and MariPay...
By Andreas Freund, EEA Mainnet Interest Group Member The following is a current state of the Ethereum scalability ecosystem mini report, which is longer and more in depth than a typical blog post. Many enterprises have abandoned private Blockchain consortia due to several factors: the absence of meaningful network effects in private Blockchain implementations [...]
When it comes to privacy, even cryptocurrencies and blockchain aren’t secure. Zcash users have the option to keep their identity either public or shielded; it empowers users to decide whether or not they intend to enable the privacy feature. Once the privacy feature is enabled, Zcash uses a privacy feature called zero-knowledge cryptography, which is …
There’s a misconception out there concerning cryptocurrencies. For some reason many people have come to believe that blockchain transactions are private and anonymous,...
Railgun is an ultra-advanced smart contracts protocol that utilizes zk-snarks privacy. It’s used to shield any transaction or smart contract interaction on the Ethereum blockchain. By using Railgun protocol, DeFi users are guaranteed privacy when trading, using leverage platforms, or adding liquidity, with any dApp on Ethereum. Railgun DAO and RAIL tokens will be live...
In the current digital world, privacy is a truly rare commodity, thanks to the sheer amount of data gathered by every website one visits or applications they use. While businesses continue to monetize user data, by way of collecting and sharing it, they also expose users to various cyber threats posed by hackers as well […]
Privacy is a top concern for decentralised finance (“DeFi”) and general cryptocurrency users. The commonly held belief of anonymity formerly drove many to use currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but this is quickly fading as more surveillance comes to light. A group of scientists have been working on solving this problem through a project known […]
Electric Coin Company (ECC) just launched the testnet of its Network Upgrade 5 (NU5)for its privacy coin Zcash. This upgrade features multiple Zcash Improvement Proposals (ZIPs) which could eventually launch to the mainnet.