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#1287: Lightning Network Privacy Research

I highly recommend you freaks take some time to check the research project out and grow your know about the privacy shortcomings of the Lightning Network and how they can be and may be resolved in the future.

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Issue #1260: They're using debit and credit card purchases to make lists

This is why it is extremely important to educate current and future bitcoin users on best practices when it comes to receiving and sending bitcoin as privately as possible.

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Issue #968: Privacy tools coming to more wallets

It is extremely encouraging to see more teams implementing payjoin capabilities into their mobile wallet software.

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Issue #884: A CoinSwap on testnet

Slowly but surely, in the face of many sideline critics, the technology surrounding the Bitcoin protocol continues to improve.

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Issue #801: Bitcoin users are being targeted on Tor

We are still very early in this game. Be aware of the risks that exist out there.

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Issue #745: A CoinSwap implementation is on the way

A HUGE step in the right direction.

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Issue #719: BTCPay Server adds Payjoin

The haters will tell you privacy on bitcoin is a lost cause. They are sorely mistaken.

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Issue #701: Update on fidelity bonds

Developments like fidelity bonds prove, to me, that progress is being made in the privacy department.

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Issue #675: Elaborating on a chain analysis take

Those who build companies to de-anonymize bitcoiners to appease a corrupt, overarching and dying system should be publicly shamed.

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Issue #661: Regulators hate privacy

Bad times call for strong men and it seems like the world is filled with a bunch of pansies who are content with being treated as subjects.

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Issue #644: The year of PSBT?

Incredible signs that this tech is interesting to work with and, more importantly, extremely useful for people. Expect the proliferation of innovation around PSBT to pick up exponentially in 2020.

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Issue #640: A peek into the future

Don't let the haters scare you when it comes to the future of bitcoin's fungibility. If you're paying attention, the future is bright.

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Issue #638: The War on CoinJoins is here?

Time and time again throughout Bitcoin's first decade, we have seen exchange after exchange pop up that promise a service without any KYC/AML compliance only to attain a certain scale, draw the ire of regulators, and force the compliance restrictions on their users.

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Issue #599: How not to CoinJoin

Something that can never be understated is that Bitcoin's privacy assurances are extremely subpar at the moment. It is possible to transact privately, but it is extremely hard.

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Issue #539: CoinJoins, fidelity bonds & Bitcoin's (lack of) privacy

In an attempt to prevent Sybil attacks which aim to deprecate individual privacy by using a single entity to dominate CoinJoins with multiple inputs, fidelity bonds force "makers" to put skin in the game.

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Issue #490: Mixers v. CoinJoins

The right to transact privately is a God-given human right that should be guarded at all costs. As Bitcoiners, it is important that we fight for our right to CoinJoin

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Issue #440: Schnorr refresher

A couple topics of conversation that frequently pop up in the Ƀent are privacy and multisig solutions. When they are brought up it is usually because Uncle Marty is opining on the inherent shortcomings of what I deem to be imperative for the long-term success and survival of the Bitcoin network.

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Issue #408: Actually pretty messed up

The irony of learning that "inflation is subdued around 2% due to active monetary policy and the actions of the Fed" while sitting in a classroom that's price has increased 500% in 30-years just hit me so hard that I honestly feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

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Issue #390: A decade in...

Bitcoin's current level of fungibility is admittedly atrocious and may be the Achilles heel of the project at this point in time. The question of fungibility and, by extension, anonymity has been discussed since the very early days of Bitcoin.

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Issue #373: Bitcoin, fungibility, and CoinJoins

When it comes to tradeoffs, attempting to achieve fungibility at the wallet level via CoinJoins comes with the burden of increased fees, though these fees could be greatly reduced in the future if Schnorr signatures are adopted by the Bitcoin network.