The EU plans to “record data on the senders and recipients of funds” to and from crypto-asset service providers, Paschal Donohoe said.| Decrypt
Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies like Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) have recently outperformed many larger, more well-known, and popular digital assets, reflecting a broader resurgence of interest in financial privacy amid growing concerns about surveillance and regulatory scrutiny. Monero, in particular, has demonstrated remarkable price strength, significantly... The post Are Privacy Coins Gaining Momentum? appeared first on Bitfinex blog.| Bitfinex blog
ABSTRACT: “Fair Witnessing” is a new approach for asserting and interpreting digital claims in a way that mirrors real-world human trust: through personal observation, contextual disclosure, and progressive validation. It can be implemented with the decentralized architecture of Gordian Envelopes to allow individuals to make verifiable statements while balancing privacy, accountability, and interpretability. At its core, fair witnessing is not about declaring truth, it’s about showing y...| Blockchain Commons
In early 2025, Blockchain Commons architected and engineered a major project for the Zcash blockchain: the ZeWIF specification that allows all of its wallets to interoperate. Interoperability is something that I consider vitally important for a technological ecosystem, so I was thrilled that Blockchain Commons could improve interoperability for Zcash. Here’s a bit more on why, what Blockchain Commons did for Zcash, and what I’d like to do for other technological communities. The Limits of...| Blockchain Commons
Blockchain Commons focused on the ZeWIF project for the Zcash blockchain during the first quarter of 2025, but that didn’t stopped us from also advancing a few other priorities, including the initial release of our long-incubating Open Integrity project. Here’s what all we’ve been working on. ZeWIF Specification: Why It’s Important The ZeWIF Meetings What We’ve Released So Far What’s Still to Come Post-Quantum Commons: Why It’s Important PQC Meeting QuantumLink What We’ve Rele...| Blockchain Commons
Zcash encrypts data on a public blockchain much like HTTPS encrypts data on the public internet.| NAKAMOTO