Bitcoin’s Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade ‘Taproot’ Just Took a Big Step Forward
A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin's largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles......»»
Bitcoin’s Future: Exactly How a Coming Upgrade Could Improve Privacy and Scaling
If the privacy and scaling upgrade Schnorr/Taproot makes it into bitcoin (BTC), it could pave the way for advanced and heretofore impossible projects......»»
Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum
Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer......»»
Market Extra: Bitcoin enthusiasts, liberal lawmakers cheer a Fed-backed digital dollar
Proposed legislation to create a digital dollar is a major step forward in the digitization of money and commerce.....»»
US DOJ Calls Bitcoin Mixing ‘a Crime’ in Arrest of Software Developer
The arrest of Larry Harmon for an alleged connection to AlphaBay raises major questions: Do bitcoiners have a right to build privacy tech?.....»»
Snowball: The Effort to Bring Privacy to Every Bitcoin Wallet
A new Bluetooth-based tech could snowball into a way to create truly private transactions, its creator says......»»
RightEye’s Parkinson’s test just took a big step forward. Now it"s eyeing a $15M funding round.
Bethesda health tech startup RightEye's test for Parkinson's disease has earned a key win from the Food and Drug Administration, setting the company up for a faster route to market and a new $15 million funding round. The FDA deemed the test a brea.....»»
An Army of Bitcoin Devs Is Battle-Testing Upgrades to Privacy and Scaling
Almost 200 developers are reviewing bitcoin improvement proposals that could usher in enhanced privacy and scalability for the premier cryptocurrency......»»
Lawmakers ask 4 tech companies for documents in antitrust probe
Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech on Friday asked Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents, marking a step forward in Congres.....»»
Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features
An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East......»»
Pieter Wuille Unveils Two Proposals for Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork
Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two proposals today that offer new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade......»»
ING Bank Is Bringing Bitcoin ‘Bulletproofs’ to Private Blockchains
ING’s blockchain team is testing privacy tech called "bulletproofs," the latest in a series of such experiments at the global bank......»»
‘We Look Forward to Improvements.’ Big Tech Plans to Fight Back Against California’s Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
It ain't over 'til it's over. Last week, the California state legislature passed a law that introduces almost European-.....»»
Apple Watch Series 4 vs Series 3: What Makes The New One Worth Buying?
The Apple Watch Series 4 is out, and it’s a major step forward for the tech giant’s wearab.....»»
What California"s new IoT privacy law means for Bay Area tech companies
California is poised to become the first state to pass a landmark cybersecurity bill regulating internet-connected devices. While the bill is a step in the right direction, experts said, businesses are concerned the law is too vague. SB 327, which p.....»»
This Scaling Tech Could Let You Sync Bitcoin Straight From Your Phone
A new approach to storing bitcoin's "state" could help significantly reduce storage requirements for users of the cryptocurrency......»»
Blockstream Releases Test Code for Bitcoin Tech Upgrade Schnorr
Schnorr signatures, a code change likely to be one of the biggest coming upgrades to bitcoin, have now gone from.....»»
Blockstream Releases Test Code for Proposed Bitcoin Tech Upgrade Schnorr
Schnorr signatures are no longer just another idea for improving bitcoin thanks to a new code library from Blockstream......»»
Bitcoin Lightning Tech Expands Beyond Invoices in Step Toward Better UX
New tech by a principal developer could soon make it possible for bitcoin's lightning network to expand to new use cases......»»
"This is the start of the recovery": Lenders sell SoMa office building known as home base for early-stage tech startups to New York-based buyers
Buyers see a path forward for the building in San Francisco's office market, which they say is beginning its recovery......»»