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Data gathered from the Bitnodes application programming interface (API) shows that most bitcoin (BTC) nodes are routing traffic through the anonymous overlay network Tor. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that relies on nodes to verify and propagate transactions on…

The way the internet is set favors big corporations and very powerful players, but not the user. As valuable as this might be for some, the internet is irreparably broken.  Evidence gathered over the years irrefutably shows that internet surfers,…

Crypto-friendly browser service Brave (BAT) has made it easier to access the secure dark web with direct integration with Tor. The privacy-focused browser platform continues to roll out features designed to prevent spyware and improve online security for its users.…

Wallet users are generally required to rely on the wallet’s back end server for transaction functionality. The release of Samourai Dojo marks a new age of wallets where users can bypass centralized wallet servers and run one of their own,…

The privacy-centric PoS/PoW DeepOnion coin is looking to pick up where bitcoin (BTC) left off and ensure security and efficiency along an anonymous network. The coin is natively integrated with TOR (The Onion Router) network, which makes all peer-to-peer transactions…

In a recent OpenHours episode released August 17, several Monero contributors joined the show to talk about the Kovri project. The project aims to further improve the privacy of the Monero network by making it virtually impossible to deduct any…

The swift takedown of the darknet markets (DNMs) AlphaBay and Hansa, an announcement to exit the market from Bitmixer and the arrest of Alexander Vinnik for laundering $4 billion have all shown that fungibility is still an area for improvement…

2017 was an excellent year for the Cryptocurrency Verge. Verge solves a real issue that is present in many large crypto including Bitcoin, fungibility. Mostly this comes down to the fact that Bitcoin is not anonymous. No matter how much…

The Onion Router (Tor) project has released the first beta version of Tor Messenger, an open-source instant messenger client which brings the same level of privacy and security as the network. Tor was initially designed to conceal a user’s location and…

Many bitcoin users are attracted to its perceived anonymity; however this feature is misleading. Users transact through pseudonymous addresses — long strings of letters and numbers — which can be deanonymized. The two main methods to accomplish this are known…