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What's Really Private in Crypto? Research on Grin Raises Questions
Following a report last week on the anonymity features of grin, one big question emerged: What is privacy in crypto, anyways?
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Privacy Coin Beam Conducts First Hard Fork Away From ASICs
Launching in January of this year, beam is one of two first implementations of the Mimblewimble privacy protocol
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Privacy Crypto Beam Gets Funding from 'Japanese LinkedIn' Recruit
Privacy-oriented crypto Beam has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Japan’s equivalent to LinkedIn, Recruit Co., Ltd.
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Privacy Cryptocurrency Beam Experiences Blockchain Stoppage
Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Beam said Monday morning that its blockchain had stopped. A fix has now been committed, it says [updated].
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'Critical' Vulnerability in Beam Wallet Could Have Put Funds At Risk, Devs Say After Fix
The "critical vulnerability" found by developers of the mimblewimble privacy coin Beam is said to have put user funds at possible risk of being stolen.
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Beam Announces 'Critical' Vulnerability in Mimblewimble Crypto's Wallet
The Beam privacy coin's development team announced a "critical" vulnerability discovered in its wallet software Wednesday, telling users to remove old versions immediately.
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The First Cryptocurrency to Use Mimblewimble Privacy Tech Is Now Live
A new privacy coin called "Beam" just launched on mainnet. It's based on the highly-regarded "mimblewimble" white paper outlining support for confidential transactions and net...
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Grin and Beam: A Tale of Two Coins Being Built on Mimblewimble
Mimblewimble is about to go live – not in one, but in two new cryptocurrency implementations.
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African Remittance Firm Beam Stops Bitcoin Service in Pivot
Beam has announced it will no longer focus on using bitcoin in an attempt to disrupt the Ghanaian remittance market.
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Ghana Startup Launches Bitcoin Donations Hub to Aid Ebola Fight
Ghana-based remittances service Beam has launched a bitcoin donations service for charities fighting against ebola in Sierra Leone.
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