Happy Wednesday, Blockfolians
The Lede
The Human Rights Foundation has come out in strong favor of privacy in bitcoin.
Today they announced a new Bitcoin Developer Fund. Its first $50,000 grant is being awarded to freelance CoinSwap developer Chris Belcher.
CoinSwap is a mixing technique invented in 2013, and is part of a number of different approaches to strengthening the privacy and pseudo-anonymity in the bitcoin network.
The move is important because technologies like CoinSwap and CoinJoins exist in a legal gray area. As Leigh Cuen put it in her piece for CoinDesk:
However, some compliance officers at leading analytics companies and crypto exchanges treat mixed bitcoin as inherently suspicious, which influences how legal authorities view the technology as well. It remains to be seen if CoinSwap features will suffer from the same stigmas as the incumbent method, CoinJoin.
We’re excited to see the HRF take a stand on these important issues.
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Highly Relevant Reading
Microsoft has released a beta version of highly-anticipated digital identity software, built on bitcoin
Crypto-powered micro-tipping is coming to Hacker Noon
Fed officials anticipating very low inflation, despite trillions in stimulus
Bakkt and Galaxy join forces in the battle for crypto prime brokerage
Community Commentary
Marty makes some excellent points about the tragedy that so much of the fallout of the economic shutdown lands on small businesses
‘Price of Tomorrow’ author Jeff Booth breaks down why we our firm focus on inflationary monetary policy is hurting us
A Really Big Number We Should Be Paying Attention To
$2,600,000
That’s the approximate value of the transaction fee sent alongside a $133 dollar ETH transaction today. What the heck?
Final Thought
Phewwwww.