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Researchers Propose Zcash-Style Shielded Privacy for Bitcoin
Original: Researchers Publish Shielded Bitcoin Draft With Zcash-Style Privacy Without Changing Bitcoin Rules
Researchers have published a draft proposal describing how shielded, Zcash-style privacy could be added to Bitcoin without altering its existing consensus rules. The design reportedly aims to enable private transactions while preserving compatibility with the current protocol. Details of how the proposal works and how the Bitcoin community responds remain limited, as the draft has only just been made public.
Why now: The draft is newly published, and privacy upgrades are a perennially contentious topic among Bitcoin developers and users.
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- Researchers Publish Shielded Bitcoin Draft With Zcash-Style Privacy Without Changing Bitcoin Rules · NewsCord
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