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CoinKite Enables Tor Access For Bitcoin API

March 29, 2015 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Coinkite is a company well-known among Bitcoin enthusiasts worldwide, as the company offers a perfect point-of-sale solution for any retailers who want to start accepting bitcoin payments. On top of that, their POS terminals can even print receipts for tax purposes. But did you know that Coinkite has a Bitcoin API which now works via the Tor network?

Tor – The Extra Layer of Privacy Protection

User anonymity and privacy protection means a great deal to a lot of the cryptocurrency enthusiasts out there. In fact, most of these people label themselves as “crypto anarchists”, who strongly feel that the current financial infrastructure should burn in hell and everyone associated with it should be fired on the spot. Read more...

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Some Potential Ideas For The Darkcoin Foundation Marketing Plans in 2015

December 29, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

A few months ago, we mentioned how the Darkcoin Foundation has been formed. While this Foundation will not serve as a legal entity, it does bring some interesting tools to the table in terms of marketing and community-developed projects. The main focus will be on marketing and pushing Darkcon adoption to new heights, so let’s take a look at some of the ideas being kicked around.

USB Armory : A USB-sized Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Wallet & Development Tool

December 28, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

When it comes to making cryptocurrency portable, there are a few different solutions you can use. Several coins offer a light/Electrum wallet, which doesn’t need to synchronize to the blockchain like a regular desktop client. There are also mobile applications for Android users, and iOS support is coming soon for most wallets as well. But what if we could take a full-fledged computer in the form of a USB stick with us?

Researchers Trace Bitcoin Users’ IP Addresses By Looking At Transactions

November 28, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Researchers found a way to trace Bitcoins back to their owners. In a new study researchers were able to find the IP-addresses of Bitcoin users. They did so with success rates of 11 to 60 percent.

Bitcoins should usher in a new era of electronic payments by allowing payments which are not subject to government control. However recent studies have shown that the anonymity part of the up-and-coming digital currency system has not been completely established yet. Read more...

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KoreCoin Releases KorePhone OS Version 0.1 Preview

November 26, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Most people who have been involved with altcoins over the past few months will have heard of Korecoin, and their ambitious plans to create a KorePhone. Overnight, I received some details in regards to the KorePhone progress, sent to me by the development team. Let’s take a look at how things are going, shall we?

KorePhone : What is it?

While I’m sure most of you will already have a basic idea of what the KorePhone will bring to the table, allow me to give you a brief hint of what is to come. The KorePhone will be the next level of smartphone incarnation, as the focal points are privacy and security. Read more...

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Korecoin 3.0 – The Evolution Features Revealed : VoIP, Marketplace & More

November 22, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Many people in the cryptocurrency world are always looking for the next big thing. Whereas most altcoin developers will look at implementing new features, Korecoin is looking to build its very own smartphone, called KorePhone. That is not what this article is about however, but we do have some details on Korecoin 3.0!

The name of the upcoming Korecoin client release is called “Korecoin 3.0 – The Evolution”. A very ambitious name might I add, especially considering all of the non-client developmental projects that are currently in development, such as the KorePhone and KoreSurf. Read more...

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Xcurrency Tor Sticks To Start Shipping Soon!

November 22, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

For those of you who have been keeping an eye on different altcoins over the past 6 months or so, you may remember Xcurrency announced a nifty little Tor Stick some time ago. This Tor Stick would come with a pre-installed Linux distro, and then route internet traffic through the Tor protocol.

A batch of USB sticks has been delivered to Dan Metcalf as of yesterday, and they will be shipped out in the very near future. This batch of Tor Sticks will be loaded with a new ISO , which is set to include an updated blockchain, a customized firewall script (allowing Tor only traffic) and the latest version of REV2 in production as of this writing. Read more...

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Razor – Another Altcoin That Failed To Deliver On Promises And Is Slowly Dying

November 5, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

If you are a regular Bitcointalk user, you will have noticed there is a massive crusade going on to oust anyone and everyone even remotely involved in digital currencies which fail(ed) to live up to their expectations. Razor (RZR) is on people’s radar now, so let’s see what people have been digging up.

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The Shadow Project Brings So Much More Than Just ShadowCash

October 15, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Even though we have talked about ShadowCash on multiple occasions before, there is a lot more to it than just the coin itself. In fact, there is an entire Shadow Project, which will tie the digital currency together with multiple features and mobile wallets.

ShadowCash (SDC)

Most of us are familiar with ShadowCash as a digital currency. It is an altcoin, providing users in its Proof-of-Stake stage with 2% interest per annum. However, SDC is only the underlying currency of the Shadow Project, as there is a lot more to learn!

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KOREVoIPA – “Can You Hear Us Now?”

October 14, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

“Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.”
KORE’S reply, We are well on our way!

Every so often there’s an idea, a technology an applied product that so perfectly meets a need it becomes born of genius. Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned those needs met with Bitcoin and whether we knew the many ways in which BTC is and will be instrumental in accomplishing many critical objectives or you educated yourself in a near epiphanic awakening of its utter true genius, we are the true believers and we know most may never get that deep and frankly, they don’t need to. Read more...

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StealthCoin Client Update Include StealthAddresses, LevelDB Support And Tor Update

October 2, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Yesterday was a pretty big day for digital currency enthusiasts who like to keep their transactions as anonymous as possible. StealthCoin released their new wallet, which brings us StealthAddresses and LevelDB support. Let’s take a look!

By adding StealthAddresses to XST’s network, it becomes incredibly hard to track down transaction recipients. A stealth address allows for blockchain obfuscation by creating any number of destination addresses from a public receiving address.

Another important about StealthAddresses is the fact they generate lightweight transactions which require the same amount of storage overhead as regular StealthCoin transactions. Last but not least, StealthAddresses are compatible with the Proof-of-Stake protocol. Read more...

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LitecoinDark Begins Where Litecoin Ends And Adds Anonymous Features

September 20, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Even though I wasn’t too convinced about LitecoinDark when it first launched, I do feel it is time we take a closer look at this altcoin. They have released a new development roadmap, achieved a 5+ Proof of Developer rating, and much more. Here we go!

The main reason why I didn’t think highly of LitecoinDark in the beginning, was simply because of it’s name, and the fact it was released shortly after BitcoinDark. It just sounded a bit too convenient and sketchy to me, so I gave the coin some time to develop further and see where it went. Read more...

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SonicScrewdriver Combines Tor Integration And Time Vortex To Offer Total User Privacy & Anonymity

September 19, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

When looking at new coins to talk about, it’s hard to pick one unless some of our readers give us a suggestion. As a result of that feedback, I feel it is time to take a look at SonicScrewdriver, a new altcoin which is almost one month old at this point.

Even though SonicScrewdriver is not the first cryptocurrency to actually implement the Tor protocol in their client, the developers made sure it worked before the coins was released. Maximizing user privacy, especially when in the presence of Time Lords, is extremely important. Read more...

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XCurrency’s Revolutionary Privacy Advancement: Trustless Ad Hoc Mesh Networking

September 17, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

XC’s final instalment to its privacy technology is a breakthrough on three fronts: privacy, scalability, and mobility.

XCurrency has released the central and final component of its privacy-centric payments solution, and much like the multifaceted ingenuity in Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention of the Bitcoin blockchain, it is a single protocol with far-reaching implications. Its immediate function is to allow any app on the XC network to communicate on behalf of other apps without the others having to trust them; however its implementation has game-changing aspects. Read more...

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WhiteCoin Client Update, Known User Transactions Project Announced

August 22, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

It has been a while since we checked in with the WhiteCoin team, but it looks like it was worth the wait. As a lot of people love a good underdog story, you won’t need to look any further than WhiteCoin. A new wallet has been released, so let’s see what has changed!

This release is version 1.1.0.0 of the WhiteCoin client, and looks completely different from any previous client versions. A welcome overhaul though, as everything appears to be more streamlined now, and it just feels “nicer” to use. Read more...

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VootCoin Anonymous Exchange Is Ready, Of Sorts

August 15, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

A lot of us have been anxiously waiting for it, and it is finally here : The VooitCoin anonymous exchange has been completed. An asterisk has to be made however, as you can not yet trade on the exchange, as a few decisions still have to be made.

Which decisions, you might ask? Quite a few important ones actually. For example : who will run the VootCoin anonymous exchange on a day-to-day basis? Will it be the SMOKE developers who created the platform, or the VootCoin team? Read more...

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XCurrency Introduces XChat: more private than BitTorrent Bleep and more secure than Protonmail

August 8, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Today XC has unveiled XChat, a next-gen instant messaging app with industry-leading privacy and security features. Furthermore XChat is available inside the XC TOR Stick, which hides your IP address and leaves no trace on the computer it is used on.

XChat complements XCurrency, XC’s existing app for flexibly private payments, and is founded upon on the Xnode communication protocol, a Bitcoin 2.0 technology at the core of XC’s network. It is completely decentralised, involves trusting no third parties, and is end-to-end encrypted. As such it represents the highest level of privacy currently available.

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BoomCoin – Combining B2B With the BlockChain & Optional Anonymity Features

August 3, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Another of those coins which I keep getting requests for is called BoomCoin. They seem to have done quite well for themselves since this altcoin launched, so we should take a look at what it’s all about. Here comes the boom!

The reason this recently released cryptocurrency is called BoomCoin, is fairly simple to explain. BOOM is an acronym, and stands for Business Orientated Optimized Marketing. Quite a mouthful, I know, but I like the name so far! Read more...

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What Does The Tor Network Breach Mean For Cryptocurrency?

July 30, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Interesting and worrying news broke earlier today, as a statement was released saying the Tor network has been compromised by unknown assailants. The reason why this is both interesting and worrying for us, is because a ton of recently released cryptocurrencies rely on the Tor network to protect users’ privacy.

Even though there has always been vast opposition against using Tor for such purposes, it seems those concerns are proven valid. The biggest concern people have with Tor is the fact is is created and managed by people who allegedly have close ties with the NSA and other United States intelligence services. If this would be true, there is no such thing as user privacy. Read more...

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JudgeCoin Future Plans Revealed : E-Commerce, Multipool & More!

July 23, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

So when we first talked about JudgeCoin (click here), I mentioned how there weren’t too many future plans announced. Even though this may have come off harsh, some things have been announced in the mean time, so let’s take a look!

The main priority is to get the code done for the next wallet update. The lead developer is working on the 1.2.0 wallet code as fast as he can, so we will see the new JudgeCoin wallet in the near future. An announcement will be made once its available. Read more...

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