“Technologies of anonymous communication, anonymous currency, and reputation systems have been invented. They cannot be un-invented. These are all the ingredients needed to build a circular economy with strong privacy in cyber-space” - NoPara73
Today we dive back into some of the most important concepts in Bitcoin, and some of the fundamental goals Bitcoin was created to facilitate. Privacy, Fungibility, & anonymity. What are they, how do they relate to each other, and what can we do to preserve them within the Bitcoin system?
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https://nopara73.medium.com/privacy-fungibility-anonymity-451d029355f7
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An excellent discussion of the importance of privacy in today’s world with Glenn Greenwald:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk
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