Zcoin – Private financial transactions, enabled by the Zerocoin Protocol “I really like [the] very creative idea...to have a pure-Zerocoin system” Hal FinneyRecipient of first Bitcoin transaction “If you want cryptographic anonymity its better to look to Zerocoin.” Adam BackInventor of HashCash, referenced by Satoshi in the Bitcoin whitepaper “It’s more than just a fascinating concept; a startup called Moneta [now ZCoin] has gone and implemented the Zerocoin protocol (along with other blockchain improvements.) Their “genesis block” — the launch of their blockchain — is scheduled for the next few months.” TechCrunch “Zcoin is the first implementation of the Zerocoin protocol into a fully functional cryptocurrency. “In the conventional multi-party anti-taint protocol, every participant knows the mapping from inputs to outputs. “The Zerocoin protocol was written in 2013 as a privacy-enhancing layer intended for Bitcoin. “Bitcoin, despite its reputation as anonymous internet cash, was never designed for perfectly private payments.
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Will Accept Bitcoins to Support Digital Liberty Today, we’re happy to announce that we will be accepting Bitcoin donations through our website. You can use them to make one-time donations, set up monthly donations or get an EFF membership (which includes awesome membership swag like EFF hats and digital freedom t-shirts). While we are accepting Bitcoin donations, EFF is not endorsing Bitcoin. EFF does not typically endorse products or services, and we certainly do not endorse any of the electronic payment methods that we currently accept (credit cards, PayPal, and now BitPay). With respect to Bitcoin as a technology, there is clearly a lot more to be said. Currently it seems that Bitcoin, while innovative, has a number of limitations and weaknesses in its design, and might yet turn out to be just the first draft for future crypto-currencies. Along the way, we want to give our supporters as much flexibility as possible in making donations to EFF. How We Got Here Here were some of the factors we considered when making this decision:
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