S10 E7 · 2:14:12 · 15 Feb 2022
S10 E7: Yuval Kogman (nothingmuch) on Improving Bitcoin Privacy
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When I first met Yuval in November 2021, he was working to improve the Wabisabi protocol, trying to make Bitcoin transactions truly private. In this episode, we talks about both the innovations and challenges that we must face to attain fungibility.
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Keywords from the feed: Wasabi, Bitcoin Privacy, Wabisabi, BTC, Blockchain, Fungibility, Security, Privacy
