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'Shielded Bitcoin' paper proposes private BTC payments using Zcash tech
Original: Inside the 'Shielded Bitcoin' paper that proposes private BTC payments using Zcash tech
A new research paper dubbed 'Shielded Bitcoin' proposes enabling private bitcoin payments by adapting Zcash's shielded transaction technology. The proposal outlines how privacy features could be brought to BTC while preserving its base protocol. It has drawn attention across the crypto community, with debate expected over the trade-offs between transaction privacy, regulatory scrutiny, and bitcoin's ethos of transparency.
Why now: Privacy on bitcoin is a contentious topic, and applying Zcash's proven shielded tech to BTC is a provocative new proposal.
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