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Story: Fundamental Challenges in Confidential Transactions Using BTC ETH LTC ADA or Any Crypto

By James Thorp

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Joel Valenzuela, Journalist expressed his crypto intelligence stating:  Transparent cryptos can still employ mixing services to make your transactions confidential.

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Most crypto networks are extremely transparent. You might not know who's behind each transaction, but anyone can see all the activity on the network at any time.

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I could send money to a Venezuelan that they can use to buy real groceries at mainstream supermarkets for a fraction of a penny, it's permanent in seconds, and no one can stop it.

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The initial revolutionary part of crypto was that you can receive global permanence for transactions without a centralized third party.

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You use long, user-unfriendly addresses to send and receive crypto. Several username systems exist, but these usually map to a static addresses, which makes your privacy far worse.

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While in many cryptocurrencies, anyone can run a node to verify their own transactions, you really don't have to.

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If you practice good security, it's really hard to get your crypto stolen from you, and it's much easier to hide than physical assets like gold.

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Another revolutionary aspect of many cryptocurrencies is the ability to earn income on an investment, whether by running mining hardware or buying and staking etc.

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Imagine the difficulty of verifying that a gold coin you received was actually legitimate. It's MUCH easier with cryptocurrency to run a node and do the same.

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A big reason crypto is surging so fast is that it allows anyone to participate in building on it. Companies have to hire and lead a competent team.

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There's no barrier to enter into cryptocurrency.  No degree, and you can work and get paid as an anonymous person often, directly in crypto.

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