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By James Thorp
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What StarkWare and Sui Actually Built. StarkWare's system lets transactions happen with enhanced confidentiality — meaning the details…
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Zcash's Bug Problem Hangs Over the Whole Conversation. Here's the uncomfortable context nobody wants to lead with: Zcash, probably the most established…
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Why This Matters for the Broader Market. Crypto privacy tools have had a rough few years from a regulatory standpoint.
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Two major crypto projects just moved to reshape how private transactions work. StarkWare and Sui have each rolled out confidential transfer systems — separate efforts, similar…
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Privacy in crypto has always been a minefield. Users want it. Regulators hate it. And the technical side is brutal — build something too opaque and you hand bad actors a shield,…
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StarkWare's system lets transactions happen with enhanced confidentiality — meaning the details aren't sitting open on a public ledger — while still being structured to meet…
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Sui's version is similar in spirit. The network rolled out its own confidential transfer setup designed to keep user data and transaction specifics away from public view while…
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Here's the uncomfortable context nobody wants to lead with: Zcash, probably the most established privacy coin around, recently ran into a bug in its Orchard shielded transaction…
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More context: $5.1 Million Raised as Second Launches Bark on Bitcoin Mainnet
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That's probably weighing on the StarkWare and Sui teams right now, even if they won't say it publicly.
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The Zcash situation also kind of vindicates Zama's approach of keeping compliance front and center while building privacy tech.
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Crypto privacy tools have had a rough few years from a regulatory standpoint. Tornado Cash is probably the most famous example of what can go wrong when privacy infrastructure…
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It's a harder build. But it's probably the only version that survives long-term in markets where regulators have real teeth.
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Read also: Chinese Court Sends Bitcoin Thief to Prison for Nearly 11 Years After Seed Phrase Heist
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Stablecoin adoption and general on-chain transaction volume have grown sharply across a lot of markets in recent years, and with that growth comes more user demand for…
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