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Researchers Propose Shielded Bitcoin for Zcash-Style Privacy Without Soft Fork

Researchers behind Alloc Init have proposed Shielded Bitcoin, bringing Zcash-style zero-knowledge privacy to BTC without requiring a soft fork.

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Bitcoin

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Regulation

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