Monero: The Privacy Coin Explained

Monero: The Privacy Coin Explained
Bitcoin’s pseudonymity was originally a big part of its appeal to new users, but that pseudonymity has become strained over the years as government regulators, blockchain analytics firms and others began surveilling the Bitcoin public blockchain.In a bid to restore balance, various developers and organizations are working to improve bitcoin privacy and make it easier to implement using techniques such as CoinJoins and coin burns.This article is part of CoinDesk’s Privacy Week series.But privacy coins built on their own blockchains, such as Monero’s XMR, still have a firm hold within the larger cryptocurrency community, even as regulators and exchanges seek…