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Stack Duo Gains Tor Support for Monero and Bitcoin

DIGIT — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:16:06 +0000

Stack Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet supporting a wide range of digital assets, and its sibling Stack Duo, a focused wallet exclusively for monero and bitcoin, have announced a significant update. In the latest release of Stack Duo v1.2.0, Tor support has been added for both Monero and Bitcoin, including .onion addresses, enhancing privacy and security […]

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Dark web market owner arrested in New York after FBI traces crypto

DIGIT — Tue, 21 May 2024 01:34:41 +0000

The FBI claimed it found Incognito Market’s alleged owner, Rui-Siang Lin, by tracking crypto from the dark web drug market to a crypto exchange account allegedly in his name.

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Bitcoin Makes Progress in Clearing Backlog, but Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Dropped Amid Congestion

DIGIT — Sun, 14 May 2023 16:19:57 +0000

In the past week, the Bitcoin network has made progress in resolving its congestion issues. On May 7, 2023, the number of unconfirmed transactions reached an all-time high of over 500,000 transfers, causing a major backlog. However, as of today, that number has been reduced to 263,406. Currently, 184 blocks need to be cleared to […]

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Darknet Forum Dread to Relaunch After Month-Long Downtime Due to DDOS Attack

DIGIT — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 05:30:48 +0000

According to web portal darkdot.com and anonymous journalist Darkdotfail, the popular darknet forum Dread has been down for a month. The well-known forum, which was a place for darknet market (DNM) patrons to discuss operations security, rate specific vendors, and talk about stealth delivery ideas, has been absent for 30 days. However, the forum’s founder, […]

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Russia’s Media Censor Roskomnadzor Unblocks Tor Project’s Website

DIGIT — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:30:22 +0000

Russian telecom and mass media watchdog Roskomnadzor has restored access to the website of the Tor Project, implementing a court ruling with delay. The site was blacklisted last year but the measure was successfully challenged by lawyers. Roskomnadzor Removes Tor Project’s Site From Blacklist of Banned Internet Pages Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, […]

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Russian Appellate Court Cancels Decision to Block Tor Project’s Website

DIGIT — Sun, 22 May 2022 22:00:19 +0000

A court of appeals in Russia has overturned a ruling by a regional court which allowed the blocking of the Tor Project’s website in the country. Due to violations during the initial proceedings, the case has been returned to the court of the first instance for another review. Roskomsvoboda Helps Cancel the Blocking of Tor […]

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Nym Technologies raises $300M to advance internet privacy, sending token price up

DIGIT — Tue, 03 May 2022 18:50:09 +0000

The NYM Innovation Fund will support research on mixnets and privacy-enhancing technologies.

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Deep Web Confusion: Ostensible Alphabay Admin ‘Desnake’ Claims the Darknet Market Has Returned

DIGIT — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:15:47 +0000

In mid-July 2017, the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) Alphabay went dark and patrons didn’t know if the administrators were busted by law enforcement or if it was an exit scam. Not too long after the site went dark, law enforcement disclosed that an organized police task force, from various jurisdictions, infiltrated Alphabay alongside the DNM […]

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Bitcoin network node count sets new all-time high

DIGIT — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:10:38 +0000

Bitcoin’s node count has achieved another all-time high milestone with almost half of the nodes running on Tor.

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Alleged Bitcoin Fog Operator Arrested for Money Laundering, Admin Accused of Mixing 1.2 Million BTC

DIGIT — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:30:26 +0000

U.S. law enforcement arrested the alleged operator of Bitcoin Fog, Roman Sterlingov in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Documents show Sterlingov is accused of laundering over 1.2 million bitcoin via the Bitcoin Fog mixer, a tool that allows users to mix transactions together. According to federal investigators, Sterlingov ran the operation for ten years and processed […]

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