Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Wallet Wasabi to Block Certain Anonymizing Transactions
- ConJoin service allows users to keep identities private
- Goal is to ward off ‘hackers and scammers,’ avoid ‘trouble’
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The crypto firm behind the popular Wasabi digital wallet -- which offers a service that lets users mix their Bitcoin holdings in such a way as to keep their identities private -- said it will start refusing certain transactions.
In a Twitter post earlier this week, a developer of the Wasabi wallet, said the company, zkSNACKs, made the move to keep “hackers and scammers” from using the service and avoid unspecified “trouble.”