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New Paper Claims Bitcoin Could Get Zcash-Style Privacy Without a Fork

Original: A New Paper Claims Zcash-Style Privacy for Bitcoin, No Fork Required

A newly published research paper claims that Bitcoin could gain Zcash-style privacy features without requiring a network fork. The proposal suggests a way to add shielded, private transactions to the existing Bitcoin protocol. Coverage so far has been limited to brief reports on tech and crypto news outlets, with no documented reaction yet from Bitcoin developers or the wider community.

Why now: Privacy upgrades to Bitcoin are a long-debated and contentious topic, so a no-fork proposal would attract attention from the crypto community.

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