Topic: [ANN] Stegos - Completely Private, Confidential, and Scalable Cryptocurrency - page 3. (Read 2919 times)

Privacy Threat #1 — Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

A single vulnerability is more than enough to cause a major data breach. On 2017, Equifax was hacked exposing personal data of 143 million people which could have been averted if the company's patching procedures were in order.
Protect your privacy at all times. #rejectsurveillance #embraceyourfreedom

Desktop App Instructions Update

Hey community!

Our desktop app is now available in Chinese. We have updated the desktop app instructions to show how to switch languages.

Please review the app announcement for more details https://stegos.com/news/2019/08/first-desktop-app-beta/

Mainnet Beta and Desktop App Announcement

We’re excited to present the first version of the Stegos desktop app. This is the very first public version of the app, so it’s still a work in progress. But all the main features have been implemented.

Please send any feedback, suggestions, or information about bugs to the development team at [email protected]. No comment is too small!

Click the link below to find out more: https://stegos.com/news/2019/08/first-desktop-app-beta/

Reject surveillance — embrace your freedom!

Privacy Is a Human Right Worth Fighting For

"Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right." - Edward Snowden

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/privacy-is-a-human-right-worth-fighting-for/

AMA Summary

Here's the transcript of the AMA session conducted over Telegram and WeChat, August 14,2019

Read more in our Medium article. https://medium.com/stegos4privacy/summary-of-stegos-ama-august-14th-2019-f743bcf15433

#stegos #rejectsurveillance #embraceyourfreedom

Why Blockchain is Important in Data Privacy

With more and more of our lives online, we need systems in place to protect our digital information. Using blockchain technology, our data could be much, much safer.

Read more: https://bitcoinist.com/why-blockchain-technology-is-important-for-data-privacy/

#stegos #rejectsurveillance #embraceyourfreedom

You have a right to anonymous and untraceable payments.

Bank secrecy is not coming back but privacy crypto is the next best thing. Reject surveillance — embrace your freedom!
@stegos4privacy

https://twitter.com/joelreymont/status/1160825377452888064

IRS conducting electronic surveillance in attempt to clampdown on Bitcoin tax crime

Privacy currencies also offer a strong layer of anonymity. Monero and shielded Zcash transactions are already “more than anyone can handle right now,” in terms of forensic techniques.

https://cryptoslate.com/irs-conducting-electronic-surveillance-in-attempt-to-clampdown-on-bitcoin-tax-crime/

Or you can use Stegos

FBI Surveillance Proposal Sets Up Clash With Facebook


The FBI is soliciting proposals from outside vendors for a contract to pull vast quantities of public data from Facebook, Twitter, etc. “to proactively identify and reactively monitor threats to the US and its interests.”

Find out more: [Suspicious link removed]j.com/articles/fbi-and-facebook-potentially-at-odds-over-social-media-monitoring-11565277021

I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets

“Although most Americans don’t prioritize privacy, he says more than 20% of people won’t buy an Echo because it creeps them out.”

Read more in this article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-08/i-tried-hiding-from-silicon-valley-in-a-pile-of-privacy-gadgets

#stegos #rejectsurveillance #embraceyourfreedom

AMA with Joel Reymont

Hello community!

We are going to hold an AMA on WeChat and Telegram on August 14th, 2019 at 16:00 Beijing time. Ask Joel anything about Stegos, the mainnet launch, double tokens and more!

TELEGRAM
Join the AMA on Telegram https://t.me/stegos4privacy_CN

WECHAT
Use WeChat app to scan the QR code and reply "AMA" to join the live group.

We hope to see you there!

Stealth Mode Deactivated

Dear Community,

First of all, I'd like to apologize for the lack of updates: when you're as serious about privacy as we are at Stegos, it can be hard to strike the right balance between secrecy and sharing!

Rest assured, the whole team has been working hard behind the scenes on the Stegos chain, app, and a LOT of new marketing content, but I haven't done a good enough job of keeping you, our loyal community, up to date.

That changes now.

Starting from today, we'll be making regular weekly announcements about our progress across every aspect of Stegos, not just the technical details of our blockchain development (although of course those will continue as well).

But I promised you a surprise announcement, didn't I? Don't worry, it's not just the fact that we've been too quiet about our progress (that's not news to anyone...).

Here goes...

We're now in the home stretch of our launch and ironing out the details of public sale. It's taken longer than we'd like to get everything perfect, and so in recognition of everyone's patience and loyalty I've decided that…

…drumroll please…

…everyone who already invested in our earlier private sale rounds will receive DOUBLE TOKENS.

That means when our mainnet launches everyone will receive twice as many tokens as they thought.*

So when will the launch be? I know there’s nothing worse in crypto than hearing “soon”, so I won’t say that. But we do still have a few legal and technical hurdles to clear which are being resolved in the next few week.

Next week I’ll be holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session where I’ll be answering all your burning questions about mainnet, this double token reward, and more. Details to be confirmed very soon, so start thinking about what you want to ask!

What else?

Finally, we've been planning something extremely exciting on the community and marketing side. It’s something which has never been tried before in crypto and we're sure you're going to love it. I know I promised we’d be sharing more information from now on, but this is so awesome I'm going to enjoy the feeling of keeping you in suspense for just a few weeks more... (But keep a close watch on our Telegram channel and you might get some hints…)

I’ll be in touch again soon with the details of the AMA and the next steps for claiming your double tokens.

Until then,

Joel

*Conditions apply: This offer doesn't apply to tokens bought during the seed round. Also, I’d hoped to be able to give out this double token surprise automatically, but unfortunately the lawyers say we’ll need to sign new contracts to confirm it. But I’ll be in touch about that separately. For now let’s just savor the moment

Mainnet Preview 4 is out!

This is a bug fix release containing 100 fixes since Mainnet Preview 3. Find out more here: https://stg.to/swnbtt2

Yes, we will. You can watch this space to be updated.

Will you be pre-announcing a launch date here too?

How does Stegos Private Messaging work?


Stegos private messaging is supported by two features provided by the blockchain: sending a zero-valued transaction and posting a comment in the transaction. Users can exchange messages between each other without sending actual tokens. In the first version of the desktop wallet application, users will be able to send messages using comment fields in transactions. Later on, we are going to add full scale chat functionality to desktop and mobile wallets, in order to simplify private messaging for our users.

Learn more about Stegos at https://stegos.com/

Stegos Official Channels:
Facebook - https://stg.to/fbtgen
Twitter - https://stg.to/twtgen
Reddit - https://stg.to/rdtgen
Telegram Group Chat - https://stg.to/tgtgnen

What is the Role of a Validator?

The Stegos privacy blockchain uses a version of Albatross PoS consensus algorithm which has been optimized for privacy and mobile compatibility. In this algorithm, a random group of nodes is regularly chosen at a predefined interval of time (measured in micro blocks), to become validators. The role of validators is to verify transactions sent by the users and collectively seal them into blocks.

Learn more about Stegos at https://stegos.com/

Stegos Official Channels:
Facebook - https://stg.to/fbtgen
Twitter - https://stg.to/twtgen
Reddit - https://stg.to/rdtgen
Telegram Group Chat - https://stg.to/tgtgnen

What Makes Stegos Transaction Private and Confidential?

Stegos uses multiple methods to ensure maximum privacy. User identities are obfuscated using cryptographic key pairs, and each transaction uses a new stealth address for the recipient(s). Transactions are combined into super-transactions to make it impossible to trace token flow between senders and recipients, while all transaction amounts are hidden using cryptographic commitments (Pedersen commitments) and zero-knowledge range proofs (Bulletproofs).

Learn more about Stegos at https://stegos.com/

Stegos Official Channels:
Facebook - https://stg.to/fbtgen
Twitter - https://stg.to/twtgen
Reddit - https://stg.to/rdtgen
Telegram Group Chat - https://stg.to/tgtgnen

Not yet, but it will be launched very soon. More details will be announced on our Official Telegram Channel https://t.me/stegos4privacy_official