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Silent payments improve user privacy and are similar to stealth addresses and reusable payment codes, but actually save space on the Bitcoin blockchain.

By sharing a secret between a receiver and sender, then scanning the Bitcoin blockchain for the transaction, users gain more privacy thanks to a new proposal.

Discussing Bitcoin and Federated Ecash, a Blockstream-sponsored project that builds on David Chaum's Digicash startup from the early 1990s.

Ruben Somsen joined "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado" to discuss the pros and cons of his softchains proposal.

In this episode of "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado," the hosts are joined by Ruben Somsen to discuss the sidechain project Drivechain.