Ethereum Developers Target Privacy Changes in Next Major Upgrade
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What Decrypt reports
A proposed package would let privacy pools pay their own transaction fees without relying on intermediaries.
The immediate significance
The report describes a network, software or product development. Its significance depends on whether the change is specified, deployed and used—not only proposed or described in a headline.
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What remains unknown
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How the story developed
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DecryptCurrent briefing Ethereum Developers Target Privacy Changes in Next Major Upgrade
A proposed package would let privacy pools pay their own transaction fees without relying on intermediaries.
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